Home networking - where do I go now?

[Alex Snow]

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "'Georgina'" <gena at gena-j.net>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 1:53 PM
Subject: Home networking - where do I go now?


> Hi All
> 
> I'm looking for either a easy-to-read document on networking GNU/Linux
> and Windows 98SE, using the Linux box as the router with a 2.4.x kernel.
> Or perhaps, someone could suggest which script to scrutinice next after
> reading the following.
> 
> I'd tried to follow the Net-HOWTO but only got so far.  All I want to do
> is network two Windows 98SE machines to a Debian Woody GNU/Linux using a
> 2.4.18 kernel.  I want to use the Linux box to act as a router for the
> 98 machines i.e. allowing them to access the internet 
> 
> Currently, eth0 is the dhcp interface providing ntl broadband internet
> service.  A second nic eth1 is static and is stated as below in the
> /etc/network/interfaces file:
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 192.168.1.1
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         network 192.168.1.0
>         Broadcast Address       192.168.1.255
> 
> I've listed the three interfaces in the hosts file too:
> 
> 
> 127.0.0.1       localhost
> 192.168.1.1     debian.linux.windflower.home    debian.linux
> #192.168.1.2    desk-01.win98.windflower.home   desk-01.win98
> 192.168.1.3     stanford.win98.windflower.home  stanford.win98
> 
> Samba is installed and smbd and nmbd are started at boot up.  But I
> can't find a smb.conf so perhaps this is the problem.  Usually apt asks
> questions and creates such necessary files.  But if it is not configured
> surely its not stopping successful connections?
> 
> I can transfer files from one 98 machine to the other but I can't get
> them to see the Linux box thus can't gain access to the internet on
> those 98 machines.  I can ping the 98 machines from the Linux box
> successfully but I can't telnet into them.
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks for listening.
> 
> Gena
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