Todd,
I may be getting in over my head here, but I'll proceed with caution ...
With your setup it would appear that the DOS box would have a fixed IP.
However, I'm not clear as to how the win machine passes signals from the
DOS box to the cable modem.
On a normal cable modem hookup for Arachne [like I have], I had the
option of using BOOTP or, since I have fixed IP, "hardwiring" all the
data into Arachne.cfg.
But since I haven't set up a local network yet [I'm finding other things
to keep me too busy] so the kid can use the cable modem simultaneiously,
I can't relay personal experience there.
However, from what I've read I will end up with a Proxy on my main
machine [whatever that does] which will do the 'signal sorting' so that
his machine & my machine talk to the ISP seperately. From what I've
gathered, the Proxy would maintain & use the fixed IP data between cable
modem & ISP, while recognizing via 'local' IPs that two different
machines are being used.
Now I may be totally wrong ... <G>
Now comes the question: How do you have arachne.cfg set up for network?
Do you have it using a proxy in the main box? Are you using BOOTP
setup? Are you using fixed IP?
>From the last line in your message, it appears as if you are using BOOTP
on Arachne. I don't think that *can* work when you're using a local
network to access the cable modem, unless your local network has DNS
capability to tell Arachne IP and all the other stuff it needs to work.
l.d.
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On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:00:54 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The setup is as follows...
> I have a Windows 2000 box with a Cable modem attached to a NIC. I have
> another NIC that is attached to my DOS box on a seperate network
> (192.168.0.x). I am using software that provides NAT to the cable modem
> from the DOS box. When I type an address like 'http://www.cnn.com' or
> whatever in Arachne, I can see the DOS box trying to communicate to my W2K
> box. When I check the NAT log on the W2K box, it appears to be seeing the
> DNS lookup request, but is trying to translate to a 0.0.0.0 IP address on
> the W2K box.
> Arachne never gets an IP address to go to and comes back with an error.
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