<A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> the link to the drivers...<br><br>Then my main question... I have been trying to get a linux 'workstation' to get access to internet FROM my windows NT 'server'<br><br>settings on my server:<br>ip:192.168.1.2, subnet mask:255.255.255.0, no default gateway (of course when i connect to internet that becomes it.. but anyways), ip forwarding enabled.<br>settings on my linux workstation:<br>ip:192.168.1.3, subnet mask:255.255.255.0, default gateway:192.168.1.2<br><br>now the questions..<br>why can't i get internet access? what is the trick, besides the default gateway? do i need ip forwarding on ALL machines or just my server? what exactly does ipforwarding do/mean?<br><br>while i'm on the subject of networks.. i recently have been trying to get my brothers win98SE on the network, and here's the thing: I'm all on the same workgroup, have a computer identification, yet my NT server can see under network neighborhood my brothers computer name, but when i double click on it, it says not accessible.. anyone have this same problem? what should i try???<br><br>oh one more thing - what do "workgroups" mean for linux? is there anyway to "connect" to the windows workgroup? what if I made a domain in windows.. could i easily connect to the domain (instead of a workgroup?)<br><br><br>i'm sorry for the length.. if you want to reach me via email that'd be cool too..<br><br><A HREF="mailto:kyle.m.davis@santafe.cc.fl.us">kyle.m.davis@santafe.cc.fl.us</A><br><br>thanks in advance for your time,<br><br>kyle
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There's a few questions in there that may be more suited for an NT forum, but I'll try to answer what I can 
<br><br>Back to basics first - can the Linux box ping the NT box? If not, then there's a fundamental problem somewhere. Check your network card, cables, etc.<br><br>OK, assuming the ping works (which I'm sure it will) we get to the nitty gritty <br><br>Whenever you type a web address into a browser, the browser needs to convert the name (ww.tek-tips.com) into a number (204.137.168.66). This normally involves a DNS lookup, and this is wher I think your Linux browsing problems lie.<br><br>You say that you get assigned a default gateway on the NT box when you connect to the net. What addresses do you get for the DNS servers? (You normally get two DNS server addresses.) Look these up and note them down, then login to the Linux box as "root".<br><br>Edit the file /etc/resolv.conf and make sure it has the following two lines:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>nameserver 1.2.3.4<br>nameserver 5.6.7.8<br></font><br>where 1.2.3.4 and 5.6.7.8 are the DNS server addresses you noted down earlier.<br><br>Then get the NT box dialled in to the net, login to the Linux box, and try pinging a web address. For example:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>ping <A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> should find everything is OK <br><br>Still on the subject of DNS, if you haven't installed it, you might want to install the "Caching Namserver" package. This seems to be included with most distros these days, so it should be available for you. What this does is store a local copy of DNS lookups for a few days so that the next time you look at the same web page, for example, the IP address is available locally. It might only save a second or two (or more if the web is busy), but it all starts to dd up and save time <br><br>IP Forwarding basically tells a system "I am going to act as a router". In other words, if it receives a network packet directed to itself but with a different final destination, it will pass the packet along it's own most appropriate network route. For example, the Linux workstation wants to link to <A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> and routes the packets to the NT box. The NT box gets the packet and passes it along it's IP connection.<br><br>So, you should only need IP forwarding on the NT box.<br><br>On the subject of "workgroups", these mean nothing to Linux at the core level. However, there is a package called Samba which is a client and server for M$ Windows type networking. It's probably been installed onto your Linux box and you'll find documentation under "/usr/doc/samba*". Have a look in there, and poke around <A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> for more details. There have also been other posts in both this and the Linux (Server) forums. If Samba hasn't been installed, stick your Linux CD in the drive and run something like "kpackage" as "root" to install Samba.<br><br>On the Win98SE network browsing problem, have you shared any folders? Go into Explorer, right click a folder you want to share across the network, and select (if memory serves) "Sharing...". Fill in the requested details and then try browsing Network Neighbourhood on the other machine again.<br><br>Hope this helps
<br><br>Back to basics first - can the Linux box ping the NT box? If not, then there's a fundamental problem somewhere. Check your network card, cables, etc.<br><br>OK, assuming the ping works (which I'm sure it will) we get to the nitty gritty <br><br>Whenever you type a web address into a browser, the browser needs to convert the name (ww.tek-tips.com) into a number (204.137.168.66). This normally involves a DNS lookup, and this is wher I think your Linux browsing problems lie.<br><br>You say that you get assigned a default gateway on the NT box when you connect to the net. What addresses do you get for the DNS servers? (You normally get two DNS server addresses.) Look these up and note them down, then login to the Linux box as "root".<br><br>Edit the file /etc/resolv.conf and make sure it has the following two lines:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>nameserver 1.2.3.4<br>nameserver 5.6.7.8<br></font><br>where 1.2.3.4 and 5.6.7.8 are the DNS server addresses you noted down earlier.<br><br>Then get the NT box dialled in to the net, login to the Linux box, and try pinging a web address. For example:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><br>ping <A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> should find everything is OK <br><br>Still on the subject of DNS, if you haven't installed it, you might want to install the "Caching Namserver" package. This seems to be included with most distros these days, so it should be available for you. What this does is store a local copy of DNS lookups for a few days so that the next time you look at the same web page, for example, the IP address is available locally. It might only save a second or two (or more if the web is busy), but it all starts to dd up and save time <br><br>IP Forwarding basically tells a system "I am going to act as a router". In other words, if it receives a network packet directed to itself but with a different final destination, it will pass the packet along it's own most appropriate network route. For example, the Linux workstation wants to link to <A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> and routes the packets to the NT box. The NT box gets the packet and passes it along it's IP connection.<br><br>So, you should only need IP forwarding on the NT box.<br><br>On the subject of "workgroups", these mean nothing to Linux at the core level. However, there is a package called Samba which is a client and server for M$ Windows type networking. It's probably been installed onto your Linux box and you'll find documentation under "/usr/doc/samba*". Have a look in there, and poke around <A HREF=" TARGET="_new"> for more details. There have also been other posts in both this and the Linux (Server) forums. If Samba hasn't been installed, stick your Linux CD in the drive and run something like "kpackage" as "root" to install Samba.<br><br>On the Win98SE network browsing problem, have you shared any folders? Go into Explorer, right click a folder you want to share across the network, and select (if memory serves) "Sharing...". Fill in the requested details and then try browsing Network Neighbourhood on the other machine again.<br><br>Hope this helps I could'nt resolve your Nvidia URL , I found :<br><A HREF=" TARGET="_new">
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This is old news anyways, the new Xfree server found in most distro, and I know for sure 4.0 supports almost all of Nvidia's chipsets, it supports my Geforce DDR. <p>Karl<br><a href=mailto:kb244@kb244.8m.com>kb244@kb244.8m.com</a><br><a href= </a><br>Experienced in : C++(both VC++ and Borland),VB1(dos) thru VB6, Delphi 3 pro, HTML, Visual InterDev 6(ASP(WebProgramming/Vbscript)<br>
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