There is an IDG press book called the Linux Network Toolkit that addresses
the complete setup of the Linux host and the Win clients and diald.
To summarize the Windows side.
In Control Panel select Internet. On the connections tab select connect
over a LAN.
In Control Panel, Network. You should have two TCP/IP entries if you also
have a modem. If you have no modem in the Win Box then there should be
one. Select and then you need to set the following:
IP address set this to be the same subnet as the ethernet card in the
Linux box. Our firm has established the following standard for IP address
assignment. Linux server alsway 10.0.0.1 or 2 or 3. Depends on how many.
First non-linux server is 10.0.0.10, including print servers such as HP
Jet direct cards. First client is 10.0.0.100 and so on.
With the above rules in place the Win box has ip 10.0.0.100 and the mask
is 255.255.255.0 with eth gateway being the 10.0.0.1 and then you have to
enable DNS.. In the dns tab you can put in fake or dummy host and domain
ames. (I will stand corrected on this but I have found any names work)
and then in the DNS servers put in the IP address of the DNS at the ISP
you dial into. No proxy. So you have DNS, Gateway and IP tabs with valid
entries.
On the Linux box host.conf order hosts,bind should be first line. This
says that in DNS look ups the order should be look in the hosts file and
then use bind, which will try to do a DNS lookup on the ISP and thereby
invoke diald.
Does this help? Have not done in a while but have two clients to set up
like that this week so will have a refresher as I do it. Write off list
if you need more info, or call in evening. (Keep in mind I am in Atlantic
Time Zone in North America)
JAH
Date sent: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 13:36:35 -0900
From: Michael Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Jamby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Copies to: diald-list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 looking thru Linux
> On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 10:20:04AM -0800, Jamby wrote:
> > This is my first attempt to get the win98 box on my home lan to access
> > the internet through my linux 6.1 router running diald, ipchains and
> > masqurading. Please tell me if I am even in the ball park as nothing
> > seems right... I tried connecting to the internet thru my linux router
> > last night. I had already brought up the link on the router and started
> > playing around with the win98 box trying to get a internet site up in
> > internet explorer. I was using the Connection Wizard to make the
> > connection across the home lan. But after answering several questions
> > about the ISP account and saying yes to the test connection question. NO
> > connect, the little bar moves forward and a number of packets show up on
> > the router, which had tcpdump running. I am afraid the Connection
> > Gizzard is trying to establish the ISP connection when its alread up and
> > running under diald.
>
>
> As far as I know the Windows Connection Wizard is for making connections
> with a directly connected modem. You do not have a directly connected
> modem. I would suggest you first setup diald so that it works on the Linux
> box (so that it dials the connection correctly, and you can send packets
> out), then work on getting the Windows box routing through your Linux one.
>
> A good resource for figuring this out is the IP-Masquerade HOWTO; it
> describes, in detail, how to configure your Linux box for masquerading, and
> how to configure other operating systems to use your Linux box for
> masquerading. The HOWTO should have come with your installation of Linux
> (possibly in /usr/doc/HOWTO), if not you can find it at www.linuxdoc.org.
>
> You also need to be aware of some of the problems with masquerading and
> diald, so once you've got everything working correctly, read the
> README.masq file that comes with diald (or should have, RedHat may have
> neglected it when packaging it up, in which case you'll need to download
> the source).
>
>
> Michael
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