Windows XP ICS & Linux Client

shipper · 10-09-2002, 06:46 PM

WindowsXP box is connected to internet via modem and ICS is enabled, static IP of 192.168.0.1 on the nic. Other windows PC's on the LAN have access to the internet via ICS no problem. They all obtain IPs via DHCP. I have tried both a static IP on the linux box as well as DHCP. Either way I can ping from linux to any other pc on the LAN, and the others can ping the linux box as well, so the network is running fine. When I run Netscape on the linux box and try an internet URL the status bar shows:

Connect: Contacting host valid.url.here
Connect: Host valid.url.here contacted, waiting for reply...

Of course, no reply is ever received or I wouldn't be posting this! Now, if the url happens to be bad (I tried this intentionally) I get an immediate response that Netscape is unable to locate the server (as expected) which seems to elliminate DNS issues. Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

irish_rover · 10-10-2002, 11:55 AM

Do you have the Win box's ip set as the gateway on your Linux box?

shipper · 10-11-2002, 01:35 PM

Under "routing and gateways" of netconf the xp's IP is the default route with "routing enabled" unchecked.

irish_rover · 10-11-2002, 03:04 PM

Look at the files in your /etc/sycofig directory.

Specifically take a look at your /etc/sysconfig/network and see if it looks something like this.

Gateway="eth0"
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME="machine.domain.net"
GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
FORWARD_IPV4="yes"

The Gateway should be set to whatever your win box's ip is.

Chuk · 10-11-2002, 09:51 PM

How about firewalls? I just finished setting up a dual boot Win98 and RH 7.2 box to do just that (share the Win XP box's DSL).

irish_rover · 10-12-2002, 09:08 AM

What about firewalls? (not meaning to sound rude) Was that last post a question or comment? You lost me.

shipper · 10-12-2002, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by irish_rover
Look at the files in your /etc/sycofig directory.

Specifically take a look at your /etc/sysconfig/network and see if it looks something like this.

Gateway="eth0"
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME="machine.domain.net"
GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
FORWARD_IPV4="yes"

The Gateway should be set to whatever your win box's ip is.

Looks just like it with the exception of FORWAED_IPV4, was no, changed it to yes but made no difference.

acid_kewpie · 10-12-2002, 06:27 PM

well what does "route" say? it should contain that information mostly...

shipper · 10-12-2002, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by acid_kewpie
well what does "route" say? it should contain that information mostly...

Destination Gtway Gmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0

irish_rover · 10-14-2002, 06:29 AM

Ok, hmmm, try taking a look at

/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE="eth0"
ONBOOT="yes"
BOOTPROTO="none"
IPADDR="192.168.0.1"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
GATEWAY=192.168.0.254
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=no
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
PEERDNS=no
IPXPRIMARY_802_2="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_2="no"
IPXPRIMARY_802_3="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_3="no"
IPXPRIMARY_ETHERII="no"
IPXACTIVE_ETHERII="no"
IPXPRIMARY_SNAP="no"
IPXACTIVE_SNAP="no"
IPXNETNUM_802_2=""
IPXNETNUM_802_3=""
IPXNETNUM_ETHERII=""
IPXNETNUM_SNAP=""

shipper · 10-14-2002, 02:13 PM

Well, now I have a bigger issue, the hard drive decided to spin no more. As soon as I find the time to put another one in and reinstall I will try again. Thanks to everyone who had input on this thread, it has been a learning experience. Luckily this was not a primary machine!

irish_rover · 10-14-2002, 04:50 PM

Setup you networking as you do the install this time! (ha!) Sorry about the HD. Good luck with the new one.