Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:09:23 +0200 From: Grant Speelman <grantg@xsinet.co.za> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvsup behind windows xp (The next level) Message-ID: <200407091509.23731.grantg@xsinet.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20040708095213.GA87715@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <200407080033.18896.grantg@xsinet.co.za> <20040708095213.GA87715@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thursday 08 July 2004 11:52, you wrote: > On Thu, Jul 08, 2004 at 12:33:18AM +0200, Grant Speelman wrote: > > I got the small problem, I would like to keep my ports collection > > update using cvsup but I don't have a direct connection to the > > internet. My Computer is on a network with my Fathers computer > > which is running windows xp. Lets say I have full access to my > > fathers computer as long I don't remove windows xp. What would I > > have to do to my fathers computer and my in order to keep my > > ports collections updated. > > > > I read the man pages something about cvsup using a socks proxy > > but where do I find this runsock(I look in the ports and try the > > 'which' command) and how do I use it. > > You can enable 'connection sharing' on your Father's XP box which > should permit your FreeBSD machine sufficient network access to run > cvsup(1). Connection Sharing simply makes the XP machine into a > NAT gateway for your home network, and enables a DHCP+DNS service > on the XP box, so that other home machines can autoconfigure > themselves against it. A FreeBSD machine should be able to do that > without too much trouble. > Right I check up on this connection sharing on windows Xp but run into a small problem , the connection sharing will only work if you use windows xp's dailup to connect to your ISP but my father uses the dailup connection program the ISP offers(and I tried setting it up using the xp's dailer but with no success) , therefore there is no dailup in the network connections of xp, so I can't use the connection sharing of xp unless there is some other way to enable it. It is possible though for me to use a proxy , I use it for my basic connections like mail , www , etc. But how would I be able to get cvsup to work on a connection like this? Thanks Grant
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