Problem with building local network with ADSL

[Marek Pawinski]

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:06:41 +0800
 "Wang Lei" <atosdps at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> 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?
> 
> (Sorry guys, my English is not so good to specify the
> situation i got
> clearly)

Try put in the DNS of your ISP and check the route with the
route command.