so im replying again coz either i didnt reply the first time,or its taking too long to update. as i said sorry for the late reply,tried the tutorial a7mad sent,it worked perfectly, couldnt understand a thing from the man page,hope someone can help me with the saving part...
On Jul 15, 9:41 am, "Ahmad alsane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > see this > tutorialhttp://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialIptablesNetworkGateway.... > > and yes u can save ur configuration without any script, see iptables-save > man page <http://www2.yo-linux.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?topic=iptables-save> > > On 7/14/07, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > On 7/14/07, rage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > third,yes Abdallah,u described exactly what i want to do,and also > > > yes,i have been searching the net in a whole different field, the > > > terms u r suggesting seem more logical. > > > > 4th,i did all what u said (adding the sbin when needed) and it didnt > > > work,do i need to restart anything?and another q,will these setings u > > > r giving me be automaticly saved? > > > Well.. Did not work does not tell us much . We need to know where the not > > working is happening. :) > > > 1- can you ping the linux box from windows ? > > > 2- what is the output of "ipconfig /all " on windows ? > > > 3- what is the output of: > > - iptables -L -t nat > > - route > > - ifconfig > > > on linux ? > > > Just for starter. :) > > > The iptables commands lines I sent you will be lost the next time you > > reboot.. You will need to put then on a shell script thats is executed at > > booting but that is for later .. > > > Abdallah > > > On Jul 14, 9:09 pm, Abdallah < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So, your linux box dials your pppoe to your DSL provider. You want > > > your > > > > windows box to to use the Internet through the Linux box. Right? > > > > > Here is what you need to do concept wise. > > > > > 1- Your linux box must do NAT for your network. (through > > > IPTABLES rules) > > > > > 2- Your Win box must be configured to use Linux box IP as the default > > > > gateway. TCPIP config > > > > > searching for "Linux NAT setup windows" will lead you to so many pages > > > > > discussing the setup you want to have. > > > > >http://www.aboutdebian.com/proxy.htm is a good start.. > > > > > What you are trying to do will be accomplished with 3-4 commands. You > > > just > > > > need to understand the concept behind it. > > > > > on linux issue following commands: > > > > > modprobe iptable_nat > > > > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > > > > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE > > > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > > > > on windows: > > > > > - an IP from the same subnet as linux box > > > > - tcpip conf: DNS ips .+ linux IP as gateway. > > > > > done. > > > > > Please let us know how things turn out with you. > > > > > Abdallah > > > > > On 7/14/07, rage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > it is enabled, didnt work :D > > > > > > On Jul 14, 8:19 pm, "Al-Faisal El-Dajani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > I ran into that problem once, you solve it by enabling ip > > > forwarding. > > > > > Try > > > > > > this: > > > > > > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > > > > > > I don't know how to automatically enable this, and i'm fairly sure > > > that > > > > > this > > > > > > would solve it for you. > > > > > > > On 7/14/07, rage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi all im a linux newbie,i recently downloaded and installed > > > fedora 7 > > > > > > > on my computer,which also has a windows xp installed on it,but > > > thats > > > > > > > not relevant, my problem is the following: > > > > > > > i have another windows xp based computer, an adsl modem,and a > > > switch, > > > > > > > so the the modem,windows xp computer, and the fedora 7 computer > > > are > > > > > > > all connected to the switch,and i can easily connect to the > > > internet > > > > > > > using the fedora 7 computer,where i created the adsl connection > > > using > > > > > > > the network configuration panel in the nome desktop,what i need > > > is for > > > > > > > my fedora 7 computer to provide the internet connection to the > > > windows > > > > > > > xp computer through the switch,in other words,i need the fedora > > > 7 > > > > > > > computer to be the default gateway, this was my previous > > > configuration > > > > > > > when both my computers where windows xp based,i tried simply > > > changing > > > > > > > the ip to a static one putting both computers in the same class > > > etc > > > > > > > like i would do in a windows xp environment,but of course it > > > didn't > > > > > > > work,or our lives would be easy,contradicting the fact that life > > > is a > > > > > > > pain,so if anyone has any idea.im all ears! > > > > > > > > thank you :D! > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Al-Faisal El-Dajani > > > > > > Phone: +962-7-77 799 781 > > > > > > P.O Box: 140056 > > > > > > 11814 Amman, Jordan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. 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