No problem, I also suggest a caching nameserver, really makes things simple. --- "George Jones (IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok... got it half working now. The front end of it (cable modem to eth0) > is > working and I have internet connectivity. The back end (eht1 to hub) is > working also, the dhcp server is setup and I can ping the pc's. The > problem > was that I had the wrong nic provisioned. That shouldn't have really > mattered, as I should have been able to switch my configuration to have > eth1 > up front (connected to cable modem) and eth0 connected to my lan. It > simply > refused to work that way. > > I had the correct nic provisioned this morning, the box now has internet > connectivity, but I didn't have time to finish sharing it out (wife was > nagging me about being late for work). > > Thanks everyone, especially with the DHCPD config. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Heron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:32 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [expert] Internet Connection Sharing > > > yeah, for some reason, it didn't install by default for me. dunno why > --- "George Jones (IT)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Funny thing - when I went to setup the connection sharing, it asked > for > > both > > cd 1 and 2, and installed bind, dhcp server, and a couple of other > > things. > > One would figure that these things would have been installed by > > default... > > (I'll save that for a future rant) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ron Heron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 3:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [expert] Internet Connection Sharing > > > > > > In order to set up dhcp server, you need to download the dhcp package. > > > > > ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/updates/7.2/RPMS/dhcp-3.0b2pl9-3mdk.i586.rp > > m > > > > That one should work. > > > > Then, edit dhcpd.conf, here is mine.... > > > > subnet 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 { > > option routers 192.168.0.1; > > option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; > > option domain-name "heronet.2y.net"; > > option domain-name-servers 192.168.0.200; > > range dynamic-bootp 192.168.0.10 192.168.0.199; > > default-lease-time 21600; > > max-lease-time 43200; > > } > > > > The option routers is the ip of the gateway, which is usually > > 192.168.0.1, > > the domain-name is whatever you want it to be, which is probably the > > hostname of your server. The domain-name-servers is the domain name > > server that you want to use. I use a caching name server, so that is > > the > > reason for a local net addy. I suggest a separate entry for each > entry > > in > > your /etc/resolv.conf file (each server has to have a line with a > > semi-colon). This is not mandatory, if your client pc's are > configured > > with a dns, but it makes it easier to do it via dhcpd. The range is > the > > range of ip's you want to use. the times are in seconds, default > should > > be ok. > > > > Then, restart, and add to chkconfig: > > > > #service dhcpd restart > > #chkconfig --add dhcpd > > #chkconfig --level 2 dhcpd on > > #chkconfig --level 3 dhcpd on > > #chkconfig --level 4 dhcpd on > > #chkconfig --level 5 dhcpd on > > #chkconfig --list > > > > Now, it will always be running, and it works very well. > > > > Good luck, and let me know if you need more assistance. > > > > >"Jose Orlando T. Ribeiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Itīs easier than that... in one network interface do you have the > DHCP > > > address > > > that you've got from Road Runner, the other network interface you > > should > > > have a > > > private address (something like 192.168.0.1) and the other computers > > you > > > should > > > config 192.168.0.1 as the gateway and the network address as > > > 192.168.0.2. > > > > > > orlando > > > > > > > "George Jones (IT)" wrote: > > > > > > > > I have Comcast Road Runner cable. I get my ip address via dhcp. > That > > > part had > > > > been set up already. Sharing the connection didn't work. I would > > like > > > to set > > > > up the pc to share the connection to 5 other pc's in the house. > I'm > > > guessing > > > > that I need to assign ip addresses to the other 5 machines via > dhcp > > > from my > > > > server, but I can't find any way to configure that. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jose Orlando T. Ribeiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:16 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: Re: [expert] Internet Connection Sharing > > > > > > > > What don't work? The sharing or your connection to the Internet? > > > > > > > > I've read a message sometime ago about DHCP... > > > > > > > > I don't know what kind of connection do you have, but I remember > > that > > > if you > > > > use > > > > a connection from At Home, you receive, besides the dinamic ip > > > address, a host > > > > > > > > name, and without that host name your connection donīt work. > > > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > orlando > > > > > > > > > "George Jones (IT)" wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to set up my 8.1 box to share out my net connection > to > > > the rest > > > > of > > > > > my pc's. > > > > > > > > > > eth0 - cable connection comes in here, get's it's ip addy via > > dhcp. > > > > > eth1 - connects to the hub. > > > > > > > > > > I walked through the "wizard" to get this setup. After > completing > > > it, > > > > > everything should have been working, right? Nope. There doesn't > > > appear to be > > > > > > > > > any way for me to check this configuration as it just tries to > go > > > through > > > > the > > > > > wizard again. ifconfig shows both nics and loopback device. > > > > > > > > > > Is there something I'm missing here? How do I configure it > further > > > (setting > > > > up > > > > > dhcp server, etc) > > > > > > > > > > George Jones IV > > > > > Store Systems Support > > > > > Borders Group Inc. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > ,~~v~~, ,~~v~~, > > > > ,'. .', ,'. .', > > > > === + === === + === > > > > / ~ \ / ~ \ > > > > /\_m m_/\ /\_m m_/\ > > > > .\ +----------------------+ /. > > > > / ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! \ > > > > / +----------------------+ \ > > > > `\m/ \m/' `\m/ \m/' > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ,~~v~~, ,~~v~~, > === message truncated ===
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