Yo.
I'm trying to get my Linux box online but since I only have a Winmodem, it's a real pain in the ass and a lot more trouble than its worth. Windows has no problem, but I'd really like to learn Linux and its sorts useless without internet.
I could (and have) use my iBook as a gateway by connecting it to my PC through a crossover cable, but then I'd have to leave it on and plugged in all the time for my main machine (PC, sorry guys) to stay connected to the internet.
I know that I could get an internal hardware based modem that would work with Linux and still use the crossover cable to connect the two, but that doesn't fare too well for being a 'real' network so its harder to configure everything and blah blah.
Are there routers like this that even exist?
Doesn't have to be wireless since I don't have that and I do realize that Apple's base stations have a modem, but they're also expensive.
I'd like to spend less than $100 on this and if the only ones that exist are more than that, then I'll just wait it out.
Needs to be tri-platform compatible, Mac, Windows, Linux.
Thanx.
-V
I'm trying to get my Linux box online but since I only have a Winmodem, it's a real pain in the ass and a lot more trouble than its worth. Windows has no problem, but I'd really like to learn Linux and its sorts useless without internet.
I could (and have) use my iBook as a gateway by connecting it to my PC through a crossover cable, but then I'd have to leave it on and plugged in all the time for my main machine (PC, sorry guys) to stay connected to the internet.
I know that I could get an internal hardware based modem that would work with Linux and still use the crossover cable to connect the two, but that doesn't fare too well for being a 'real' network so its harder to configure everything and blah blah.
Are there routers like this that even exist?
Doesn't have to be wireless since I don't have that and I do realize that Apple's base stations have a modem, but they're also expensive.
I'd like to spend less than $100 on this and if the only ones that exist are more than that, then I'll just wait it out.
Needs to be tri-platform compatible, Mac, Windows, Linux.
Thanx.
-V
