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threesecondmemory Started conversation Feb 28, 2002
Great entry. Very comprehensive.
I'm just about to move into a flat with a friend and we have an old machine that we were gonna use as a server, and connect our two machines to that to access the intertwot.
Good plan? Any tips?
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Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Feb 28, 2002
Good plan. Use twisted pair ethernet, and if you are into games make it a 100MBit switch (NetGear do one at a ridiculously low price). Avoid the NetGear RT328 ethernet card (unstable on various versions of Windows) and if you use Windows Internet Connection Sharing remember that you will also need a personal firewall like ZoneAlarm. I recommend WinGate from Deerfield Software to manage the Internet connection - it's not free, but it does have a reasonable firewall and a passable content filter to knock out popup ads.
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threesecondmemory Posted Mar 1, 2002
Nice one.
We aren't into games. We want it solely for shared internet access. I use AOL's unmetered service for internet. Will there be any AOL related prblems you could envisage? AOL usually causes grief!
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Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Mar 1, 2002
Oh, probably!
You might well find that Internet Connection Sharing falls over with AOL (although it might not). I think WinGate is OK with it.
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threesecondmemory Posted Mar 1, 2002
Damn AOL!! 
Right so wingate is the way to go. 
It won't be for a while yet as we've got to scrape together the components for the server. We've got a processor, mboard, Ram etc.
I'll let you know how we get on with it. Cheers v much for your assistance.
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The Artist Formerly Known as Nerd42 Posted Nov 3, 2002
Yeah, AOL stinks. Nice article though. I'm going to get a network at my house soon.
Nerd42
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threesecondmemory Posted Nov 4, 2002
Yeah AOL won't allow us to share the connection. We are gonna shift to broadband instead. Just got a basic network at home at the mo. Two machines running Win2000.
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Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence Posted Nov 4, 2002
If you use WinGate Personal, AOL will never know 
It does NAT so that all the traffic appears to come direct from the proxy server.
(said he from behind his shiny new ADSL router)
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- 1: threesecondmemory (Feb 28, 2002)
- 2: Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence (Feb 28, 2002)
- 3: threesecondmemory (Mar 1, 2002)
- 4: Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence (Mar 1, 2002)
- 5: threesecondmemory (Mar 1, 2002)
- 6: The Artist Formerly Known as Nerd42 (Nov 3, 2002)
- 7: threesecondmemory (Nov 4, 2002)
- 8: Just zis Guy, you know? † Cyclist [A690572] :: At the 51st centile of ursine intelligence (Nov 4, 2002)
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