I have tried enabling this option but it does not work. The strange thing is that I tried connecting in a friend's house the way I'm trying here and my laptop connected to the Internet normally. I don't know what could be misconfigured in my Windows XP.
> I used the "share my internet connection" facility on XP when I first started > using linux, and before I had a serial modem for my linux machine. it worked > ok, but I wasn't too happy having to go through a Windows machine to connect > to the Internet. > Problem resolved now. I now have Smoothwall Express2 installed on an old > machine, and with a serial modem, and my 2 machines on the LAN access the > Internet through that. >> I have a Windows XP machine connected to the Internet and an >> additional network card with a fixed IP configured (192.168.0.5). I >> connected a crossover network cable to my laptop in which I installed >> Debian Sarge 3.1. I configured the network in /etc/network/interfaces >> passing the correct configuration for each option like static IP >> 192.186.0.10 gateway 192.168.0.5 and the DNS servers of my Internet >> Service Provider. I can ping normally the IP 192.168.0.5 but my >> browser can't navigate the web. I passed inside Mozilla's preferences >> that it's a direct connection to the Internet. I even disabled Windows >> XP Firewall but it seems to have no effect either. My Windows XP >> machine has TrendMicro OfficeScan installed but I don't know if it >> could prevent any connection through the network. I also contacted my >> ISP asking if both DNS numbers were changed and they said both numbers >> are still the same. What could be a possible problem and what I could >> try to do to solve it? -- Henrique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
