Re: Win98 to Linux 5.2

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Fine advice from Tom, but IP Masquerading has some pretty good
HOWTOs and isn't too difficult (if you aren't trying to firewall).
I really recommend it.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


Tom Cooper wrote:
> 
> OK, here's the deal:
> Your home network (The one that connects the '98 box to the linux box) is
> working just fine.  You did that right.  Good job!
> Your linux box can see the Internet - again, good job.  What you're
> complaining about is that a machine on your home network can't see the
> Internet.
> 
> The reason that your '98 box can't see the Internet is this:  Your linux
> box is a terminating point from the Internet.  That means that machines on
> the net can see as far as your linux box, but no farther.
> 
> Theoretically, you could make your linux box a router, which is a device
> that forwards traffic, but practically that is not possible.  This is
> because of rules which govern what you can and cannot connect to.  Your ISP
> has given you an address which is, for all practical purposes, the end of
> the line from an Internet perspective.
> 
> Practically, there are a couple of things that you can do about this:
> First, you can make your linux machine a proxy server.  In that scenario,
> you would effectively have two networks - the Internet, and your Home
> network.  A proxy server allows connections from the '98 box to the linux
> box (on the home network) and then automagically creates a connection from
> the proxy server to the host on the internet that you want to connect to.
> If your goal is simply to surf the web from the '98 box, then this is
> probably the easiest thing to do.  Apache (the web server which comes with
> RedHat) can act as a proxy server for web traffic.  Take a look at the
> documentation for Apache - I think you'd be interested in a server
> directive related to proxies.
> 
> Secondly, you can perform a bit of magic called Network Address Translation
> (AKA IP Masquerading) which makes your linux box listen for network traffic
> from your home PC, and then forwards that traffic to the Internet, making
> it appear to come from the linux box.  This is helpful for web traffic as
> well as _all_ other protocols.  This is more difficult, and may be overkill
> for your needs.
> 
> Hope this is helpful.
> 
> Regards,
> Tom Cooper
> -----Original Message-----
> From: O'Sullivan, Dennis J
> To: 'redhat list'
> Sent: 7/27/99 8:32 PM
> Subject: Win98 to Linux 5.2
> Importance: High
> 
> Hi All
> I am a new user of Linux and have been trying to configure my network
> with
> only little success.
> So I am writing this out of frustration, I have a small server running
> Redhat 5.2 with a connection to the WWW and 1 Win98 second edition host.
> (Networked)
> 
> I would like to be able to use the WIN98 host to access the web, my
> problem
> is that  when I type in www.redhat.com using MS Explorer or Netscape all
> I
> get is the IP Address being resolved then I long delay before an error
> from
> Windows saying DNS problem.
> I have listed my Linux server in the host file on the win98 host and in
> the
> LMhost file. (These files don't have any extensions and are in the
> Windows
> directory) , is this correct location ?
> I know the connection is ok on the network as I can map to a drive on
> the
> server using samba and can transfer files between them.
> Has anybody experienced this problem and how did you fix it.
> 
> Thanks
> Dennis
> 
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