Er.. switch. As in a switch that you can flip from one to the other? Or a switch that automatically sends the correct signals to and from the router for each machine?
Here's my setup (if I'm not mistaken). The Broadband box may go right through the router and the first windows box be on the network like the rest, but I really don't know--not my computer.
Code:
[Broadband box]----[Windows Box]----[Router]
/ \
patch ethernet -> / \ <- wireless
/ \
[Linux Box] [Windows Laptop]
[Windows Box]
The windows box is right next to the linux box--as in a foot from it. Right now I've got a crummy usb wireless thing on it that
almost works. :P What I
need to do is hook up my crossover cable between the two. In other words, to make it like this:
Code:
[Broadband box]----[Windows Box]----[Router]
/ \
patch ethernet -> / \ <- wireless
/ \
[Linux Box] [Windows Laptop]
|
crossover ethernet -> |
|
[Windows Box]
The important part is getting the internet from the Linux Box to the Windows Box (using a crossover cable). I assume that to do that they'd end up networked--which is a plus.
I already have an existing Windows network. So, in summary, I need to figure out how to...
- link the second Windows Box to the Linux Box using a crossover ethernet cable
- from that, 'transfer the internet' to the Windows Box
- if possible, add my Linux Box in some way to my existing Windows Network (or in some way make it accessible). This step really isn't as important, though.
I really don't even know where to start. ..Well, besides plugging the cable in, that is. :P
Thanks for your help.
