Problemsconfiguring Firestarter

[Pasha]

Leandro Melo wrote:

>>On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 21:52:30 +0200, Pasha R <e97665728 at 013.net> wrote:
>>On Sun, 2005-03-06 at 23:47 -0300, Leandro Melo wrote:
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>>>On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 19:31:37 +0200, Pasha <e97665728 at 013.net> wrote:
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>>>>Leandro Melo wrote:
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>>>>>Hi.
>>>>>I just intalled Firestarter on my Fedora 2. The goal is to share my
>>>>>Internet Fedora connection to my other computer at home that runs
>>>>>Windows XP.
>>>>>I followed the instructions at the Firestarter web site. I configured
>>>>>my Internet connection with the eth0 device (naturally, this is my
>>>>>hardaware device, but I'm using default's fedora network manager in
>>>>>which I have a logical ppp0 device - I called it eth0MyConn -  that
>>>>>points to the eth0 hardware device). I also configured in Firestarter
>>>>>the other device I'd like to share the connection with, which is eth1.
>>>>>I configured it to use dhcp as it's suggested. The device eth1 is
>>>>>connected to my other computer that runs Windows XP.
>>>>>After doing the necessary configuration I finished Firestarter
>>>>>installation normally.
>>>>>The problems are:
>>>>>
>>>>>1 -  When I try to start Firestarter (or when it starts by itself when
>>>>>I dial up) it gives an error that "eth0 is not ready... check if the
>>>>>connection is active". The point is that my connection is active, I
>>>>>can use the internet normally, but Firestarter gives this error.
>>>>>
>>>>>2 - If I try to use the connection stabilished in Fedora from my
>>>>>Windows XP, it doesn't work. In other words, the connection that is
>>>>>supposed to be shared is not working, my Windows XP can't see the
>>>>>connection.
>>>>>
>>>>>Can anyone help me out with these problems. I'm very new to linux.
>>>>>
>>>>>p.s.: I'll also try to send this message to firestarter mailling list,
>>>>>but if anyone could help me out also here, I'd appreciate.
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>You need to configure ppp0 as your device connected to internet.
>>>>If you configure eth1 as using DHCP in firestarter, you also need to set
>>>>up DHCP server on your FC2 box. If all you have is 2 computers, you
>>>>probably don't need it. Just configure your machines with static IP
>>>>addresses ( like 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2).
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>>>I tried to do this, but couldn't make it.
>>>When I add these static IPs, do I neet to created submasks and default
>>>gateway access?
>>>Here's what I got so far.
>>>I'm using Network Configuration tool for my Adsl connection. So, in
>>>Network configuration tool I have 2 physical devices: eth0 and eth1.
>>>I created a logical devices for an ADSL connection. From the Network
>>>configuration tool, I can see this device as: Devices ->ppp0 ,
>>>Nickname-> eth0_ADSL, Type-> xDSL.
>>>My internet connection in the fedora computer is fine. I got a
>>>ethernet cable on device eth1 that goes to my computer running Windows
>>>XP.
>>>So, as I'm a total beginner in Linux, what are my next steps???
>>>- Configure something else in Network Configuration tool...?
>>>- Configure Firestaster, what exactly...??
>>>I'd really appreciate any help.
>>>
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>>As I understand your Fedora PC already has a working Internet connection
>>which you need to share.
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>>First, you need to configure eth1. Set it to statically allocated IP
>>address. Set IP address to 10.0.0.1 (for example), subnet mask to
>>255.255.0.0 and no default gateway.
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>>Now you need to configure your WinXP machine. In your Connection
>>properties dialog set to static IP address, IP address 10.0.0.2, netmask
>>255.255.0.0, default gateway 10.0.0.1 (or whatever address you set for
>>eth1 on Fedora box) and set your DNS addresses. You can find your DNS
>>addresses in DNS tab on Fedora box or in file /etc/resolv.conf.
>>
>>Ping 10.0.0.1 from your WinXP machine to verify your configuration.
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>>Now, in firestarter wizard, specify ppp0 as internet connected device,
>>and eth1 as device for connection sharing. I must admit I never tried
>>connection sharing with firestarter as I have only 1 computer at home,
>>but I hope it will work.
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>Allright, I'm almost there. 
>Thanks for your tips already, but I still got one problem.
>I did everything just as you described. I can now ping my windows
>computer from fedora and I can also ping my fedora computer from
>windows.
>I'm also able to start firestarter firewall without errors. However, I
>cannot access the Internet from my Windows computer yet.
>Here's my network configuration in firestarter.
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>NETWORK SETTINGS
>Internet connected network device
>              Detected device(s): Dialup device (pppo)
>Local network connected device
>              Detected device(s): Ethernet device (eth1)
>              Enable Internet connection sharing: True
>              Enable DHCP for local network: False
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>My configuration of ppp0 and eth1 in the Network Configuration Tool is
>exactly the same as you suggested me to do (so is my Windows
>configuration).
>Can anyone help me give this next step???
>Thanks.
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What errors do you get when you try to access the internet from WinXP?