Linux to MSwindows network to internet
 

I have read several posts before I started this thread but did not find the answer i need . Samba can't find the network .

What I would like to do is to have my linux box connect to my Windows machine so it can cruise the INTERNET . Is this logical or should i just get a hub .

I tried for 2 days and the only thing I can get it to do is recognize a connection but it cannot connect or ping anything . and that is with all the knowledge i got from the threads .

I have RED HAT 9.0 2.4 20-8 and Windows ME .

If you answer this thread please be as precise as possible .
If you are going to give some smart butt answer then please don't reply .

Thanks :)

I personnally would not go through the hastle of goign through my Winbloze machine unless its already setup as a DHCP - which I doubt in your case.

A hub or switch will just fine - except that a switch allows for Full Duplex send & receive at the same time( I may stand corrected on this!)

From there you can set up the swtich/hub to act as a DHCP server- therfore assigning your two machines a dynamic ip - from there just use your favorite browser to access the internet.

# for your linu box you may need to specify the nameservers in your resolv.conf but you can work around this by using your a GUI called netconfig and setup for youre eth0 to start on boot and receive IP via DHCP.

good luck

with the windows machine, are you attempting to use ICS?

that won't work with linux, because it's one of microsoft's little qwirks that only work with windows. Hell, to this day I never have had ICS work... LOL

I'd bust the bank and get a router -- DHCP and routing in a nice little box. :P

Why use an unstable Window monster to handle your Internet Connection? Use the linux box as router!! (many examples in this forum how to do it with Linux)

To answer your question :

I installed redhat 9.0 last night onto my second machine, and couldnt get a modem to work. So I found an application on the web which you run on your windows machine, and this acts as a proxy server.

You setup you linux machine with certain ip addresses, and tell the browser the ip address for the proxy server, and wala, 5 minutes later, cruising the web.

application was called PPPshar

Search www.download.com for it