connecting a Win 11 computer to a Linux computer

[bruce]

bill

do both boxes have wifi and an ip address.

if they do, ssh will work in 15 mins  no prob.



On Tue, Aug 19, 2025, 1:52 PM Bill Stanley <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:

>
> On 8/19/25 10:28, Robert Heller wrote:
> > At Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:59:35 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not
> for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
> >
> >> HI,
> >>
> >> I have a Windows 11 computer that I use mostly for gaming and
> >> occasionally for other Windows apps which do not need an internet
> >> connection.  I just do not trust Microsoft so I have disconnected the
> >> LAN line to the router and all my internet stuff is through the Linux
> >> computer.
> >>
> >> How can I connect the Windows computer to my Linux computer. At the
> >> moment, there is an "air gap" to the windows 11 computer. Can I
> >> reconfigure my router so that the windows machine can't access the
> >> internet but can do 2 way connections only with the Linux computer via
> >> the router. By the way, the router is owned by my ISP as part of their
> >> services.
> > It will depend on what sort of firewall the router has and what sort of
> > configuration options it provides.  Normally most consumer grade routers
> are
> > not likely to have that fine grain of configuration.  One possiblity is
> that
> > some routers have a configuration intended to protect "children" from
> full
> > Internet access.  Maybe you can tell the router that the MS-Windows
> machine is
> > being operated by an underage child and deny Internet access to that
> > machine...
> >
> > One other thought:  It is possible to run virtual machines under Linux
> and run
> > those machines on a "private" virtual LAN.  Installing MS-Windows in
> such a VM
> > might be an option, although I don't know how much of a performance hit
> that
> > will entail.  I know that sometimes "gaming" machines are built to have
> higher
> > performance than a "normal" workstation, so maybe going the VM route
> might not
> > not work well...
>
> WS=> I had another thought...
>
> Would a separate LAN connection between the Windows and Linux computers
> be a solution?  My idea would be
>
> 1.  The Win computer would have no direct connection to the internet.
>
> 2. Ethernet 1 connection on the Linux computer would be as usual with a
> connection to the Internet.
>
> 3. The Win computer would connect to a separate router and the router
> would connect to Ethernet 2 on the Linux computer.
>
> 4. The router would be very simple without wireless or any internet
> connection.  I might even have an old router that I no longer use that I
> might use.  Either that or a new but very simple router.  Might a switch
> work?
>
> >> Best wishes,
> >>
> >> Bill Stanley
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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