[plug] routing

[Mike]

Im pretty sure with 98 at least that windows would not act as a gateway 
unless the 98 machine was 192.168.0.1

Been a long time so i could be wrong

Not too sure about XP but it might help

Mike


>Hi!
>
>I've got a problem with routing, I can't quite seem to
>be able to figure it out. My computer is a
>SuSE 7.3 machine, my brother's using a Windows XP box.
>
>My IP Address is 192.168.1.139, his computer's address is
>192.168.1.140, we both have a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
>Under Windows 98SE and and 2000, the routing works fine,
>with the gateway settings put to default gateway, at
>192.168.1.140.
>
>The ISP, Cantech, has its DNS servers at:
>203.26.6.1
>203.26.6.6
>
>These are the options I have in my networking
>settings:
>
>Network device: eth0
>
>Static Address Setup
>
>IP Address       Subnet mask
>192.168.1.139    255.255.255.0
>
>****Hostname and nameserver*****
>Host name        Domain name
>dorris            local
>
>(the name server list and the domain search list are
>both empty).
>
>*****Route configuration*******
>
>Default gateway
>192.168.1.140
>
>Routing table (Expert configuration)
>
>Destination
>203.26.6.1
>
>Dummy/Gateway
>192.168.1.140
>
>Netmask
>255.255.255.0
>
>Device
>eth0
>
>---------------------------------------------------
>I can communicate with and ping my brother's machine
>fine, that has no worries. When I try to use
>Konqueror, Mozilla or any other browser, it can't
>find any pages. Are the setting all okay, and  if
>they are, what other steps must I take in order to
>browse the net?
>
>I notice at startup, Linux gives the error:
>route: netmask doesn't match the route address.
>I just tried pinging 203.26.6.1 and got a reply,
>so it's obviously working there, what else do I need
>to do?
>
>cheers all!
>anarchist tomato
>
>Make lunch, not war.
>
>
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