Steve Maytum wrote:
May i just thank people for their offers of help before i begin this epic
adventure (well it is for me anyway!)
1) In answer to setting up old machine as dialler/firewall , i have no
objections to this , but will still need guidance. My problems may become
apparent as we continue.
2) This thread may be a bit slow , but hopefully progressive , i think i've
now had a PC for about a year. Someone once told me i was a masochist to
consider Linux this soon , let alone LAN configuration.
3) Through Win 98 and 95 as per each machine , Computer name allocated along
with usergroup. Identifying these machines with TCP/IP set up and IP
addressess 192.168.1.1 , 2 3 respectively , subnet masks as 255.255.255.0
i still get nothing.
4) Tried using AnalogX proxy server and still nothing. Unable to use
WinIPCFG on old PC's as not on Win 95.
5) Now i'm starting from scratch with help please! When i type ifconfig on
Linux side i recieve the following:-
(root@localhost /root)# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924Metric:1
RXpackets:0 errors:0dropped:0
overruns:0 frame:0
TXpackets:0 errors:0dropped:0
overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
(root@localhost /root)#
These messages are because no other machines are presently connected.
Started at this point in case one of these messages tells you more
experienced people i've done something wrong. If not , tell me i need to
re-connect everything and what to go for next. Hope this isn't too much ,
but been trying to set up for about two months and read and re-read
everything! So just trying to cover every avenue. Regards
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Hi,
You should have eth0 listed as well for your network card.
Does it show up after you do, as root, 'ifconfig eth0 up' ?
-Frans
