[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: newbie/network problem



You should do it the otherway around.
connect Linux to the internet and the win98 to it.
Linux CAN manage ip-forwarding , ip-masquarading and routing for other
machines which win98
CANT!.

look at the IP-MASQUARADING howto in linux to get the details.


Yaniv Kimchi 
yaniv@zvia.org.il

On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Shai S. Yahav wrote:

> hi,
> i'm using both linux and win98, my 98 is connected to the internet so..i
> build a little network (peer to peer) and i gave linux-10.0.0.10 and
> win98-10.0.0.20 ip adress and on my linux machine i used the default
> gateway to be the ip adress for my 98 by pinging the stations i get a
> result but my linux machine can't "get out" the network why?
> my subnet is 255.255.0.0
> my default gateway device is eth0 wich is my network adapter.
> 
> i have two interface lo and eth0 both of them are in active, what does
> 'lo' means? why do i need it?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>