I have a -------------- cable modem Windows XP Machine Redhat Linux 8 machine with 2 ethernet cards
The linux machine is fully functioning and can surf the internet The Windows XP machine is connected via a crossover ethernet cable to the Windows XP machine and appears to have some connection What I can't get is the Windows XP machine to surf the internet. How do I do this while using the Linux box as a router? Do I setup Linux as a DHCP server, and if I do what settings/masks/ip ranges to I choose. Can I use masquerading and forwarding to give the windows machine a static ip even though that ip may conflict with another one on the internet (hoping masquerading will avoid any conflicts). What do I do? Please help, I have the Negus Redhat Bible for referencing but it doesn't seem to help with setting up a cable modem. Specifically what settings I should have for eth0, /etc/sysconfig/network , ipchains, iptables, the settings in the "neat" window, and in Windows XP. Please note I do not have any static IPs. Thank you for any help you can give. Current Setup ------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] qmail]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:29:7E:D2:63 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:240 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:55 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:51986 (50.7 Kb) TX bytes:18810 (18.3 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xec00 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:BD:28:E1:18 inet addr:68.58.115.219 Bcast:68.58.115.255 Mask:255.255.252.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:446796 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:143003 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:341674750 (325.8 Mb) TX bytes:10154437 (9.6 Mb) Interrupt:12 Base address:0x1f00 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:775 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:775 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:60614 (59.1 Kb) TX bytes:60614 (59.1 Kb) Proof that computers are atleast saying "Hi" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/net/dev Inter-| Receive | Transmit face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed lo: 60614 775 0 0 0 0 0 0 60614 775 0 0 0 0 0 0 eth0: 51986 240 0 0 0 0 0 240 18810 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 eth1:341687410 447007 0 0 0 0 0 0 10154437 143003 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list