On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 20:32:28 -0200, Leandro Melo <ltcmelo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi David, thanks for your attention. > I'll try to detail what i want to. I might be getting confused because > of my english. This time i'll try to clearify things. > I have 2 pcs home. Both of them runs windows xp (and one of them also > runs fedora). > This two computers are part of my domestic intranet. In other works, i > have a windows network called "HOME". This way, pc 1 can see pc 2 and > vice-versa. Also, if you share a folder in pc 1, the other can access > it (and vice-versa). This is just an ordinary windows network. > When i connect pc 1 to the internet (using windows and adsl modem --- > I'M NOT USING THE MODEM AS A ROUTER), i configured my windows network > to allow pc 2 to share this connection, what makes sense, as they're > in the same intranet. > Recently, i installed fedora in pc 1 (it has now two o.s.). Pc 1 has > one partition that can be seen by both operating systems. This is a > vfat partition that can be seen by fedora under the folder /windows > and can be seen by windows by D:\. > When i connect pc 1 to the internet running fedora, pc 2 is no longer > able to share the internet connection. So, i only have pc 1 connected > to the internet. What i want to build a "home" or "domestic" intranet > between pc 1 and pc 2, just like the windows "home" intranet i have. > This way, when i connect pc 1 to the internet running fedora, pc 2 can > share this connection. > Then i'd say, with all my lack of linux experience, that i have to do 2 things. > 1 - Create a intranet between pc 1 running fedora and pc 2 running xp. > 2 - Configure this intranet to allow pc 2 to share a connection to the > internet when pc 1 is on the internet. > Have i made myself clear? > I'm very new to linux, that's why i have no clue from where i need to start. > Thanks. > Leandro > OK, you have made yourself clear again, and again I would say that what you want to do is find information about NAT or IP Masquerade. You will connect your Fedora machine to the Internet, and then use iptables to create rules that will allow your second machine to route traffic through the first machine, using it as a gateway. It's somewhat detailed to go into all the depth in an e-mail message, but there are dozens, if not hundreds of sites out on the Internet describing how to do this. -- David ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There are only 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't.
