Aza

sorry about the alignment peeps!

here are the results of ifconfig and route commands if indeed any help!

[root@DOWNSTAIRS aaron]# route

Kernel IP routing table

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo

[root@DOWNSTAIRS aaron]# ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:2B:0E:16

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:87 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:173 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:100

RX bytes:22105 (21.5 Kb) TX bytes:14466 (14.1 Kb)

Interrupt:19 Base address:0xe000

eth0:9 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:2B:0E:16

inet addr:127.255.255.255 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

Interrupt:19 Base address:0xe000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:3968 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:3968 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:542284 (529.5 Kb) TX bytes:542284 (529.5 Kb)

[root@DOWNSTAIRS aaron]#

turning off firewalls made no difference still no internet in MD 9.2

I am trying to set up ICS between XP machine and a MD 9.2 machine.

Networking seems to be fine because on the logon it says I am connected to "DOWNSTAIRS.mshome.net".

On startup almost everything is "OK" when looking at the verbose mode apart from something called "DM".

but yet even still when I try to gain acces to tinternet it say page cannot be found!

have set something up, MD 9.2 now boots up saying welcome to DOWNSTAIRS.mshome.net with my little logon pic to the left.

Still can't connect to the internet.

When I first installed MD 9.2 I had the ADSL modem up here MD 9.2 detected a Winmodem and said it was uncompatible I was just wandering if this is the ROOT of the problem.

Now the modem is downstairs and MD 9.2 still auto detects a win modem. Still stating it is uncompatible.

But...

a. it is not a win modem it is a BT voyager ADSL modem

b. surely the compatibility of the modem doesn't affect ICS in MD 9.2.

Well thats just an educated guess going from what I know about winex and computers generically.

Sorry peeps I have made a mistake I actually have BT Broadband on an ADSL connection not an ISDN. My apologies.

I have tried using static IP addresses as mentioned in many of the articles I have read. Wether I did this correctly is beyond me. I just set the TCP/IP to use the IP I specified.

I also tried doing the same for the Broadband connection but it wouldn't connect unless the IP was set to auto detect.

Both of the machines have CNet Pro 200 fast Ethernet Adapters.

The machine downstairs has a seperate WAN network connection don't know why, I don't have any wireles HW. This was there before I tried networking with MD 9.2.

If I boot the Upstairs machine into XP the networking and ICS works.

So in essence I have no other choice but to purchase some more hardware ie.a firewall/router.

Is there no way to do this using only software. (Skint). :(

I will try using NAT sound like the more feasible option in regards to resources and money.

But how do I go about configuring the network ie. what IP addresses go where and where am I to find them in the first place.

I mainly need advice on configuring the mandrake side of things

btw theres no firewall or router hardwarewise

-the ISDN is external

-Long cross-over yep

-the networking between (xp+MD9.2)+(XP) machines was setup via the automated network setup tool in the my network places folder.

-no data on netstat but downstairs.mshome.net did show up in LinNeighbourhood thingy but whether that was due to my fiddling with netwrk setting I'm unsure.

Be watching posts thanx!

Have been trying to do this still but I'm new to the Linux thing and have'nt quite grasped the way it works yet!

I am try to share a BT broadband ISDN connection, which is on a XP machine downstairs, with Mandrake 9.2 upstairs which is on a machine runnig both from seperate hard drives.

Both machines have 10/100 nw cards, and are networked in XP too.

I am having trouble with setting it up can any one please help me out!