Hello, On Thu, 2 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, I'm setting up an Ethernet network with my laptop and some PCs. I have a > couple of questions. > > 1. How do I (or where can I find out how to) set up the network, share an > internet connection, and share files? I'd also like to have each machine > assigned its own IP address, and find out what it is. Network information can be found in the Ethernet-HOWTO, Networking-Overview, NET3-4, IP-Masquerade. Before you can share an internet connection, be sure that your ordinary network works. This is how it works in a few words: Machine A: - modprobe ne (replace ne with your network card driver) - ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up Machine B: - modprobe ne (replace ne with your network card driver) - ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 up etc. This is for all machines the same, only the IP addresses are different. You can check if this works by pinging other hosts: from A: ping 192.168.1.2 from B: ping 192.168.1.1 To share one internet connection, you need to set up a computer as a gateway. Then configure for machines B, C, etc. A as gateway with: - route add default gw 192.168.1.1 Then, on machine A do (if you have a 2.2 kernel): ipchains -F forward ipchains -P forward DENY ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 -d 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 -j MASQ ipchains -M -S 3600 0 0 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward This should work. Information about this can be found in various HOWTO's. > > 2. How do I (or where can I find out how to) set up the network to interface > with Windows machines? > Practically the same way. Make sure that windoze has detected your ethernet card. Then configure the network settings, select the properties of TCP/IP->networkcard (or something alike) and fill in the desired IP-adress, netmask and gateway and some nameservers (if you do not know them, do a 'type /etc/resolv.conf' on your gateway machine). If win9x reboot and wait forever, if win2k it will work right away. Greetz, Sebastiaan
