Configuring dsl to share a connectionForum: Networking Topic: Configuring dsl to share a connection started by: BobJohnson Posted by BobJohnson on Oct. 03 2004,23:19
I just got DSL set up, did a hard drive install, and then used a crossover cable (Its a cross over cable because its been used to connect 2 machines together before) to connect the DSL machine to my windows XP machine. The XP machine detects theres a network, and says its fine (No error messages) but the DSL machine cant find anything. What im trying to do is share my dialup connection across the 2 machines, and possibly share files when i need to. Im a complete newbie when it comes to DSL and ive looked through the site and did a search on the forums and couldnt find anyone that was having the same problem as me, so if anyone knows what to do, thatd be a great help. Thank you.*Edit* im also running zone alarm on the windows XP machine, although i set the network to Trusted. Maybe this could be part of the problem? Posted by tecker on Oct. 03 2004,23:57
Did you try Internet Connection Sharing?Go into Network Connections and then click on the Create Home Network Wizzard and try setting that up. I don't have the specifics but windows might not be passing the packets on. Another thing would be to try an bridge the DSL and DialUP. Posted by BobJohnson on Oct. 04 2004,00:18
Well, that was part of the problem but there is still something else wrong. I have the connection shared now, but still when i try to access a page using Dillo, it says "ERROR: Dns can't resolve www.google.com" (example). Although now after i shared the connection, instead of that error immediately showing, it waits 5-10 seconds, and also some network activity occurs. Also after i shared the connection, netcardconfig ran through instead of stalling out.
Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Oct. 04 2004,01:45
this really doesnt sound like a problem with connection sharing, its the fact that DSL usually uses DHCP broadcast to set up the network and your comp isnt set up as a DHCP server.and DSL hates crossovers, but thats another story... Posted by roberts on Oct. 04 2004,05:39
If you are getting unable to resolve DNS, then maybe your nameserver did not get set from the windows network sharing.Can you ping an external IP, say for example, 66.94.230.44 ? If you can, then, you have internet sharing working. Next, what is the result of cat /etc/resolv.conf ? To manually enter your ISP's DNS ip do this echo "nameserver 99.99.99.99" > /etc/resolv.conf where 99.99.99.99 is your ISP's DNS server's IP. Then your external names should resolve to IP. Posted by BobJohnson on Oct. 05 2004,19:10
I cant get it to connect to outside IPs either. It just sits at "Contacting host" and shows a little bit of network traffic, but nothing happens. I tried a few different IPs too just to make sure it wasnt one that was down or something. Is there maybe a program i can download for the windows PC that will send whatever info over the network DSL needs to be set up properly? Other than that, im completely stumped as to what to try next. Posted by WoofyDugfock on Oct. 11 2004,05:55
I'm newbie also and haven't set up a local network with XPBUT perhaps XP won't automatically configure your DSL net settings for you ...like it might for another Windows machine...? Unless XP uses DHCP to do this??? Perhaps you need to do some googling on this. Your dsl net settings (right-click desktop, system, net etc)have to point at your "gateway" (the internal IP address that your XP machine (the "host") calls itself on your network, and you need a netmask etc. If you type ifconfig in a shell in dsl, what numbers come up? Posted by somerville32@hotmail.com on Oct. 13 2004,21:53
Why does DSL hate cross over cables... (<-- is going to be using cross over cable!) ??
Posted by Grim on Oct. 13 2004,23:27
< How to set up a Debian proxy server > should answer this question.
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