hey guys,

i know this same question has been asked numerous times, but i just haven't been able to find help for my specific case. i have a windows xp pro machine with 2 nic cards in it. one of the nic cards connects to my cable modem. i have another computer with slackware 9.1 and its own nic card. the card on my slack machine is connected to the free card on my windows machine.

i was just wondering if anyone knew how to get internet connection sharing working between these 2 machines?

any help would be much appreciated,

sarith

First, make sure you're using a cross over cable between your windows xp and linux machine. Going from NIC to NIC you need a crossover. If you're unsure if you're using a crossover cable, look at both ends of your cable. Hold them side by side, "nipple" pointing to your feet. Wires 1,2 and 3,6 should be reversed. If that makes sense. I can't word it any better.

Enable ICS on the Windows XP box. To do this, right click on your "Lan Connection" to the cable modem, Left click on properties. Click on the sharing tab, then Enable ICS.

Now point your linux machine's gateway to your Win XP server. (route add default gw <win xp ip>) Edit your resolv.conf to point to your ISP's DNS servers, assuming you aren't running some sort of local DNS server.

Should be good from there.

I've had a regular straight through cable this whole time, that might have been my problem. As soon as I can go get a crossover, I'll try it out.

thanks mate