On Sat, 24 Apr 2004 18:02, Chris Wilkinson wrote: > Hi there, > > Andy George wrote: > > Actually, after having a look, I tell a lie...You might have better luck > > with > > > > route add default gw 218.101.65.98 <<Your internet IP>> > > What address is the 218.x.x.x? Thats the address of the machine to which you connect.
> Also, my internet dialup uses dynamic IP > assignment, so how can I get around that? If everything is set correctly, the connection made by pppd sets up the numbers in the routing tables and /etc/resolv.conf The kppp program interfaces to the ppp daemon and does all that stuff automatically. If you don't want to hassle with the details, by far the easiest way to connect a network ( of two machines in your case ) is to arrange for one of the *nix distributions made specifically for this purpose to do it for you. Distributions which come to mind include:- http://www.ipcop.org/ Completely GPL http://www.smoothwall.org/ Dual Licence, 'extra' features are closed. http://www.gibraltar.at/ LiveCD, based on Debian. licence ditto http://www.freesco.org/ Boot's off a floppy. There are others, but I forget the details. They are no particular order except it's the one in which they came to mind. I can vouch for IPCop as I have used for a long time using a tatty old 25MHz '486. That's ample 'pute power for a 'Net gateway, but it might need a bit more ram. The IPCop needs 32 meg, but freesco runs in much less. -- Sincerely etc. Christopher Sawtell NB. This PC runs Linux. If you find a virus apparently from me, it has forged the e-mail headers on someone else's machine. Please do not notify me when this occurs. Thanks.
