running slackware as a client through a WinXP ICS host.
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running slackware as a client through a WinXP ICS host.
I have a WindowsXP host and I need to have a slackware client set up on the network with it.
At this point, I have a switch and the cables, and I have the network setup on the Windows side, I know this because I've had a friend bring another windows machine over and we can set his up fine.
Now, I've been trying to get this slack client up for two days now.
I've ran netconfig multiple times and I've tried a googloplex of different settings, from dhcp to static and tried different IPs under static etc.. I just don't know where to go from here. I know the NIC is detected, it's in lspci and the connection is shown under ifconfig, I just can't get it to do anything, even ping the host.
Is there something I'm missing? It could be something simple, I'm somewhat new to linux and just now moving on to the networking side of it. Thanks for any help..!
Distribution: Slackware, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X
Posts: 5,296
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are you using dialup or another type of connection from windows? i use dial up and this works for me. setup ics, fairly simple, just turn it on. that connection is setup to obtain an ip automatically(dialup). the lan connection is setup static, w/ 192.168.0.1. w/that done run netconfig on the slack machine. choose static, 192.168.0.2, gateway, 192.168.0.1, nameserver, 192.168.0.1. providing that there are no firewall issues, or any misconfigured nic issues, this should work. i dialup and the connection is there, i use kerio firewall and have configured it to allow the connection. i am typing from my slack machine, which is connected through dialup from win2k. hope that helps.
good luck.
Well, I used all those settings, which were what I had before (except for the nameserver) and still to no luck.. Does the username and password need to be the same on slack as it is on WinXP? I can't even ping the host.
I'm going to get my friend to drag his computer over so we can be sure the network is set up right, but last time he was over it was fine.
I did run netconfig with those settings, but isntead of making my IP 192.168.0.2 I made it 192.168.0.10, though I'll run it again and see what I get. I'll post back in a few minutes with some results.
Oh! Sorry.
I'm running on satellite and am using a firewall, Norton Internet Security. I have the home networking set up on nortn and am fixing to disable norton entirely just to be extra sure. I just got back and am now hooking up the other XP Home computer to make sure the net is actually up.
Distribution: Slackware, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X
Posts: 5,296
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you will more than likely have to make provisions for your ics to work, within your firewall. i'm not familiar w/norton, or how it is setup. be aware there is a firewall in xp that may have to be turned off as well.
Well, just got the other machine hooked up and it booted up, first thing I did was pinged the host and it worked just fine. The firewall is all setup correctly, and ICS seems to be as well..
ifconfig returned information with eth0 and the loopback (127.0.0.1)
Code:
eth0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:22:7A:2A
inet addr:192.168.0.54 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:378 (378 b)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xe
The other windows machine can access the internet, and I configured it with a static IP, that being 192.168.0.33.. But when I do ipconfig /all on that machine it does say "dhcp server: 192.168.0.1" and I remember putting the IP in.. Anyways, I tried configuring the slack machine with dhcp also, but that didn't give me any luck either..
What are you trying to do? Are you trying to access the other machine(s) or are you trying to get the Slack box on the internet? If internet access is what you want, then you need a nameserver listed. Without one, you'd have to type the IP address of every website in your browser to get it to resolve.
Easy:
just edit /etc/resolv.conf by adding this entry
Code:
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of your ISP's nameserver (or you could try your ICS gateway as well).
Barring any firewall issues, you should get websites to resolve in your browser, etc.
PS - good idea to diable Norton and re-enable it when you're actually connected properly.
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