I cant ping the xp machine....how do I turn on masquerading on xp? -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Burns Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 10:26 PM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Question about connecting to the net through a winxp machine Sponger wrote: >How the hell do I do this? I have the xp machine setup with two nics, one >for the broadband, the other for the network, and I have the fedora machine >setup with a static IP and a gateway address of the network address of the >xp machine. What am I missing? > > > >Thanks guys..this would really help out a lot! > > > > Can you ping the winxp machine? Use /usr/sin/traceroute www.google.com to see the path your packets take. If DNS does not work use 216.239.57.99 Make sure masquerading is turned on on the winxp machine - IMHO it's the most likely mistake. -- Scott Burns Mirrabooka Systems Tel +61 7 3857 7899 Fax +61 7 3857 1368 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
