LINUX AND ICS NEWBIE QUESTION - 02/20/03 01:11 AM
I am considering putting the mandrake 9 distro on my laptop (ive heard this can be painful). My major concern is that at the moment i have no hardware router and am using Win XP Internet Connection Sharing. There are a few things i would like cleared up.
1. Will the Linux machine be able to easily access my home NT based file sharing network?
2. Will i be able to connect to the internet using Windows ICS?
3. Are there third party driver writers for Linux as i believe Acer/Ali have no Linux drivers for any of my laptop hardware or will mandrake have these or will generic ones work?
Any respones will be well appreciated
If it is relevent my laptop is an Acer Travelmate 210 sries, the only other hardware is a PCMCIA network adapter (which im sure there are drivers for)
1. Will the Linux machine be able to easily access my home NT based file sharing network?
2. Will i be able to connect to the internet using Windows ICS?
3. Are there third party driver writers for Linux as i believe Acer/Ali have no Linux drivers for any of my laptop hardware or will mandrake have these or will generic ones work?
Any respones will be well appreciated
If it is relevent my laptop is an Acer Travelmate 210 sries, the only other hardware is a PCMCIA network adapter (which im sure there are drivers for)