Greetings all,

My first post here as a result of having just recently downloaded Mandrake 10.0 Community.

I have been a Linux user of various flavours for years, but have only just now reached the point where I would like to implement a home network that also has internet connectivity - something a great many users currently do.

It is my aim to initially setup a Linux Server with support for Internet Connection Sharing to several Windoze XP workstations on a dialup connection. I would then at a later date like to migrate the system to an ADSL Internet connection that will also host a WWW domain I am currently having hosted elsewhere.

My Server system has a Winmodem installed and configured for the dialup connection and an Ethernet Card installed for the LAN. I can successfully ping both the XP and server machines from each other but when I dialup to connect to the Internet (connects to ISP OK) I am unable to get out to it (ping a known IP address) from the Server and hence XP workstations; instead I get the message that the network is unreachable.

My question at this point in time is:

* What exactly do I need to configure on my Mandrake Server to get this up and working? Host files, Gateways, Routing, Domain(s), DNS services, Resolvers, System Services, etc ?

I'm not seeking to configure a major network here, just a bare bones server that will allow multiple machines to utilise the one net connection over a LAN to be stepped up later to serve my WWW domain via ADSL.

I'm sure this isn't rocket science guys, I'm just seeking to be told in a succint manner what I need to do.

Thanks a heap in advance.



Regards, Moose

I am pretty sure Mandrake has an Internet Connection Sharing wizard. Take a look at that.

Mandrake Control Center -> Network

Yep, your right Iphitus, Mandrake 10.0 does have a Internet Connection Sharing Wizard, however my issue is with actually getting on the Internet.

I can dial in to my ISP ok, but once the connection has been established I can't get out anywhere on it to the net. I just get the "Network Unreachable" error message.

Could it be something to do with Routing perhaps, DNS entries, Gateway?

In fact, which of these things do I even need to configure my comp. as a Gateway Server to the Internet?