How to setup a windows sharing internet connection with Ubuntu. 1704
On 23 Jun 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article
On 26 Jun 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article OK - local networking is running You have to understand that a web browser is an application that runs...
OK - any firewall being used? Can this windoze box ping the Internet? Can it ping the Ubuntu box?
OK. Can the Ubuntu box see the windoze box? Not necessarily the shares, but does it get a "Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused" when you try to telnet to 192.168.0.1?
OK
What happens? Do the computers catch on fire? What is the EXACT error message?
How are the computers connected to each other? Coax? Twisted Pair? Hub? Switch? If you connect the two DIRECTLY to each other with twisted pair cable, this needs to be a 'cross-over' cable - not the ordinary cable you would use to connect many computers to a hub or switch.
On the Ubuntu box, run the commands '-sbin-ifconfig -a' and '-sbin-route -n' and see what they look like. The 'ifconfig' command should not show error counts, but show packets sent and received, like this:
eth0 Link encap:10Mbps Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:D1:57:00:F0 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:100907 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:92050 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 Interrupt:10 Base address:0x300
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.misc, in article What the O-P needs the...
The route command should look like this:
Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 4198 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 20 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 5 eth0
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How to setup a windows sharing internet connection with Ubuntu. 1705
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