On Saturday 12 July 2003 04:11 pm, Klaus D. Neumann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could anyone please give me a hint how to configure a win98 box behind a
> gentoo router? Just replaced Dad's broken WinXP box with a brandnew
> computer where I installed win98 for him. Using my Gentoo box as router it
> worked perfectly with Dad's old computer. Now I can ping between gentoo and
> win98, I can manage Dad's files from my Gentoo box (samba) can print from
> Gentoo to his printer, but his win98 can't get an internet connection. What
> did I miss? Must be something on the win98 side, since I did not change
> anything on my Gentoo box. TIA!

It depends on whether or not the box is broadcasting via DHCP.  If the box is 
broadcasting, no extra configuration is needed.  If the box is not 
broadcasting, you need to give the win98 box a static IP (just pick one 
that's not in use) and make the gateway the Gentoo box's IP.  For the DNS 
settings, that depends on whether or not the Gentoo box is running a daemon 
like bind.

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