Hello Guys. I am kind of new to Linux and have decided to switch my xp machines from xp to suse. Fyi we have a small 3 pc lan at home and im tired of fixing viruses and trojans. How do I share my dial up connection with the other 2 pc's? Is it going to be that hard? Is this the correct way.. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/232169 ? Although I dont think I understand anything from that thread? I have an internal modem. what are the chances that'll be supported? Will it be different if I use professional or personal versions? Can anybody tell me if its easier to do it in FedoraCore 3? Please help Thanks Richard
On Friday, 15 October 2004 10.18, Richard wrote:
Hello Guys.
I am kind of new to Linux and have decided to switch my xp machines from xp to suse. Fyi we have a small 3 pc lan at home and im tired of fixing viruses and trojans.
How do I share my dial up connection with the other 2 pc's? Is it going to be that hard?
Is this the correct way.. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/232169 ? Although I dont think I understand anything from that thread?
In principle yes, but with YaST it's much simpler. In the firewall configuration you simply check "forward traffic and do masquerading" on the machine with the dial-up and it will take care of it for you. Then on the other machines, you set the machine with the dial-up as default gateway and you're done on those as well. Very simple
I have an internal modem. what are the chances that'll be supported?
Pretty good. Chances for an exact answer would be much higher if you told us what kind of modem it is (brand/model)
On Friday 15 October 2004 9:18 am, Richard wrote:
Hello Guys.
I am kind of new to Linux and have decided to switch my xp machines from xp to suse. Fyi we have a small 3 pc lan at home and im tired of fixing viruses and trojans.
How do I share my dial up connection with the other 2 pc's? Is it going to be that hard?
If you have set up your own lan, you should be able to do this.
Is this the correct way.. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/232169 ? Although I dont think I understand anything from that thread?
It is sparse, and the firewall bit is relevant, particularly if you are concerned about microsoft operating system exploits, but this is not central to what you need to do. I assume you are using ICS on windows at the moment, which will mean that all your clients already use the ICS machine as a gateway. Think of your migration strategy. Are you converting all machines at once? Or do you want to convert the ICS machine first and then the clients? Or the clients first and then the ICS machine? I would recommend a staged approach, probably starting with a client, then the ICS machine and then the final client. Particularly if it is all working OK at the moment. That way there is only ever 1 machine standing between you and a working system.
I have an internal modem. what are the chances that'll be supported?
Depends whether it is a proper modem, which will act as a COM port [eg COM3] - which will be supported or whether it is a Winmodem for Losers [sorry if that is what you do have]. Some of these might be supported, others may know. I went to ISDN 6 years ago and got a router, and to ADSL a year ago with another router. This approach is OS neutral, you don't have to configure each OS, it's excellent if you have more than 1 machine and you end up like me, knowing nothing about modems. Of course you have dial up, so I don't think there are [m?]any routers available.
Will it be different if I use professional or personal versions?
Waht you need will be in Personal, but for the price of 1 copy of Professional, you will have 3 machines.
Can anybody tell me if its easier to do it in FedoraCore 3?
No idea. Generally your big issues are: 1] Is your LAN static or dynamic IP addressing? If it is static, you should duplicate the addresses for the new installs. If it is dynamic, you need to sort out DHCP. 2] Are you getting a router, or are you using 1 machine as a gateway? If router, this becomes the gateway which the clients must use. If you have a gateway, you must understand how to do a routing table, and you need to enable IP forwarding [this catches out many people]
Richard wrote:
Hello Guys.
I am kind of new to Linux and have decided to switch my xp machines from xp to suse. Fyi we have a small 3 pc lan at home and im tired of fixing viruses and trojans.
How do I share my dial up connection with the other 2 pc's? Is it going to be that hard?
Is this the correct way.. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/232169 ? Although I dont think I understand anything from that thread?
I have an internal modem. what are the chances that'll be supported?
Will it be different if I use professional or personal versions?
Can anybody tell me if its easier to do it in FedoraCore 3?
Please help Thanks Richard
It's not too hard to do, and SusE and yast make it easier. I'm running a setup like you describe right now. Basically the steps are: - Setup the SuSE firewall on your server, the box with the modem. You need to identify the external network, probably ppp0, for protection according to the firewall rules, and the internal network, probably eth0. - Put your DNS resolution IPs (get them from your ISP) into /etc/resolve.conf as "nameserver", or enter them into the network card setup in yast. Only do this on the server. - I've seen people insist on setting up DHCP and bind (DNS) from the start and have lots of trouble. Unless you have good reason, I think it's best to start with a simple system and then learn and add things as you go. - In the client machines, use the network card setup to add the server's IP as the gateway and nameserver. That should get you going. You should now be able to ping and access any PC on your net by IP. You can add machine names into /etc/hosts and resolve them by name. You should also be able to access the internet through your server. Your address requests will be forwarded by the server to your ISPs resolver, so that work is done for you. This is off the top of my head. If I've been obscure or forgotten something feel free to write on or offline and I'll be happy to help. BTW, your reference page had good advice, but it's easy to see that the language is both correct and difficult. You'll understand it quickly as it falls into place. Good luck, Jim
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