Setting up a network and sharing internet

[James Knott]

interlug-list wrote:

>>Is there a way where I would not require a crossover cable? Can I make
>>my Linux machine a router, and would that mean I could use a normal
>>ethernet cable out of the NIC port to run into the laptop?
> 
> All the cool kids use this.  ;-)
> http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/7470/

A couple of years ago, I made a crossover from a straight through
coupler.  I paid about $2.50 for the coupler.  If you were to buy a
crossover wired coupler, you'd be paying about $15 for it.
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