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On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 10:56:29AM +1000, Tim Dickinson wrote:
> I am running SuSE 8.2 on a machien that has direct access to the internet, i 
> want to share this net connection to a windows machine - when i disable the 
> network on the windows machine then re-enable it, it says -
> 0.0.0.0
> 0.0.0.0
> Assigned by DHCP
> 
> then it refreshes and automatically assigns itself a windows address.

For your understanding: Windows box assigning a spontaneously invented
lease means that it didn't get an address from any DHCP server. 

> And then how do i share the net connection through DHCP to windows?? I could 
> do it in Mandrake 9.0/9.1 and Lycoris Desktop L/X (Amethyst) - But SuSE does 
> not seem to have a config tool like the others.

For your understanding: you do not share a connection "via DHCP" -- DHCP
only distribute configuration stuff (mainly basic stuff like IP address,
netmask and gateway address) to a client machine, so the data can be
maintained centrally.

> There are no problems with my network conenctions, but does a hub have to 
> support IP address assigning (DHCP) to assign them? all i have is 4 
> computers (only 2 hooked up roght now) connected through a standard 4 port 
> hub - using CAT-5 network cable.....

The hub doesn't need to know what you are sending over it, because it
operates at a much lower level (physical layer of the network). 

> Anyone got any ideas?

First off: watch /var/log/messages on the server for anything that dhcpd
logs, while restarting it, and while playing with winipcfg (or ipconfig)
on the windows box, and try to understand it. 

Peter