I tried this and I still can't get to the internet from the client. I do
get a DHCP config from the linux DHCP server and the client can ping the
linux box. I tried disabling the firewall and no-go. Inet connection
sharing worked great with 7.2. I  guess I should've waited for 8.2?

At 10:39 PM 10/31/2001 -0500, Dennis Myers wrote:
>To all concerned and Mandrakesoft, there have been just a few of us who were 
>unable to connect to the internet on first boot after installation of 8.1.  
>The solution seemed to be to do "ifdown eth0" and then connect and get mail 
>going and then go back and do "ifup eth0" so the ethernet daemon appears to 
>be interfering with the internet connection when you configure your LAN 
>during the initial setup and install.  The ifdown and then ifup are a 
>workaround. HTH somebody else.
>-- 
>Dennis M. registered linux user #180842


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