I have two nic card in my desktop computer, one nic is directly connected to the internet and the

other one is connected to a plug and play switch, and my linux box is connected to that switch. so

basically the linux box is behind a proxy server which is my desktop computer. my desktop

computer is running a prog call AanalogX Proxy. So basically my desktop computer is sharing the

internet connection with my linux box.

Check the analogX website for usage of that particular program, I am not familiar with it.

I do know that you will need an ethernet interface to show up before any connectivity can be established.

Try this:

ifconfig eth0 up

well the proxy is straight forward, u just assign an ip address to the proxy for example 127.0.0.1

and the comp that is connecting to it will have the sequential ip address like 127.0.0.2 and so on.

there isnt really much to set up with the proxy. but u said that i've seem to be missing an eth

interface, how can i fix this problem? by the way thanx for the help so far

right then.. have you get up your network card?

if not then go to Start Menu > System > Yast

it will ask you to login as root..

then go to Network Devices and click on your Network Card Icon

now if your cards been configured (which it looks like it has) then
there should be a section at the bottom that says

Already configured devices

click on the change button, then select network card and choose edit.

enter a static IP address (24.156.0.2) and enter a subnet (255.255.255.0) if they are not already there
click on Host name and name server configuration
in the host name box, enter linux..
in the domain box enter your workgroup.. if you haven't got one, i believe MS defaults to MSHOME so try that (remember the capitals).

you can all set the first name server box to the IP of your windows computer (i'm assuming 24.156.0.1)

press ok and then press on next on the next screen and then click on finish

this will write your new settings to the config files..


next thing to do, is go to the network services section of Yast, and scroll down until you find proxy.

click enable proxy, and then enter your proxy settings for your HTTP and FTP like this
http://WindowsIPAddress:Proxyport

for example http://24.156.0.1:6588/

also it might be a good idea to use C class IP's for your network unless you really need to

i.e. starting with 192.168. instead of 24.156.

hope this helps

also i dont know if this help but, i forgot to mention that my laptop with the linux OS, the laptop

has a dual boot, winxp/suse, could the problem being cause by the winxp OS?

i doubt it, XP doesn't recognise Linux as existing on the same hdd

well thanx so far for everything, but i got to head to school rite now, when i get back i'll give that

a shot and if it's successful or not i'll let you know thanx again.

Please do not post the same thread multiple times. Picking the most relevant forum and posting it once there makes it easier for other members to help you and keeps the discussion all in one place.

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I've merged your two threads, please do not start two threads on the very same topic again.

yeh after doing a little more research for myself, I realize what was missing and why the my internet connection wasn't working. It was a super silly mistake but a major headache. Everything was set up properly with the ip address and port number. But what i forgot to do was turn on SMB. well anyhow everything is working fine now, Thank everyone for your time and effort, especially to Nuclear_Kitten who took the time to elaborate on a solution to my problem, thanks.

no worries man, glad it works now