Setting up the internet on fedora c1

[ALS]Fenix · 05-11-2004, 06:24 AM

Hi, can anyone help me with setting up the internet on Fedora?, it is actually on the network, when i ping it, i get 4 hops.. with none lost, also when i DNS it on IRC, it works. But for some strange reason it wont tracerroute ip's or resolved DNS.

I set the servers hostname as alsnet.

i havent installed the firewalls. i'm also downloading the mandrake OS, lol.

This might help since fedora is not for newbies i suppose :P

qwijibow · 05-11-2004, 07:42 AM

Doesnt your network have a DHCP server running ???

if DHCP is running, use 'redhat-config-network' to add an ethernet connection, and setect detect settings via dhcp.

if there is no dhcp, you will have to manually enter a free IP, the netmask its on, the default gateway, and the dns servers manually.... as you will for any distro.

[ALS]Fenix · 05-11-2004, 10:09 AM

ok i'll try that. but i did before.. my ISP has DHCP. Where it says hostname do i put the DHCP Server ip in there?

[ALS]Fenix · 05-11-2004, 11:04 AM

ok, i tried my isps DHCP ip adress, it didnt work, it said: could not set ip.

So i tried static ip, it connects, i can ping it and dns it, but still cant access the internet on it

ALSNet(Fedora) Goes to > Hub/Switch > My PC(Windows XP) > Internet

qwijibow · 05-11-2004, 11:15 AM

Yeah, you ISP will be running a DHCP server.... but is your windows machine running a DHCP server ? and is your windows machine correctly configured to act as a router ?

Ok.... here are the basics...
if you want windows to act as a router (share its internet connection)
it will need 2 Network interfaces... One connecting WIndows to the LAN, and one connecting windows to the internet. you probably have windows hooked upto a USB broadband moden, and an ethernet card hooked up to a HUB/Switch right ?

since you only have 2 machines, there is no point running a DHCP server.

setup windows and linux ip's statically... like so.

dont change the settings of the internet interface, just the LAN interface.
windows LAN ip = 192.168.1.100
lwindows LAN netmask = 255.255.255.0

and change the Linux ip statically..
Linux ip = 192.168.1.101
linux netmask = 255.255.255.0
Linux Gateway = 192.168.1.100

thats linux all setup...
make sure the eth0 interface has started and you are all ready.

Now you just need to setup windows to act as a router....
i dont use windows so i have no idea what software / whatever you need installed.
maybe windows is set to share its internet by default, i dont know.