On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 22:54, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm trying to set up a gateway on my RH 9.0 box for a home network > isp ppp sharing; its ip is 192.168.0.2; here's what I did: >
> > In the xp box, I manually set the dns ip for my usual isp's, and the > right gateway, all that. Set up Internet Explorer to use a proxy, all > set there too, for all I know; just it doesn't work - I don't get access > from xp. i dont see a need for a proxy setup in IE are you running a proxy ?? when you say the right gateway, the gateway should be set to the linux box > One other thing is that the xp computer (192.168.0.1) is set as the > default gateway for the linux box, since I'd been using it as so and > hope to be able to keep it. > when i look at the route command below, it appears the default gateway for the linux box is the ppp0 connection, which is correct > Some more outputs(with my isp ppp connection up), too bad I can't > manage to increase the line size in evolution: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] rc.d]$ /sbin/route > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use > Iface > 200.216.95.235 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 > ppp0 > 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 169.254.0.0 * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 > eth0 > 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 > lo > default 200.216.95.235 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 > ppp0 > i didnt check your iptables commands as it has been awhile since i set mine up, and i dont even use it any more since i got a wireless router. the way i would troubleshoot this problem; from the winxp box 1. ping localhost (itself) 2. ping 192.168.0.1 (itself) 3. ping 192.168.0.2 ( the linux machine private side) 4 ping 200.151.49.70 ( the linux machine public side) 5. ping 200.216.95.235 (the other end of your ppp connection) note the ip address in steps 4 and 5 may change with each connection to your isp also note that i have found that 192.168.0.1 can be confused with 192.168.0.100 or 192.168.0.001. i always enter the leading zeros when applicable. the same applies for 192.168.0.2 the traceroute command also is a good troubleshooting tool good luck randy -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list