[NTLUG:Discuss] Internet on my network

falconjetflyer@netscape.net falconjetflyer at netscape.net
Mon Apr 1 11:43:43 CST 2002


Actually Ron, as I said, I was reading and found the problem to be in the DNS setting in the windows machine.    There is just so much to learn and so little time.
However you  are right about problems With Mandrake.  Many times their utilities are not reliable.  This is not one of them.
Many thanks for your answer.
Garion

Ron Hamilton <ronhamilton at gmx.net> wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 11:12:33AM -0500, falconjetflyer at netscape.net wrote:
>> I am using Mandrake 8.1 on a 700 mhz Duron, 10 gig hd
>> I am unable to bring up a webpage on my client machines.
>> My network is set up and I can ping successfully from both ends.
>> Samba seems to be running.    testparm says OK
>> I can not see the linux machine from the windows machine. (in Network neighborhood)
>> There must be something wrong with my linux setup.   I have enabled internet sharing in Mandrake control center.  No joy.
>> I have to say I don't fully understand Masquerade in the 2.4 kernel.
>> I don't know if it is set up properly.  Reading that now.
>> Thanks
>> Garion
>
>Ok, I'm not sure about some of that stuff, but I know that in Mandrake
>8.1 there was a problem with the internet sharing if you hadn't
>configured the tiny firewall.  Also there was some other problem about
>every time you rebooted you had to reconfigure that tiny firewall again.
>But there was also a fix for this as I recall.  Look into updated
>packages for the tiny firewall, or check http://groups.google.com and
>search for mandrake tiny firewall.  
>
>--
>Ron Hamilton
>ronhamilton at gmx.net
>
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