New 10.1 install network problem

[Crashdamage]

I'll try to keep this as short as as I can, but still give complete enough info. I've used this setup for 3 years , but I can't make it work now.

 

I installed Mandrake 10.1OE, then Buchan Milne's Win4lin-enabled kernel and have Win4lin running fine except for internet access. I kept /home, so this is the same Win4lin/Win98 installation, unchanged, not reinstalled. No hardware changes whatosever. Other than KDE being all jacked up (and I don't care) no major problems. The Linux box has 2 nics, eth0 is connected to a Road Runner cable modem via dhcp. This works fine. eth1 is assigned a static IP so it the box can be used as a router to connect either my laptop (unavailable right now, bad HD) via wired ethernet connection or Win4Lin/Win98 internally via vnet ("virtual") networking. Before, I've used Webmin for setup, and even kept printouts of Webmin screens just to be sure I got everything *exactly* as before (except dhcp numbers, of course). Here's the setup:

 

On the Linux box:

Network interfaces:

eth0: IP: 65.30.14.83 Netmask: 255.255.252.0 (from dhcp)

eth1: IP: 162.168.0.1 Netmask: 255.255.255.0 (static)

lo: IP: 127.0.0.1 Netmask: 255.0.0.0

Host addresses:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

192.168.0.1 tim.mybox.net tim

198.168.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

DNS client:

Hostname: localhost.mybox.net

DNS servers:

24.94.163.113

24.94.165.25

24.94.165.132

Search domains: kc.rr.com

Routing and gateways:

Default router: 65.30.14.83 (from dhcp)

Default route device: eth0

Act as router? = yes

 

On the Windows box (from winipcfg on Win4Lin/Win98 box)

Hostname: tim.mybox.net

DNS enabled = yes

DNS servers:

24.94.163.113

24.94.165.25

24.94.165.132

Node type: Broadcast

IP address: 192.168.0.2

Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Default gateway: 192.168.0.1

 

But now I can't save this setup. Several things are goofed up:

1. If I enable eth0 as a routing device and apply the setup, I lose eth1.

2. I can't save the hostnames as before. If I set the names as before then apply the setup, I lose eth1. And if I change the hostnames and logout or reboot, they keep reverting to this:

Host addresses:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost.mybox.net localhost

192.168.0.1 tim.mybox.net tim

198.168.0.1 localhost.localdomain

instead of my proper hostname. This never happened before.

3. If I re-install eth1 and apply the configuration, the DNS hostname reverts to:

cpe-65-30-14-83.kc.rr.com

4. Along this line, if I open a terminal, I get:

[tim@cpe-65-30-14-83 tim]$

instead of my proper hostname. This never happened before.

 

What else I've done:

1. Disabled the firewall (presently Shorewall) - no change, but none expected.

2. Changed security settings, and gone through all of them manually. Can't find anything that seems problematic.

3. Checked /etc/HOSTNAME. Hostname is properly listed as 'localhost.mybox.net', and during boot is listed as set so.

 

And here's the important parts of ipconfig's present output:

 

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:05:5D:49:73:2C

inet addr:65.30.14.83 Bcast:255.255.255.255 Mask:255.255.252.0

inet6 addr: fe80::205:5dff:fe49:732c/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

 

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:20:18:89:18:7C

inet addr:192.168.0.1 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::220:18ff:fe89:187c/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

 

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

 

The whole hostname thing kinda throws me. I know a little basic networking, but I'm not cool enough to figure out just what's wrong here. Anyway, I figure this all fails because I must not have NAT or IP masq enabled in Shorewall, but from some Googling on that subject it seems to be a real bear to setup. Any help there would be much appreciated. I always used Bastille before and that makes it a snap, but no can use Bastille now. Bastille is sooo good...maybe try setting this up with Firestarter?...

 

I need a 'net-enabled Win4Lin installation pretty badly because I use it mostly for work, connecting to my office workstation via pcAnywhere. I can do most stuff with VNC, but it doesn't do file transfers or remote printing like pcAnywhere.

HELP!!!

[arctic]

read these:

http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=20861&hl=

http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=20818&hl=

 

:)

[Crashdamage]

Hmmm...see my reply here:

http://mandrakeusers.org/index.php?showtopic=20818&hl=