Wingate on windows 98 (newbie)

mistahemu · 08-05-2003, 04:32 PM

Ok, I just set up the hardware portion of my network. Now I want to share an internet connection between windows 98 and redhat linux 8. I installed wingate on windows and can ping windows from linux but I don't know what to do next. Could someone please help me?

Mara · 08-05-2003, 05:57 PM

You need to set up the default gateway. Log into Redhat (you need to be root and run from the console (terminal program):
route del
route add default gw win_IP_here
Linux shold now have Internet access (but make sure you entered DNS servers for it - check if /etc/resolv.conf is empty - it shouldn't).

You can also use a graphical tool for it, I'm not sure its name, but try to run 'netconf'.

Mathieu · 08-05-2003, 06:05 PM

Network Configuration GUI tool in RedHat.

In the menu, look for Network under System Settings.
or
Open a terminal window and type redhat-config-network

brew1brew · 08-05-2003, 08:30 PM

I have to ask why are you using the win98 machine to share the Internet?

I think most people would say to put the Red hat box on the Internet setup as a firewall, have it share the Internet with your windows machine. It would be much more secure than having the win98 box on the Internet.