>>>>I followed the instructions and restarted the computer (was it a must? >>>>I thought Linux doesn't require that). >>>>With ifconfig I saw that the new IP was given - but no internet >>>>connection was established. >>>>What else could I miss? >>>> >>>Did you set your gateway in your Linux box?? and what about your DNS?? >>> >>[<Yigal>] The only thing I did was to set the IP. >> >1) you have to set the Gateway on the PC's on your network.... >2) you have to start NAT (Network Address Translation) on the PC that is >the gateway to the Internet >3) BUT WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT: YOU HAVE TO START A FIREWALL (IPTABLES) >ON THE GATEWAY BOX > >I suggest to have a look at www.netfilter.org and then come back here. > >You will be on the Internet in a really short time.... [<Yigal>] I use router (edimax) - and it general it works fine. I set the pool to be between 192.168.2.110 till 200 (for the PCs that take the IP automatically). For the Linux machine - I want to have specific IP (e.g. 192.168.2.100). Currently the Linux works fine with auto-IP. I know how to change it to the needed IP(192.168.2.100) - what should I put in mask? 255.255.255.0 ? and what about the DNS field ?
