On Wednesday 29 January 2003 07:22 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 29 Jan 2003 1:15 am, Pascal Goguey wrote: > > Hello! > > Hello, Pascall. Comments in-line - > > > I have a problem configuring the network on one machine that > > should act as a bridge between a 10 machines LAN and the rest > > of the world. > > > > I have a PC with 2 ethernet boards. One (eth0) is connected to an ADSL > > modem (12 Mbps) by DHCP, and the other to the local network. > > > > The address provided by the ADSL modem is something like > > 192.168.0.1. I thought this kind of address was reserved for local, > > but it seems I cannot change it. > > Are you sure this is the 'outside' address? I would have thought that it > was the 'internal' address that is meant to be the gateway. > 192.168.xxx.xxx is, so far as I know exclusively for use in local networks. yep, he recieved it via dhcp from the router, it is only between the router and the linuxbox
> > So for eth1, I have set up the address 192.168.10.1. so use 192.168.0.2 for eth1 > This puts eth1, and presumably any other computers attached to it on a > different subnet. Did you intend that? > > I would have expected all your computers to be on the 192.168.0.x subnet, > with 192.168.0.1 set as gateway. Have you tried that? > > > I have downloaded the two CDs of Mandrake 9.1 beta. When I want > > to configure the connextion sharing, it keeps asking me for CD1. > > When I click OK, it spins for a while and then asks me again for CD1. > > I have also tried inserting CD2 just in cas it was a typo, but it > > does not work. > > > > Did anybody experience this problem? How can I solve it? > > HTH > > Anne
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