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super_teds · 10-25-2004, 04:16 PM

i'm running fedora core 2 on my laptop and i don't no how to set up an internet connection sharing thingy with my school network. it has a fast broadband connectiona nd i want to use it to update my laptop. i plug it in and it nows there's a network but thats about it. havent a clue what i'm doing. i've tried change something to do with iptables. unsure?

XavierP · 10-25-2004, 04:23 PM

Does your school use a proxy server or is it that all clients get a dhcp address? Do you need to authenticate to the network to get shares and access?

super_teds · 10-25-2004, 04:30 PM

i need to authenticate. i'm not sure if it uses a proxy i think so but i'm unsure. i know that all you need to do with win xp is put in the computer name and the HTTP port

XavierP · 10-25-2004, 04:44 PM

Which browser? In Mozilla, for example, (since it sounds like you have a proxy server set up) you would go Edit --> Preferences --> Advanced --> Proxies --> Manual Proxy Configuration and then fill in the server and port details. Very similar to IE.

super_teds · 10-25-2004, 04:52 PM

i would do that and i've tried the samething with konqeror but i get a 404 message, from the network i presume, saying ineeding more authetication

XavierP · 10-25-2004, 05:06 PM

Under windows at work, I got Firefox to connect to the net by making my log on password (lan logon) and proxy server password the same. Have you tried that?

super_teds · 11-02-2004, 03:05 PM

haha got it working. using firefox at the mo and it asked for authentication