On Tuesday 12 March 2002 11:42 pm, you wrote: > Hi All, > > Its me again, I'm glad the "Shame we live in diff countries" mail got this > much replies today :) Now lets not let this take us away form our main list > objective ;-) > > If you remember I asked for your cooperation in my little project ( > connecting a linux and a W2K machine through a mini LAN, and then to the > Internet keeping in mind my sort of "not traditional" DSL setup. > > One good reply from Robin, who gave me this tip for how to physically > connect > > the 2 machines: > > if you want to use your computer for sharing > > > > Wall jack - computer1 - computer 2 > > > > 2 NIC for computer 1 and 1 NIC for computer 2 > > SO, I got the second NIC ( fast huh ? and you thought you'r gonna have some > headache free time ;) ) > > I plugged the 3com pcmci card in, it was recognized by MD, YET in the > control center under networking it shows 3 (yes 3) eth0, eth1, eth2 !! > I didnt bother to see why, and I went on to set the cables this way : > > cable coming from wall ==> eth0 (10.0.x.x in the LM machine ) > cable coming out from second NIC ==> eth1 (192.168.0.1 the LM machine ==> > hub cable coming out from W2K machin ==> (192.168.0.2) ==> hub > the 2 cables go to regular ports on the hub ( none goes to the uplink port)
Thats good! > I set the hosts file on W2K as following: > 192.168.0.1 hanan.my_isp_domain.com > 192.168.0.2 w2k.my_isp_domain.com > > ,and gave the TCP/IP configurations the following values: > IP : 192.168.0.2 > DNS : the IPs of the DNS the ISP gave me. > Gateway: 192.168.0.1 Thats Good > LAN is not working machines cannot see each other. > where do i start ? > ..... suggestions, hints, questions, All welcomed :) > Try using Control Center -> Network & Internet -> Connection Sharing walk through the setup wizard and let us know if you need help. Don't forget it's the 2nd NIC (I assume its on eth 1) -- Gerald Waugh Connecticut USA
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