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


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