If I remember correctly I don't think Win98 can do bridging or routing you needed NT server to do that. He might have to put the Linux box on the cable connection and share the connection back to the Windows boxen.
On Wed, 2005-06-22 at 14:15 -0700, Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > I think you need to learn how to use networking on Windows. Find the > Network Control Panel for the interface in question, then select > Properties, then configure the IP address in their manually. You might > instead also want to think about bridging the interface if you want to > share an internet connection. > > On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Luiz Netto wrote: > > > My computer runs Linux Mandrake 8.2 and my father's computer runs > Windows 98. Both computers are (physically) connected with a USB > host-to-host cable. I'd like to make the connection work, in order to > 1)share a printer that's attached to his computer; 2)share his > Internet connection (which is a cable connection, much faster than my > dial-up connection). I've been trying to solve this problem for > months, so far without any results. > > > > On the Linux side, I think the connection is functional, because when I use > > the dmesg command to check my boot messages, I get: > > > > usb0: register usbnet 001/002, Prolific PL-2301/PL2302 > > > > which shows that my kernel is detecting the device correctly. Also, I can > > create a network interface by typing, as root, > > > > ifconfig usb0 10.0.0.1 > > > > and, when I type next the ifconfig command all by itself, it shows me that > > the interface is set up and running. I try > > > > ping 10.0.0.1 > > > > and it shows me, once again, that the interface is running correctly. > > > > On the Windows side, I think installed the driver (that comes on a CD) > > correctly, even though the "Network Neighborhood" and "PC-Linq" icons, when > > clicked, show only my father's Windows computer and fails to detect my > > Linux. > > > > Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Luiz > > > > > > -- > /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ > |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | > |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | > |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | > |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | > \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users -- David Mandala <davidm at them dot com> www.them.com/~davidm Public Key id: 45B2D952 Murphy TX, 75094 214.774.2569 HO 972.693.4007 C ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
