configureing Cable internet through windows ICS

[NewbiesRUs]

Ok all I got a copy of Mandrake and got it running immediatly.Aggravated and gave up on red hat. Now Im trying to figure out how to configure if I can how to get Mandrake to pull the internet off a windows based network?I got a cable modem on one machine running Internet Connection Shareing and dont really want to redo the whole network.Any suggestions on how to get internet on the Mandrake machine through the network.The other computers are running Win XP pro and its off a 10/100 lan Hub.Thx for any and all advice in advance
Ryan

[mdwatts]

Use whatever network config tool Mandrake provides and set the gateway address to whatever ip address ICS is using.

Also add the same gateway address to /etc/resolv.conf.

domain <ICS domain_name>
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # ICS ip address

Are you using static or dynamic (dhcp) addressing?

[fbwr75215]

I am using RH8.0 and all I did was told it to us a DHCP. There was no special configuring that I had to do on both ends. Linux does not care and microsoft did not screw with the ics to make it hard for none windows machines to connect.

[rickenbacherus]

This might help:



desktop linux (http://www.desktop-linux.net/cablemodem.htm)

[bwkaz]

Yes, ICS sets up a DHCP server on the ICS machine. You should probably set your Linux box up to be a DHCP client, using whatever tools Mandrake supplies for network configuration.

[JamminJoeyB]

Suggestion, get a router. They have come down in price and will give you that extra layer of protection. I know this probably isn't the solution, but I perfer this method for sharing a broad band connection among computers. With the built in firewalls and NAT it's as simple as setting your computers up in dhcp and your are surfing the net.

Besides ever see you cable modem activity light blinking like a strobe and no one is using a computer. Those are scans for open ports. Scans of large blocks of ip address happen all the time and script kiddies love those broad band connections.

[NewbiesRUs]

Ok to fill everyone in I updated from the Mandrake web site to 9.1.Runs AWESOME and yes it did auto config my network apparently 7.1 couldnt find my nic card appropriatly.Now have internet on Linux machine and everything runs GREAT>Thank you guys sooooo much for the awesome recomendations.To who ever it was that pmed me the instructions thanks a ton but I accidentally closed the window before I caught your name.If you guys dont mind (seeing how Im learning so fast) I would really like some advice on two more issues.
1.) can I view other window files on the other computers on my network through Linux and if so how?I want to see if I can pull MP3s amd MPEGs off them.
2.) Can anyone give advice on where I can get some cool games for Linux.I tried local computer stores but never more than 1 or two ancient games.I cant play any first player games believe it or not cause I get motion sickness.I was playing never winter nights on my XP machine and according to their site its Linux compatible but I cant get it to install or run.Dont know if Im not doing it rite or what.
Im not sure if I should post this elewhere but I had alota help here and figured I would keep it running as well as express my appreciation for all you guy's help and to whoever it was who explained how to dl and burn ISO immages to install new version.
Thanks a ton guys
RYan

[mdwatts]

Checkout the Game forum as you should find links to Linux game sites. www.linux-games.org or www.linuxgames.org is one I believe.

We have a JL Help File on accessing Windows partitions that will certainly help.

Search the JL forums for 'mount fat32' or 'mount vfat' or 'mount ntfs' and you will find loads of previous threads on the topic as it is quite popular.

[NewbiesRUs]

Thx for the help still.For some reason I cant get those sites to load Ill keep working on it.I know (dont know how) that you can run windows games under Linux b9ut that kinda defeats the purpose thats why I was looking for games that were designed to run on Lynux instead of windows.I am still interested in what it would take to make windows games and Kazaa run on my computer though since their is no other way to make Kazaa run.If anyone has some spare time I would love to hook up on an instant messenger and just bs about what things I "can" do with Linux.And like always thanks for all the help guys.
Ryan

[mdwatts]

Sorry as you can probably tell that I don't have or play any games in Linux.

I did a quick G4L search for 'linuxgames' and found the site to be...

www.linuxgames.com

[rickenbacherus]

For music swapping you might check out something called giFT. It is supposed to be a good p2p client. I think Limewire also runs on Linux.

[bwkaz]

LimeWire is Java-based, so yeah, it runs on Linux.

If KaZaA (or however they capitalize it :rolleyes: ) is absolutely required, there are a couple of posts in How I Did It for how to set that up with Wine.

For games, check out the Linux Games forum, specifically the "Linux is a great gaming OS!" thread. There are a LOT of games you can get running natively, and a lot of people have posted what they are using in there.

For example, there is a RtCW Linux installer on Id's FTP site. There are installers for UT (the original) and UT:GoTY on Loki's FTP site (which is amazingly still up). You can still buy a lot of the games Loki ported from places like tuxgames.com, etc. (I got Descent 3 and Rune from there). UT2003 comes with a Linux native installer on CD 3. You can also find Q3 installers floating around.

And of course, linuxgames.com is a good place to look.

[NewbiesRUs]

Okay posting this before I go look but am going to.I tried downloading some games off Linuxgames.org but am still baffled at trying to figure out how to install them.When I double click them (remember Im a recovering windows addict) it asks me what program I want to use to run them.Im gonna go look through some posts but wanted to say thank you one more time.Im on 3 other Linux boards and havent gotten one response from them yet :confused: .Kinda a let down but this site makes all the diffrence.I still feel kinda like a traitor I configured my desktop to look like windows.Doest seem rite......Im a Windows finatic trying to escape.One more simpler question when I installed I went for the KDE desktop but Im interested in seeing what gnome and the others look like but I cant figure out how to change them over in Mandrake 9.1.Anyone know?
Ryan

[DMR]

Originally posted by NewbiesRUs
1.) can I view other window files on the other computers on my network through Linux and if so how?I want to see if I can pull MP3s amd MPEGs off them.To share files with Windows machines, you need to install and configure Samba, which you probably already have on your installation CDs. Try this link (http://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/using_samba/) for more info and instructions.

There are two helpful graphical utilities that you can use with Samba, SWAT and Linneighborhood. SWAT is an easy-to-use tool for setting up Samba, and Linneighborhood is the equivalent of Windows' Network Neighborhood/ My Network Places.

[DMR]

Oh, and I moved this thread to the networking forum, as it's much more network than hardware related.

:)