Quoting b c r <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello. i have a debian unstable box that i dial up with. i also have a > laptop running winxp. i'd like to run dhcp server from the linux box so > that i can also get internet on the laptop at the same time. here's > what i've done.
So, let me get this right, you want to have the linux box dial-up the internet and have the winxp box route through the linux box to get to the internet? A DHCP server is specifically used for a server to give out IP addresses as "leases" to other machines on a network. It doesn't do anything with IP masquerading and IP routing, which is what you want. You could setup DHCP to give out IP addresses, but DHCP doesn't do anything with routing and masquerading. If all you have setup is DHCP then it would just allow your two machines to talk to each other, but would not facilitate the winxp machine to talk to the internet (even if the linux box is talking to the internet at that same time). Anyway, I'm babbling. It's been so long since I have setup a dial-up masquerade that I'm not of much help. Check-out diald (dial-on-demand) and IP masquerading (which may get setup if you install a firewall such as www.shorewall.net). Anybady can correct me if I'm wrong and my advice is outdated. :) Chris ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
