-----Original Message-----
From: Alfonso M Sanchez-Lafuente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 27. ma� 1998 18:05
Subject: Beginner in trouble
>Hi there,
>
>I am new to linux and all its related stuff, thus maybe this question has
>already appeared on the list, but I am new to the list too 8-)
>
>I am trying to set up a small private network to use a single phone line to
>communicate to the Internet through my ISP. I am running Linux RedHat 4.2
>(Kernel 2.0.30) as a server to this network.
>
>I have succesfully installed diald 0.16.5, and it works just fine when I
>try to connect to the Internet using the Linux computer. The problem comes
>with the rest of the machines (running Win95). I guess I have to configure
>browsers and ftp clients in those machines to connect to diald, as a proxy,
>in the Linux machine, but... what port is diald listening to ? I have not
>found this info on the man pages...
Nononono. Diald isn�t a proxy, that�s another thing entirely, even though
diald refers to sl0 as a "proxy interface". You don�t have to configure
anything on the win95 machines except the gateway address in the TCP/IP
stack (control panel-network-tcp/ip). That should be whatever address you�ve
assigned to our linux box, not what your ISP gave you.
Of course, you will, in reality, have to configure some things. Email
clients may keep the link up by checking every 5 minutes. Internet Explorer
4 may make http connections if you�ve "subscribed" to some pages or
channels. Also, if you wish to refer to your win95 machines by name rather
than IP number, something has to translate them. You don�t want them asking
your ISP�s nameserver who "barney" is if "barney" is a hostname you made up
for a machine on your lan. You could run named for that purpose and
configure the win95 boxes to use that nameserver, or you could create a
"hosts" file in c:\windows on each box. (See c:\windows\hosts.sam). You will
doubtless be hit by many surprises with thw in95 machines keeping your
connection up day and night.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-diald" in
the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
