I know I am just the clueless newbie here but before you reinstall XP I just want to clarify the problem in my head.
The modem goes to the linux box through an ethernet card. The linux box works. The linux box has a second ethernet card that is connected to the XP box elsewhere. The XP box can ping the linux box. (I hope this is correct.)
Can the XP box ping an address on the wild wild web? (Using the ip address as the name will not work.) If it can then the issue could be the linux box not routing the DNS lookup correctly. If you cannot then the linux box is not acting as a router and it should be.
I am NOT suggesting that the XP install is perfect but I still have my doubts that it is the entire problem given the above picture in my head. If you can ping the web from the XP box, it may be the DNS stuff not configured correctly somewhere. I would think that is easier to fix than doing a reinstall. (Although I would suggest a clean install rather than an upgrade from dos to NT, which is what 98 to XP is.)
-- Alma
Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:43:16 -0400
On Monday 21 July 2003 08:11 am, Gary Wilson wrote:
--- Collins Richey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The WinXP wizard for networking detected it's place on my LAN (Netgear router) automagically, setup for DHCP, and even enabled File and Printer Sharing without any of the screwing around I've had to do in the past. Only 1 reboot. <g> I was able to copy all the
The secret here is that you got XP Pro, which has full networking support. It can still get tricky. If the automatic settings don't work, manual configuration is a real dog and it will keep trying to go back to the automatic settings. XP Home edition has minimal networking support. It's a dog and should be banned from all computer systems, along with Windows ME, its close cousin.
You can boot up with Knoppix and get the same kind of automatic networking and Samba support is built in. It has Linneighborhood installed and has almost always found other computers on the network for me.
Gary
I am sure that others here will know what I mean when I say that Daughter was brought up in a office with windows. So I REALLY hesitate to give her anything else. I am already blamed for upgrading from 98. It is a temporary networking as she graduates as a teacher in Nov and can go anywhere in Queensland then. Oh! for peace a nd quiet again.
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