Hello all,
I am new but willing to learn. I am trying to get my two laptops to network thru my Host computer. I have tried many things but haven't had any luck. I am very new to Linux. Here is my setup and network readings:
 
My host computer is dual-boot with WinXP pro on one hard drive and Mandrake 9.1 on another hard drive. I have two laptops, both with WinXP pro installed on them that I can network thru the host when booted into WinXP. When I have my Linux running I can not get on the internet from the laptops although my Linux system gets online with no problem. I have Samba installed but I'm not sure what to do with it. I also use firestarter as a firewall but even with it not running (I have it set as not running when closed down) I can not get online from the laptops. Here are the settings I believe one would need to see to help me:
 
resolv.conf
search launchmodem.com
nameserver 192.168.1.254
nameserver 192.168.1.254
 
ifcfg-eth0
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDR=192.168.1.96
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
ONBOOT=yes
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes
NEEDHOSTNAME=no
 
ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDR=192.168.1.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
ONBOOT=yes
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes
NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
 
ifcfg-lo
DEVICE=lo
IPADDR=127.0.0.1
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=127.0.0.0
# If you're having problems with gated making 127.0.0.0/8 a martian, # you can change this to something else (255.255.255.255, for example)
BROADCAST=127.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
NAME=loopback
 
ifconfig
[root@bellsouth network-scripts]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:95:01:FD:52
inet addr:192.168.1.96 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1736 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2066 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:1080134 (1.0 Mb) TX bytes:282402 (275.7 Kb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd000
 
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:78:10:0C:1F
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1073 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:398 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:115929 (113.2 Kb) TX bytes:69722 (68.0 Kb)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0xcc00
 
eth1:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:78:10:0C:1F
inet addr:169.254.9.108 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
Interrupt:5 Base address:0xcc00
 
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:476 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:476 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:42759 (41.7 Kb) TX bytes:42759 (41.7 Kb)
 
 
WinXP settings:
 
Host Computer:
1394 Connection Network Bridge Enabled, Bridged 1394 Net Adaptor
Local Area Connection Obtains IP and DNS automatically
Details: SiS 900 IP address 192.168.1.97 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 assigned by DHCP
Local Area Connection 2 Network Bridge Enabled, Bridged
Details: Linksys Network Bridge (Network Bridge) IP address 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Use following DNS, nothing listed
Network Bridge Enabled MAC Bridge Miniport IP address 192.168.0.1 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 Manually configured
Laptop settings: Internet Gateway: Enabled Local Area connection on Host computer
LAN or High-Speed Internet Obtain an IP and DNS automatically Enabled IP address 192.168.0.175 Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 DHCP
 
I have DSL. I hope someone can help me out. I tried even just plugging numbers into my ifcfg files, but to no avail. I'm not sure what settings in WinXP need to be placed where in Linux. Does My bridge reading go into eth0 etc...
 
I appreciate any and all help. Thanks again.