first of all,jad thank u all for ur quick reply,u guys prove enno lessa el donya eb5er :D.
second,there is this guy helping me out who is reading ur replies with me, so he told me to mention that i will have to use sbin b4 some of the comands u guys r giving me. third,yes Abdallah,u described exactly what i want to do,and also yes,i have been searching the net in a whole different field, the terms u r suggesting seem more logical. 4th,i did all what u said (adding the sbin when needed) and it didnt work,do i need to restart anything?and another q,will these setings u r giving me be automaticly saved? On Jul 14, 9:09 pm, Abdallah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, your linux box dials your pppoe to your DSL provider. You want your > windows box to to use the Internet through the Linux box. Right? > > Here is what you need to do concept wise. > > 1- Your linux box must do NAT for your network. (through IPTABLES rules) > > 2- Your Win box must be configured to use Linux box IP as the default > gateway. TCPIP config > > searching for "Linux NAT setup windows" will lead you to so many pages > discussing the setup you want to have. > > http://www.aboutdebian.com/proxy.htm is a good start.. > > What you are trying to do will be accomplished with 3-4 commands. You just > need to understand the concept behind it. > > on linux issue following commands: > > modprobe iptable_nat > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE > echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > on windows: > > - an IP from the same subnet as linux box > - tcpip conf: DNS ips .+ linux IP as gateway. > > done. > > Please let us know how things turn out with you. > > Abdallah > > On 7/14/07, rage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > it is enabled, didnt work :D > > > On Jul 14, 8:19 pm, "Al-Faisal El-Dajani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
