> I have a home network with 4 Win98 desktops and a linux RH6.2 box networked
> through a Linksys 10/100 switch using Samba (I forget which version but it's
> recent). Two NICs on the linux box, eth1 for the inside network and eth0 for
> the outside. An Xpeed DSL bridge is plugged into eth0. The DSL connection
> works fine on the linux box, I can browse the Internet with no trouble. It's
> the other machines I'm having trouble with.
I assume the following:
----- ------- -------- ---------
| DSL |---| Linux |---| Switch |---|WindowsX4|
----- ------- -------- ---------
Linux running NAT or IP Masquerade (and firewall!?!)
>
> I think, emphasize think, that lmhosts, hosts, and smb.conf are configured
> correctly after pouring over the home networking mini-how-to and several
> books, including the Samba Black Book. Since I am not using DHCP, however, I
> have found it difficult to determine how to configure Win98 TCP/IP to allow
> them to browse through the linux box and maybe my linux settings aren't
> right either.
I above assumptions are correct, Samba has nothing to do with
the Windows boxes ability to browse the Internet. You need to
concentrate on your IP configurations.
Your default route on the Windows boxes should to eth1's IP
address. DNS servers should be at your ISP unless you have
bind running on the linux box also.
>
> Wins resolution and the Gateway is set to the IP of the linux eth1. DNS
> configuration I've tried variously as the IP of the linux eth1, eth0, and
> the netbios name of the the linux host with the domain name of the DSL ISP's
> DNS with the two nameservers. In smb.conf, the linux bos is preferred
> master, dns proxy is set to yes, name resolve order is lmhosts hosts wins
> bcast. resolv.conf has the domain name of the DSL ISP's DNS with the two
> nameservers.
Again, this has nothing to so with web browsing ability. The
windows DNS host name is (mostly) irrelevant. Just put in the IP
addresses of your ISP's nameservers.
>
> The reason I'm not using DHCP is that I started by assigning IP addresses
> and I would just as soon see it through rather than give up.
>
Personally, I would replace the linux box with an OpenBSD
system as setting up IPF and NAT (and DHCP for that matter)
are a snap. See www.openbsd.org
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Frank Reichenbacher
>
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