[ale] Win95 and linux network

Geoffrey Myers geof at denali
Mon Jun 2 16:55:10 EDT 1997


}On Fri, 30 May 1997, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
}> }Hey all.
}> }
}> }I've got a windows 95 machine connected to my linux machine via a null
}> }modem and serial cable.  The linux box is connected to the modem and I'm
}> }using it as a server to the internet for my '95 box (using slirp cause I
}> }don't have the drive space to recompile the kernel for ip forwarding).
}> }What I'd like to do is reverse my setup so that the '95 machine is my
}> }internet machine and serves the linux box.  Does anyone know how to do
}> }this?
}> 
}> I don't have an answer for you but I would like to know why in the world
}> would you want to do this.  Sounds like a Honda Civic towing a tow truck...
}
}For one, the linux machine is a 486dx25 with 8M and the '95 machine is a
}486dx66 with 20M, .......................................................

Sounds to me like your problem is you've got the wrong OS on your 486dX66
machine. :)


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