Windows Host, Linux Client? 7
Chris asks: "For the past while I have had a LAN connecting my
parents Win95 machine to my Win98 macine. The 95 machine has a connection to the phone line, and I have been using a Proxy server to connect to that machine and use the net at the same time. Recently, I've installed Red Hat 6.0 on my machine. My problem is that I want to connect to the internet using Linux through my parent's machine like I have always done, but I can't find any info on how to do it. My ISP dynamically allocates our IP address, so that complicates the matter. I realize that IP-Masquirading exists, but that only works with the Linux machine as the server, and I want it as the client. I also know about proxy servers, like squid, but they are too large for a 2 computer network, and again, use Linux as the server. I know my Ethernet card has support, according to LinkSys it uses a Tulip driver and that was detected on installation. Any help would be greatly appreciated."
Why don't you just use your linux machine ... (Score:1)
Why don't you just use your linux machine ... (Score:1)
Set the winbox as the linux boxes default gateway (Score:2)
Try Sygate (Score:1)
Quick How-To (Score:1)
route add -host eth0
route add default gw
Quick and easy.. set's up your network card, then adds a route to you parents comp. then sets everything to go through your parents comp.
or even better:
ifconfig eth0 up
route add -net netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
route add default gw
Although I highly recommend you to use your linux box as the gateway, it is possible to use the win 95 one..
Kenny
BTW: All Should work as in Win9x
Re:Quick How-To (Score:1)
As Root type:
ifconfig eth0 up your-ip
route add -host parents-ip eth0
route add default gw parents-ip
Quick and easy.. set's up your network card, then adds a route to you parents comp. then sets everything to go through your parents comp.
or even better as root type:
ifconfig eth0 up your-ip
route add -net your-subnet netmask 255.255.255.0 eth0
route add default gw parents-ip
Although I highly recommend you to use your linux box as the gateway, it is possible to use the win 95 one..
Kenny
W95/W98 as gateway (Score:1)