[StAndrews and Fife LUG] Linux and windows

[brian.duncan@fife.co.uk]

I managed some time ago to get my Linux and Win XP to work (Linux MDK 9.0=
 was effectively the router)
it now seems that I don't quite know what I did to get it working.

My WinXP system kind of died (i.e. trhe networking side of it just seemed=
 to not want to communicate)
so now I've set up a Win98 PC from bits and pieces I had around.  now I c=
an't get access to internet=20
and I'm sure its to do with the firwall (shorewall).  I've tried switchin=
g all off but to no avail by=20
playing with different rules . I did a flush and then tried to set up a r=
ule to allow all.

the Win98 PC can use samba to view the folders on the linux box so I know=
 the network is functioning.

I'm looking for some advice to set up the firewall to allow the Win PC 19=
2.168.1.252 to get access to the internet.
I also did try Internet Connection Sharing wizard in MDK Control panel bu=
t it doesn't make any difference.
anybody any suggestions (ip_forward is set to1 )

regards Brian




On Saturday 08 Mar 2003 18:08, brian.duncan@fife.co.uk wrote:
> cheers guys,
> also just noticed this previous email in KMAIL (have it set up on threa=
ds
> and missed this message)
>
> there is some problem with the Internet Connection Sharing wizard (MDK)=
 as
> it loses the plot with my ADSL and eth0 connection (either that or its =
my
> use of it).  I lost it again, but managed to configure each connection
> individually (I think I was letting ti try and set up both adsl and eth=
0 at
> the same time)
>
> I'll try your suggestions below.  although I did think that DHCP (or
> related setting) was giving a problem.
>
> regards Brian
>
> On Wednesday 05 Mar 2003 09:44, Gilbert Serex wrote:
> > I also noted that if you use a DHCP protocol instead of a fixed IP yo=
u
> > have a better chance to have things working right.
> >
> > Check that in Mandrake Control Center (sic) > Network & Internet >
> > Connection.
> >
> > And use the "Wizard" if necessary.
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > B
> >
> > On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 07:49, David Tillotson wrote:
> > > In message <200303042027.13903.brian.duncan@fife.co.uk>, brian dunc=
an
> > > <brian.duncan@fife.co.uk> writes
> > >
> > > >recently installed Mandrake 9 on a new PC and all went really well=
 on
> > > >the initial installation.
> > > >managed to recover almost, except that my Win XP can't access thro=
ugh
> > > >Linux now.
> > > >from Linux I can ping Win XP pc but can't do it the other way.  I'=
m
> > > > not sure whether the problem
> > > >is on the Linux side or Windows side (I've dabbled a bit and made
> > > >things worse etc but back to normal now)
> > > >
> > > >any suggestions ?
> > >
> > > I assume you have something like this:
> > >
> > > -------        -------        ------
> > >
> > > |WinXP|--------|Linux|--------|'Net|
> > >
> > > -------        -------        ------
> > > x.x.x.2   eth  x.x.x.1  ADSL? 0.0.0.0
> > >
> > > Double check you IP addresses - Linux tends to use a wider subnet m=
ask
> > > IME, so a typo might not be so obvious (eg 192.168.1.2 instead of .=
2.1)
> > >
> > > >I also downloaded WEBMIN, which looks OK and now try to use Shorew=
all
> > > >Firewall, but get the following error ?
> > > >Failed to start firewall :
> > > >Determining Zones...
> > > >   Zones: net masq loc
> > > >Validating interfaces file...
> > > >   Error: Duplicate Interface eth0
> > >
> > > Not used shorewall - I prefer a directly controlled iptables script=
=2E
> > > Have you checked the .conf file - I have seen some scripts attempt =
to
> > > activate the interfaces (not the right place to do that IMHO)
> > > The shorewall thing could be the cause of your problem above - chec=
k
> > > that your LAN range is classed as local.
> > >
> > > >ifconfig shows only one eth0 interface.
> > >
> > > I suspect that the duplicate is in the "interfaces file", wherever =
that
> > > may live. I'll maybe have a look at the shorewall package (I can
> > > guarantee that a customer will want to use it!)
> >
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