share the internet

[daman2k]

ok im runnin mandrake 9 afta a switch from red hat 8. btw mandrake ROCKS.

neways i have a cable modem on the mandrake pc 192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0

and i want to share it with 2 windows 98 se machines 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0 and 192.168.0.3/255.255.255.0

does ne1 know how, if possible?

[mdwatts]

It is possible if you have 2 ethernet cards in your Mandrake box.

The JL Help File on Routing (http://justlinux.com/nhf/Networks/Routing.html) will get you started.

Check the online documentation on Mandrake's site as I believe they have something on setting up Mandrake for routing/internet sharing.

[daman2k]

i do have 2

[mdwatts]

Originally posted by daman2k
i do have 2

Then you are well on your way and shouldn't have any problems if you follow the guides I mentioned.

Try Mandrake's site first.

Are the ethernet cards both the same model? You should add

alias eth0 <module>
alias eth1 <module>

to /etc/modules.conf and then run

depmod -ae

(both as root)

[sharth]

Originally posted by mdwatts
It is possible if you have 2 ethernet cards in your Mandrake box. shouldn't that be 3? one incoming, 2 outgoing?

[mdwatts]

Only 2 are necessary. One for the internet connection and the other to a hub/switch.

[sharth]

ah. okies. i thought that the forwarding computer would also be the hub. nevermind then.

[rickenbacherus]

sharth
ah. okies. i thought that the forwarding computer would also be the hub. nevermind then.

The forwarding pc can be the hub I have used more 4 nics in the forwarding pc and I have also used a 4 port NIC but my Linux router is much preferrable.


daman2k - if you haven't had any luck yet you might try this:

Firestarter (http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/)

It's a firewall AND it makes ICS very easy. I have installed it with MDK9.0 and it went flawlessly.

If you happen to have access to an old pc that isn't doing anything you might check out some router distros-Linux is amazingly versatile.