i have 2 ethernet ports on my computer 1 of them goes to my Broadband and the other goes to my windows computer how do i share my internet connection on my redhat computer with my windows xp computer

First of all, tell me which ethernet port (eth0 or eth1) is connected to the internet ?
And is your local network port (not internet) configure ?

You can use the ifconfig command to find out.

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You need to configure your eth0.
Open a console window and type: redhat-config-network

You will need to add eth0.
Click Add, then select Ethernet Connection, and then select Ethernet Card eth0.
Then choose to setup a Static IP.
After, select eth0 and click Activate.

At the command line, use ifconfig to confirm that eth0 has the correct IP (192.168.1.1).
You will also need to configure WindowsXP with a static IP (192.168.1.2) and a default gateway (192.168.1.1).
You can also use ping to ping between both system.

Then we can move to the next step.


NOTE: you should edit your previous post and remove your IP for security reasons.

k i did that but when i activate my eth0 my eth1 stops connecting to the internet !!! so i have to deactivate them both then activate the eth1 to get back on...

Open a console window and type: service network restart
Tell me what fails.

i got the same problem. and when i do a network restart my internet stops working. The only way to get the internet back is to deactivate both eth0 and eth1 and only activate eth0. How can i correct this? I've even gone as far as taking out my card (eth1) and putting it back in and it still does this crazy stuff.

I figured out a possible problem. You might have your gateway setup wrong (an invaild ip address). If you fix that it should work.