[StAndrews and Fife LUG] Linux and windows

[brian.duncan@fife.co.uk]

cheers guys,
also just noticed this previous email in KMAIL (have it set up on threads=
 and missed this message)

there is some problem with the Internet Connection Sharing wizard (MDK) a=
s it loses
the plot with my ADSL and eth0 connection (either that or its my use of i=
t).  I lost it again,
but managed to configure each connection individually (I think I was lett=
ing ti try and set=20
up both adsl and eth0 at the same time)

I'll try your suggestions below.  although I did think that DHCP (or rela=
ted 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 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 o=
n
> > >the initial installation.
> > >managed to recover almost, except that my Win XP can't access throug=
h
> > >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 mas=
k
> > 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 Shorewal=
l
> > >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 th=
at
> > 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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