i've just set up a linux box and had internet shared between another windows machine. The windows Xp machine acts as the server. I am able to ping 192.168.0.1 and some websites only. I am able to ping my isp's host pacific.net.sg and so i think my nameserver is setup correctly.

But however, when using lynx, browsing will hang with the message "waiting for reply" and also i am not able to ping or surf websites like freshmeat.net. Anyone out there knows why ?

I am using Slackware8.1 and sharing an Adsl connection which is installed on a windows XP machine.

I've tried not sharing the internet by using the modem on the linux box but the problem is still there.

The fact that you can ping some websites, and browse some websites yet not others is making me think that there is a configuration problem somewhere on your XP box. It looks as if your Linux box can send and receive OK to me.

Are there any firewalls running (including XP's built in firewall)?
Anything else that could interfere with it running?

so if you can't get linux to work even when it's directly connected to the modem it's very possibly a linux config problem.

If the windows machine is sharing it's connection, have you set up linux as a DHCP client, this is easier than trying to remember all the settings you need and possibly missing one. Run netconfig and pick DHCP or edit /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 to change it.

if that doesn't work connect linux to the windows connection share and post the results of these run as root:

ifconfig -a
netstat -r
cat /etc/resolv.conf
ping 192.168.0.1
ping 64.179.4.146
ping www.linuxquestions.org

To turn off a firewall in slackware you can usually type:
chmod -x /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall
and then reboot

test

Did you manage to work out he problem ?

I have a similar one to the above. Always seems to hang on the 'waiting for ???.com' or similar. When I ping somewhere it'll do the first 4 pings, then say unreachable ...

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