Hi all

I am wanting to set up a Win98SE machine for an online course I am doing. I have installed Windows on a spare machine inside a Linux LAN and will be connecting to the 'Net through a dedicated *BSD firewall. Are there any special configuration issues that I need to pay attention to? I will configure it with a specific IP address, etc, but was just wondering if there is anything else that I must consider, like NetBeui (or whatever it's called)?

Cheers

Are we looking at IPchains or is IPCOP an option?

IPCOP works like a router, thus, no issues. You should only need to point that 98 (Still don't understand why that OS, but it's yours, not mine) box to your Firewall as the gateway. i.e as your default gateway, you should have the IP address of your BSD firewall. Other than that, I wouldn't think there is anything else. For shares, just ensure that Samba is up and running.

IIRC, you need to set up:

1. Uncheck DHCP (since you want to manually assign a static IP).

2. Set the IP/Gateway/netmask

3. Set the DNS server IP (probably your BSD router)

You don't have to worry about NetBieuiui or anything else if you just want to get Internet access working.

Thanks folks!

IsaacKuo: I have done all of that - now if only I could track down the driver CD for the NIC that should work (I hope). Damn those endless drivers scattered across different CDs. Must say, all the Linux distros I've installed over the years seem "smarter" in that there is good hardware detection and configuration automatically.

issinho: I know, I know ... why that OS!!! I am not using it for anything else except to do this online course (it seems to run .asp, or some such ) and refuse to buy a newer version of Windows software. I might keep it hanging around to play some games on as well later, but for now it is the only Windows installation I have and will have to do.

Thanks for the help

Well this isn't progressing that well: I found the driver for the NIC, went into Control Panel --> Networking and clicked on the TCP/IP protocol, then entered all the relevant info into the dialog box (IP address, DNS, gateway, etc) and restarted the box. I can't ping any of the other machines on the LAN (although can ping 192.168.1.77 - the Win98 box's own IP address I assigned to it) and the green light on the NIC is on. I know that this is a Windows issue, but after extensive googling I can't find any useful leads - a lot of the info suggests third party software or describes cross-over cable connections only, while the rest of it seems to suggest Windows as a server. There is also a bunch of contradictory info, and none of it from the perspective of a Linux user (reluctantly!) using a Windows machine. If you do have any ideas on how I can get this going that would be much appreciated. Meanwhile ... back to google