On Sunday 14 March 2004 02:22, Richard Atcheson wrote:
On Saturday 13 March 2004 03:50 pm, Olipro wrote:
I have 2 machines which have recently been networked to each-other, one connects to the internet via dial-up, how would I go about configuring them both to connect to the net (configure one as a gateway, and the second to access that gateway) they are both running SuSE 9.0 networked via 100/Mbit LAN card.
<< snip >> Hi, I would like to add some more info to my previous reply... On the workstation... Setup your mailer...say like Kmail...that's all you hvae to setup....the rest...browser...etc..will work as if connected directly as usual.
On gateway...console...ping 192.168.1.2 (if that is the workstation address)...you will get some packets. ** On the workstation.....consle....ping 192.168.1.1...if all goes wel you will receive some packets. If the above is OK then...... on gateway...Startup your net connection on gateway.....ping www.google.com...if all is well you must receive packets. Now on your workstation....ping www.google.com...if all is well you must receive packets. Now on your workstation mailer click...get...you should get your mail. ********* If you have gkrellm going you will see a lot of activity on eth0 and ppp0. If you already knew all of the above then it is fine goodluck -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning