It requires a bit more effort than merely "putting in" the nic cards.
1) You must configure both cards, normally eth0 should be the connection to
your hub and eth1 should be the connection to your cable modem.
2) You should be able to surf the internet BEFORE you use connection
sharing.
3) You must ENABLE routing, but leave the address of the router blank or
Linux will not MASQ (share) packets to your Windows Machines.
Once done you can activate the Internet Connection Sharing option in Linux
(reboot just in case something doesn't take). It will set up a DHCP(d)
SERVER that will allocate IP addresses and configuration information to your
Windows Machines.
You Windows machines will need to have TCP/IP installed on them and they
should be members of the same workgroup as you Linux box.
Linux will take care of the rest for you.
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Kerwin
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 10:25 PM
To: Newbie
Subject: [newbie] Cable Modem and Internet Sharing
I have Linux Mandrake 7.2 and have connected my linux box to cable internet.
Someone told me that if I have a second ethernet card and hub I can connect
the second ethernet card to the hub and my Windows machine to the hub and
have the windows machine share the internet from the linux box. Is this
true?
I tried to do it with the linux internet connection sharing on the second
ethernet card in my linux box but it didn't work. I am not sure what I need
to put in for the Windows settings. I have an IP address from my ISP for the
two machines. Can anyone help me? Your help would be appreciated.
Michael Kerwin
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
