network problem: internet sharing

[David A. Bandel]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:38:13 +1000
Keith Antoine <kantoine at optusnet.com.au> wrote:

[snip]
> 
> David,
> 
> again many thanks but I have thrown up my hands and bought a netgear
> router FR114P with some bells and whistles. I now have daughters
> computer on the damd net at last. I am also online with XP but NOT
> with linux. Sheesh its a either or situation!
> 
> The problem is with me not linux, however I did try using the mandrake
> gui connection
> and I could not manage to get it to connect. Hence I cannot call up 
> ifconfig but there
> was no default gateway showing in ROUTE and only an ip of 192.168.0.0
> on eth0.
> 
> When I got back to windows it would not connect and I had to go
> through the setup
> proceedures once again. I presume that what I was fooling with stuffed
> the router settings.
> There are no visible settings that i can use from windows that i can
> use in linux.
> 
> The ip of the router seems to be 192.168.0.1, used for http config. I
> have not ips for
> downstairs computer either. Can I asume the this one would be
> 192.168.0.2 and the downstairs
> 192.168.0.3, or is this impossible. How can i find out what is using
> what ip's. Use ipconfig you say
> but when i call it here a little black window flashes up and is gone
> in a flash.
> 
> One day I will have both online but its still frustrating, but at
> least i have a daughter
> (monkey) off my back.
> 

Well, all you did was buy another problem.  If you still need/want help
with anything Linux, let us know.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
-- 
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		Nemesis Racing Team motto
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