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Configure Redhat (Redhard?) for Window XP workgroup
hi,i'm new in this linux thing, ive tryng to connect a redhat 9 to my network group which is a windows xp workgroup, but i can't connect them,also i've really confuse with the network configuration in RH9 the eth0 things!i've try with the dhcp and static setup but both not working!i don't know how to check whether the RH9 get the conection or not!anyway the internet conection is share from the main server (xp pro using DSL) do ineed to setup something in my XP ?i already enable the internet conection sharing!i wonder why is it so hard to setup a linux ?is this the reason why people won't use it,coz it's so hard to find a reference or a guide for linux configuration!this thing bad for marketing it drag down the popularity of the OS!
Last edited by coffemachine; 07-25-2003 at 10:04 AM.
OK.. first thing is first. The way I understand it, you are trying to use internet connection sharing on the WinXP box to connect your Linux box to the internet. Have you been successful in doing this yet? Once ICS is turned on, it acts like a mini DHCP server and should spit out an IP address to the linux box. Leave linux as DHCP enabled, and that should get you started. Lets address this issue first. Once we know that the Linux box is on the internet, and that you can ping the XP box, then we can worry about setting up SAMBA and getting you into the workgroup.
not yet, when i tryed to active the eth0 the conection was fail coz the eth0 alert me that SIOCSIFFLAGS can't assign address!have any clue?
thank you for answering me
otherways it showing message like this" fail to determine the ip info" so i can't active it
can i talk to you directly?do you have any messenger things?email?
thank you so much for your time slightcrazed
the result the eth0 can't be active by me is always showing this result " unable to determine ip info "
wuih..is this coz of DHCP thing?do ineed manually active the dhcp thing?how i enable the DHCP?
OK.... back up for a sec. You have ICS enabled on the Windows box. So you should have 2 NIC cards on the WinXP box, (Or I should say 2 'connections', because you could have the DSL plugged into the USB port.)..... So, the external connection on your XP box has an IP that is assigned by your ISP. You should then have a NIC bound with 192.168.0.1 that is hooked with a Cat5 cable to the NIC on the linux box. The linux box should have an IP address like 192.168.0.5, and the Default gateway should be 192.168.0.1. This will enable ICS to work properly. Do a man ifconfig as root and it will show you how to manually assign an IP address for eth0 on your linux machine. Manually assign the IP if you have to, and then get eth0 activated.
Was eth0 installed properly during setup? RedHat should have detected and installed the proper module for it, and it should be DHCP enabled (unless you chose to manually set it) meaning that it should pick up the DHCP offer from the XP box. Is your DHCP server service turned on on the XP box?
precisely,i have two card on my windows box, one for the dsl conection and the other for the workgroup, now should i set the workgroup card to ip autodetect or set it manually to 192.168.0.1 ? thank you i'try your way man
i'll let you know if i fail..
well i failed to get the connection to the internet
coz when i set the linux to using the ip 192.168.0.3 i've got the network but i can't connect to the internet!but when i'm using the dhcp enable i 've got message " determining ip nformation : FAILED" wooooowww headache!!
Wooww this is sound good, i can ping outside my network
but where should i put the ISP DNS ?network setting ?can you tell me the exact location to put the ISP DNS?how to conect the browser to this connection? anyway thank you so much man...
helloo Looking_Lost
you advice works well but i still can get the internet conection and i got really confuse on puting the ISP DNS,can you tell me exact location?thank man
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