network problem: internet sharing

[Myles Green]

On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 08:28, Keith Antoine wrote:
> I seem to have given may an incorrect version of my internet sharing problem.
> The problem is NOT that I cannot share my machine with daughters downstairs 
> machine, but that I cannot share theinternet connection. This does not entail 
> any file sharing on either machine and is normally done both in XP and in 
> Mandrake 9.x via aGUI interface. This has always worked in the past on may 
> other machines that i have installed. However not this monster.
> 
> OUTPUT of ifconfig:
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:18:F1:BE:AE
>           inet addr:192.168.1.1  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:2725 (2.6 Kb)  TX bytes:2546 (2.4 Kb)
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0xb000
> 
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:18:FE:6E:70
>           inet addr:210.49.48.75  Bcast:210.49.48.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:715 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:42 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
>           RX bytes:54804 (53.5 Kb)  TX bytes:3624 (3.5 Kb)
>           Interrupt:5 Base address:0x2000
> 
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:56 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:3800 (3.7 Kb)  TX bytes:3800 (3.7 Kb)
> 
> OUTPUT of route:
> [root at dhcp-817-6 kantoine]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 192.168.1.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
> 210.49.48.0     *               255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth1
> 127.0.0.0       *               255.0.0.0       U     0      0        0 lo
> default         210.49.48.1.opt 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth1
> 
> OUTPUT of ping to downstairs machine:
> [root at dhcp-817-6 kantoine]# ping 192.168.1.2
> PING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=128 time=0.246 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=128 time=0.228 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=128 time=0.219 ms
> 64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=128 time=0.222 ms
> 
> 
> Now if I go downstairs I cannot ping to this machine 192.168.1.1
> nor can I 'see' the net with a browser. This is irrespective of the OS on this 
> upstairs machine. So there is something wrong on the downstairs machine or 
> the connection to this machine !! Logic dictates that. No the nic leads are 
> fine as I would not be able to ping downstairs and the cards would have X on 
> them.
> 
> Question what moves do you suggest that I make now, given the above.

Install Slackware on both machines? :o)

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Myles Green <myles-green at shaw.ca>