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ICS a LAN connection via firewire?

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oupei

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If I get my internet off of a LAN, can I not share it on ICS?

I have two computers connected on IEEE 1394 firewire and one of them is connected to a LAN connection. I don't want to (can't) bridge the two.

Well, first can I get a LAN on firewire? If so, can I get internet on the other computer?
 
What you describe can be done. But don't do it.

Basic wired SOHO routers are running about $10-$20 on deals these days. 10/100 Ethernet cards are running about $5-10 on deals. The right way to solve your problem would be to have one Ethernet card in each PC and a SOHO router dealing with the PAT sharing. Spending a small amount of money here will save you a ton of time and trouble.
 
yeah, I'm looking into getting a router, but just out of curiosity, would a proxy work? or some NAT software? are there free versions available?
 
I'm not positive if this is what you are asking but in Windows XP they offer firewire to firewire support for lans.

http://www.homenethelp.com/network/firewire.asp

Is the first site I found. Their are countless others, but I am at work and should actually be working...


There is a company that actually sells a kit for this application for machines not running XP. Cards, software etc...

The name eludes me right now, but the simple answer to your question of whether you can make a lan out of firewire ports instead of nics, the answer is yes.
 
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