Steve Maytum wrote:
>
> May i just thank people for their offers of help before i begin this epic
> adventure (well it is for me anyway!)
> 1) In answer to setting up old machine as dialler/firewall , i have no
> objections to this , but will still need guidance. My problems may become
> apparent as we continue.
> 2) This thread may be a bit slow , but hopefully progressive , i think i've
> now had a PC for about a year. Someone once told me i was a masochist to
> consider Linux this soon , let alone LAN configuration.
> 3) Through Win 98 and 95 as per each machine , Computer name allocated along
> with usergroup. Identifying these machines with TCP/IP set up and IP
> addressess 192.168.1.1 , 2 & 3 respectively , subnet masks as 255.255.255.0
> i still get nothing.
> 4) Tried using AnalogX proxy server and still nothing. Unable to use
> WinIPCFG on old PC's as not on Win 95.
> 5) Now i'm starting from scratch with help please! When i type ifconfig on
> Linux side i recieve the following:-
> (root@localhost /root)# ifconfig
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
> RXpackets:0 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 frame:0
> TXpackets:0 errors:0 dropped:0
> overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>
> (root@localhost /root)#
>
> These messages are because no other machines are presently connected.
> Started at this point in case one of these messages tells you more
> experienced people i've done something wrong. If not , tell me i need to
> re-connect everything and what to go for next. Hope this isn't too much ,
> but been trying to set up for about two months and read and re-read
> everything! So just trying to cover every avenue. Regards
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
You should have eth0 listed as well for your network card.
Does it show up after you do, as root, 'ifconfig eth0 up' ?
-Frans
