Hi, I've got a solaris machine running as my server, and it is connected to the internet through a router. I want to put a second network card on the server and connect my laptop into it, so the laptop can access the internet through the server. Is this possible, and what would I have to do? I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to google on this matter :) Thank you.

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[Edited by - Null and Void on March 4, 2006 10:26:41 PM]

ignoring the troll....

this might help: http://yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialIptablesNetworkGateway.html

I've done this in the past - basically you need to chain from eth1 to eth0, set up some sort of network address translation (NAT) on the server (the Squid proxy server might work - though I haven't tried it) and you should be good to go...

Although - with the prices of home internet routers being so low, you might want to think about getting one with a 4-port switch and connecting the two machines through that.

[EDIT] - I just noticed that you said that you _are_ connecting through a router... why not then get a switch and connect the switch uplink to the router then the server and your laptop to the switch... ?

Quote: Original post by DJHoy

[EDIT] - I just noticed that you said that you _are_ connecting through a router... why not then get a switch and connect the switch uplink to the router then the server and your laptop to the switch... ?

I just got a free hub so I can connect both my computers to the internet.

Although they both can still access the dhcp on the router, I can't route connections to my internet ip to my server computer anymore, as I could when it was connected directly to the router.

So before I go out any buy one do you think a switch would allow me to route internet connections to my server?

Thanks alot.


edit....

Kinda weird, i can now connect to my server from the net. alls fine now.

[Edited by - johnnyBravo on March 4, 2006 4:23:07 AM]