-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04-Dec-2002/16:54 +0100, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> How do I tell the XP-box to find my ADSL connetion on the Linux machine? >> My external connection goes through eth0, while the internal network is >> through eth1. >> >Thanks for the help, Glenn. But it still does not work: > >At the XP machine the ethernet card has > >IP address 192.168.1.2 >netmask 255.255.255.0 >default gateway 192.168.1.1 ( = eth1 at Linux machine) >DNS is what I got from my ISP > >Even after a reboot I get the following messages in internet explorer >(sorry for using the fascist's tool) >When trying to load any www-site: >"connecting to site 192.168.1.1" >"loading: c:\windows\System32\shdoclc.ddl/dnserror.htm" >Could this be due to my linux-firewall after all??
Probably. The firewall has to be setup to forward packets and translate IP addresses between the internal and external networks (Network Address Translation -- NAT). A google search for "NAT iptables" or "NAT ipchains" should help you find the info you need to set this up. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0x6C94239D iD8DBQE97isBpCpg3WyUI50RAoHAAKD42Y7ELUsIgFG5mBrAg0/weYPK2gCfY8LQ 1gYvio0AQLyUxVr41r/GzAs= =TLFa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list