[StAndrews and Fife LUG] Linux and windows

[Gilbert Serex]

I also noted that if you use a DHCP protocol instead of a fixed IP you
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 duncan 
> <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 through 
> >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 mask 
> 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 Shorewall 
> >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.
> 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 - check 
> 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!)