Problem with building local network with ADSL

[ben]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:06:41 +0800
"Wang Lei" <atosdps at gmail.com> wrote:
> i wanna make my two computers connect to the internet, but I got a
> problem with my network built within my home:
> 
> --the desktop uses the Ubuntu, with 2 network cards, one was
> connected to the internet via ADSL, and the other was connected to a
> hub --the laptop runs the Windows XP, with 1 network card, which was
> connected to the hub mentioned above
> 
> the configuration i made was as follow:
> desktop(network card connected to the hub)：
> ip：       192.168.1.1
> mask： 255.255.255.0
> gate：  192.168.1.1
> laptop:
> ip：      192.168.1.2
> mask： 255.255.255.0
> gate：  192.168.1.1
> DNS：  192.168.1.1
> 
> the problem is the these two can ping each other, but the laptop
> cannot connect to the internet. what can i do with this?
> 

from what i remember you have to set /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward to
'1' where the default is '0' set it in a boot script as it will reset
every restart.


-- 
ben <ben at cvrse.com>
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