mandrake lan Problem!!!
 

HEllo ppl i have a Pc with WINXP with internet access and another one with mandrake 9.0 but i cannot do 2 things connect from the one to the other and connect from my linux box to the internet through the LAN??
ANy suggestions...

How is your network set up? Which computer does the internet come into, or do you have the 'net coming through a switch/hub? Do you use DHCP for your internal network?

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well i have one pc with linux mandrake 9.0 and it is connected with LAN with another PC with WINXP which has dial-up connection and i want to be online with the LINUX BOX when i go online with my WINXP box ???

enable your windows XP to sharing internet connection. Then set your gw on your linux box by setting gw:

route add -net default gw [ip of your winxp computer]

or when you set your connection use:

ifconfig eth0 [linux IP] gw [Win IP]


have fun

Well assuming that they are both hooked up to a router with DHCP, I have also had issues with Mandrake. I don't know why, but it always grabs completely wacky IP adresses for itself. Its a linksys router by the way. If you can't get it to work and you know its attempting to get a number off the DHCP, you might want to try to configure it manually.