[NTLUG:Discuss] howdy and help!

[George E. Lass]

Erich Morfeld wrote:
> 
> Howdy from Fort Worth!
> I have been reading my subscription to discuss off and on for weeks.
> I am not able to go to the meetings since I work most weekends and have pledged never to set foot again in Dallas.
> I have hit a brick wall.  I was determined to learn about Linux by reading the documentation first then "call" for support.
> Can anyone guess that I work for a support desk?
> I am running Redhat 5.1, kernel 2.0.34
> I have a cable modem connection to @home, Charter.
> I also run win98 and Mac0S 8 on 2 other machines.
> My desire is to use IP masquerading to allow all 3 machines to share 1 IP address.
> I got the cable modem running.
> In fact 2 machines using 2 different IP address connected to the little D-Link hub use it.
> I ran the RPMs to upgrade the kernel to 2.0.36 as required by the IPMasquerading How-To.
> I compiled the kernel to support the listing in said doc.
> I cannot count how much time, reading, compiles, and installs I have done.
> I have come to the conclusion that I am not just being thorough I am also being anal and arrogant.
> So there it is.
> Will someone please help me out!
> This project has turned into more than one and has exhausted me!


I set up a similar system for a friend of mine, but I used IP-FORWARDING
not IP-MASQUERADING.  His Linux PC effectivly has 2 NIC's in it.  One
for connection to the 'net (actually he uses PPP) and the other goes
into
a hub which connects with WinX and MAC.  We set up a private network for
the stuff on the hub (10.1.1.X), and told WinX & MAC to use the Linux
PC's
10.1.1.X address as their gateway/router.


George

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