This is my first attempt to set up a network at home. This is my current setup

WinXP machine
IP: 192.168.0.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0

Linux Machine
IP: 192.168.0.2
Netmask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway@ 192.168.0.1

I would like to get internet access by using the XP machine which is on a dial up connection. Both computers are connected using a hub.

So far i can successfully
- Ping from XP to Linux
- Ping from Linux to XP
- I can access the webpages on the linux box via a browser on the XP box using [192.168.0.2 as the url]
- I cannot access the XP box from linux
- I can access the linux box from XP using PUTTY/SSH.

Even though both i can ping each other, it looks like access to the XP box is restricted from the linux box.

What i would like to do is use the internet connection on my XP box to access the internet from the Linux box.

I have norton antivirus and windows firewall. I have tried disabling both but still cant get the internet on my linux box.

Here are some outputs.


192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0


search ziggy.com local
# search ziggy.com local ziggy.com local
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 192.168.0.2

# ppp temp entry


DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.0.2
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
ONBOOT=yes
HWADDR=00:10:a4:7a:38:91
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=""

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:A4:7A:38:91
inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::210:a4ff:fe7a:3891/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1480 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1676 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:73 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:377885 (369.0 Kb) TX bytes:264403 (258.2 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x5000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:1862 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1862 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:138300 (135.0 Kb) TX bytes:138300 (135.0 Kb)

C:\Documents and Settings\Ziggy>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter {A84D7F5A-3644-47DF-B623-47FEDD1ADCC1}:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.212.94.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.212.94.223


Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance

You will need to set up ICS Internet Connection Sharing on the XP box..

The built in help files have all the necessary steps to follow..

Thanks that sort of fixed the problem. It looks like i can now access the internet but only via IP addresses, i cant enter a domain name it just says unknown host. Is it possible that i didnt configure it correctly?

Somewhere you need to specify a working dns server for the clients.
It should be an external dns server..

Use the "ipconfig" command on the XP computer. It will list the DNS servers that the dialup setup uses. You want to use the same DNS address on the linux box to be able to browse the internet normally ( Using url instead of IP address in the browser ). You can either enter these addresses using YaST, or adding them to your /etc/resolve.conf file manually.

Hi, the output to Ipconfig does not show any DNS servers...

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter {A84D7F5A-3644-47DF-B623-47FEDD1ADCC1}:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.212.94.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.212.94.223

C:\Documents and Settings\Ziggy>^A

Try the command "ipconfig /all".

The DNS Servers should be listed above the information for each interface.

Some Windows versions like Windows 98 also have a "WINIPCFG" graphical program. You need to select the MORE INFO button to display the DNS information.

Hi.. apologies for the late response..

i've sorted the problem out.. thanks for the help guys..

After all the commentary back and forth, the final solution is never given. I do wish that when someone figures something out, even if on their own, that they share that solution in writing, so that others may have access to it.

Shingoshi

solution or no solution, there's never any point replying to a thread this old. thread closed to prevent any further confusion.