crossover cable networking

[derek]

Hi, I'm a linux newbie trying to setup a linux box in order to runa
bibliography server for my home network. i've got the computers
connected, but can't share internet between them.

what I've done is connect my windows 2000 computer with a linux
(mandrake 8.2) computer with a crossover cable.

the windows computer has two NICs
eth0 dlink wireless card, set to DHCP, usually 192.168.0.101
eth1 3com ethernet card, set to 10.1.0.1

the linux computer has one NIC
eth0 3com ethernet card, set to 10.1.0.2

both linux and windows can ping each other.

what i'm having trouble with is setting up the network to allow the
linux computer to share the wireless internet connection from the
windows box. from what i've read, this involves setting ip routing on
the windows box, but for the life of me, i can't get the gateways and
subnets to work right in order to accomplish this. any help or anyone
who could point me to specific help useful to newbies would be greatly
appreciated.

derek

 

[G]

Ok, not being a linux guy but being fairly adept at W2K, I'll bite. It
seems you are trying to use ICS, yes? I'm not sure that is possible with a
linux client, but I guess it's worth a try since it is simply a mini dhcp
host (in theory, it shouldn't matter what the client is). Did you actually
enable ICS on the 192.168.0.101 connection? I guess the problem is that
ICS assumes your client is set to automatically obtain an ip address;
however, you are tyring to setup a static address on the linux box. Is
there a way to setup linux to seek a dhcp address instead?
The other possibility is you are trying to use W2K Pro as a software router
which it does not support. You would need W2K Server for that role (but
it's much cheaper to just get a hardware router). As for the gateway and
subnet issues you are having, please post the numbers and we'll see what we
can do to help.