Internet Connection Sharing

Forum: Networking
Topic: Internet Connection Sharing
started by: outdoorcat75455

Posted by outdoorcat75455 on June 20 2007,12:53

Where can I find info on how to configure DSL to access the net through a M$ Windows box using the Internet Connection Sharing feature?

Posted by curaga on June 20 2007,15:17

Check the XP help center for the Windows part.
For DSL make that Win machine your gateway (use a static ip..)

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on June 20 2007,17:05

If you use the defaults in ICS, it should also enable DHCP, so it should be automatic on DSL machine's end.

Posted by athlon_crazy on June 21 2007,01:09

if I were you, I'll use DSL as a gateway. Just grab iptables from MyDSL and manipulate it.

Anyway, like ^thehatsrule^ said, by default ICS from Winblows will connect your DSL automatically to the net.

Posted by outdoorcat75455 on June 21 2007,09:09

Athlon_Crazy

That would be the ideal thing,,, but my ISP uses a shell to connect to the net, and it is only for Windows. I do have the ICS enabled and the two machines connected, but no ineternet. It possibly is the shell that my ISP provides that is preventing this. Don't laugh or think anything less of me, for it is the only service I have available at this location, but I'm forced to use PeoplePC dial-up service.

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on June 21 2007,15:56

I guess the question should be: how is your physical setup like?

Your windows machine (M1) is now the NAT/routing device, and your DSL machine (M2) should be attached to it.
Using dial-up or whatever ISP should be transparent to the client systems.

So... in other words, is your physical layout like: [modem] -- [M1] -- [M2] ?

Posted by outdoorcat75455 on June 21 2007,17:22

M1, the WinXP box, has the modem and I'm directly connecting to M2, the DSL box, with a crossover cable through the ethernet NICs

Posted by athlon_crazy on June 21 2007,20:34

-how did you connected those 2 clients? by using static IP?
-How bout auto dhcp on DSL machine?
-if both method can connect the machine to each others but still no internet, please look into DNS "/etc/resolv.conf"

Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on June 21 2007,22:46

So your physical setup sounds fine. I'm assuming 2 NICs in M1?

Does your DSL machine get an IP address? If so, can you ping your gateway (M!)?

Posted by outdoorcat75455 on June 23 2007,09:22

I'm using static IPs. M1 has one NIC, and pinging is successful.
I appreciate your comments, I have discovered a few areas to poke around in that I was unabe to find before.
I was hoping for some resource that could explain step by step this configuration.

Posted by outdoorcat75455 on June 23 2007,16:10

Thanks guys for the helpful ideas and they did lead to making corrections for the proper configuration.
After getting everything setup as far as the IPs and DHCP and nameservers and so forth.....
can you spell firewall? ........ Dooh!