I ran into that problem once, you solve it by enabling ip forwarding. Try this: echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
I don't know how to automatically enable this, and i'm fairly sure that this would solve it for you. On 7/14/07, rage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all im a linux newbie,i recently downloaded and installed fedora 7 > on my computer,which also has a windows xp installed on it,but thats > not relevant, my problem is the following: > i have another windows xp based computer, an adsl modem,and a switch, > so the the modem,windows xp computer, and the fedora 7 computer are > all connected to the switch,and i can easily connect to the internet > using the fedora 7 computer,where i created the adsl connection using > the network configuration panel in the nome desktop,what i need is for > my fedora 7 computer to provide the internet connection to the windows > xp computer through the switch,in other words,i need the fedora 7 > computer to be the default gateway, this was my previous configuration > when both my computers where windows xp based,i tried simply changing > the ip to a static one putting both computers in the same class etc > like i would do in a windows xp environment,but of course it didn't > work,or our lives would be easy,contradicting the fact that life is a > pain,so if anyone has any idea.im all ears! > > thank you :D! > > > > > -- Al-Faisal El-Dajani Phone: +962-7-77 799 781 P.O Box: 140056 11814 Amman, Jordan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
