[NTLUG:Discuss] proxies?

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Dennis
I also have a cable modem and AT&T wanted an extra 5 bucks so I bought 
a 4 port Linksys router and now have 3 machines sharing my 1 IP address.But
yes you could add a second NIC and have that machine be the gateway for the
other one.




On Saturday 01 September 2001 05:43 pm, you wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> Just has a discussion with the cable internet company who services me
> (and, Yes, I do mean that in the livestock manner as well as being my
> ISP).  It seems that now they want an extra $5.00 per month for another
> IP for my wife's machine to access the internet.
>
> My question is, if I put another NIC in my machine, can my machine then
> become a caching proxy server so she can access the 'Net through my one
> connection?  I see the setup as the cable modem connecting to eth1, and
> the hub for our network connecting to eth0.  I assume my computer would
> basically become a router.  Have I got this straight?  Thanks, Dennis in
> Victoria
>
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