Dr.Bongo wrote:
If I put a Zorro Ethernet card in my A4000 and then run a cable to my PC (Sorry x2!) can I use Windows XP`s (Sorry x3!) Internet Sharing function so the A4000 can access the Internet? Has anyone else done this?
Absolutely possible, a piece of cace actually! If you have no switch/hub in between the two computers, then you would need a "crossed" cable (ask at your computer store). If the PC is using broadband to connect to the Internet, then you would obviously need two network cards in your PC, one to the Internet, and one to your "LAN". On the Amiga side, you will need a TCP/IP stack. I would recommend Miami DX which has DHCP functions and a dead-easy "guide" program for setting up the network. Back to the PC side - disable the built in firewall in XP and download the excellent free firewall Zone Alarm from zonelabs.com. On the "Internet" card, disable all protocols except the TCP/IP protocol to be extra safe. Also select the "share this connection" (or whatever it says). On the "LAN" card you can make the file/printer sharing available in addition to the TCP/IP, then if you install sambafs (from aminet) you will be able to mount shared folders on the XP side as volumes on the Amiga side so you can browse/move any files back and forth between the two computers besides connecting to the net.
