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I have a Windows ME box with a dial up internet connection and a Storm Linux box without one. I want the Windows box to share it's internet connection with the linux box. Can sombody tell me step by step what to do? How to configure the network, etc... I have the network cards plugged into each other, and that's about it. Thank you so much..
-DC
Same thing for me, except I have a Red Hat Linux box and they are both plugged into a hub. Thank you for any help
Pretty easy thing to do guys, you need a proxy server. There is a good one at http://www.analogx.com it's in the network tools section. It comes with a readme file explaing how to setup the boxes on the network. Basically you assign internal ip's like 192.168.0.x, then point the clients to your gateway box. DL analogx proxy and give it a try, PM me if you have any problems.
[edit] here is alink to the proxy, analogx used to use frames and you couldnt link to it
http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...work/proxy.htm [/edit]
I done it..
But with XP,
the speed sucks...
R U sure u don't want to make the linux box share it's inet with the MS ??
Lot safer..
But until that time try something like this.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...oftware+router
But my linux box doesn't have an internet connection. I don't want a purchase a win modem, and I'm not to caring about the speed. I'm not going to be downloading movies or anything... Thanks for the advice on AnalogX Proxy, I'll give it a shot.
-DC
Try using a serial modem or USB modem or something... should be pretty close to "plug and pray."
In any case, you'll likely have better luck trying to get the Linux box connected and hardened before doing the same with the Winblowz box (though it can be done). Look at IPF or something for the Linux box, too - you'll want to make sure you lock down all connections back in to the box from the modem, too.
My main problem is that I can't get the two to even talk to each other in the first place
so far, this is how it is:
One WinME box with I-net connection and 10/100 ethernet card, LAN ip 198.168.0.1
One Redhat Linux box with no I-net connection and a 10/100 ethernet card, LAN ip 198.168.0.2
Both connected to a 10Mps ethernet hub by rj-45 cables
After that, I'm not sure what to do
At the moment, all I want is to have the two "speak" to one another, and when I do, I want the Linux box to connect to the internet through the WinME box.
Again, any help would be really appreciated
Kezil, I think your problem is with your ip addys, 198.x.x.x is not an internal, try 192.168.0.x should solve your problem. Also make sure your subnets are same for both nics. Change both ip addys , reboot both boxes and try and ping them. If you still have probs post here or PM me.
Many thanks to verizon, now ping actually works between the two (and hopefully more).
Yet more evidence of the dumb fickleness of computers
Now, how do I go about getting the Linux box to connect to the internet through the Win box, w/out downloading anything (if possible)
Again, many thanks
nevermind
What do I do to get my linux box to ping my win box? My win box has the connection? Can you tell the step-by-step including the commands and everything? thx
just type ping (win ip number)
its the same waya s ping linux from windows
to ping the win box from the linux box, open a terminal and type the command:
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip address of the win box
(note: to stop it, type ctrl+c)
Hope that's what you were looking for
I'm an idiot, but not that big. I ment, what do I need to configure in linux to be able to ping my windows box...? Sorry for lack of detail or whatever.
I am also having the same problem. Here is my setup.
box1 XP pro with ip of 192.168.x.x class c subnet
box2 win2k/redhat 6.1 pro ip on same scheme
I can get a ping reply if booted into win2k
I can get a reply if I boot into rehat, but only from localhost. I am unable to ping anything else on the same scheme.
??????????
in linuxconf, what do I have to specify? I have specified the computer name, but what do I put for domain? I don't have any servers, just setup up in a workgroup.
I have tried to add the addresses of my other boxes in the hosts files of both win and linux boxes
what else should I do?
I have even tried to configure SMB where I have had to specify the workgroup and other hosts that I want to allow access...
I've talked to other people and they say that it shouldn't matter as IP takes precedence over the domain and workgroup, but I know that is not the case in windows...
any suggestions?
Appreciate your help and I love reading the threads. Much useful info. Thanks AO!
if each computer can ping each other ok, then set up the box with the internet connection as the gateway from the console:
$ route add default gw 192.168.x.x <-- the ip address of the internet connected machine
you may have to enable win xp to share its internet connection if you are using ICS (which i don't recommend), so as suggested before, use a software proxy downloaded from the net.
phishphreek80: there is no need to configure samba if you won't be sharing files or printers between the two computers.
here is a link that will help explain secretagent's tip
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/nag2/x-087-2...interface.html
just a link to one of the many mirrors of the Linux Network Administrators Giude.