[PLUG] Internet sharing Mandrake 10.0 to 98SE

[Lee Jamieson]

At 02:38 AM 31/05/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> > I finally got my internet connected through my ISDN modem but now I have a
> > small problem. I have run the "Internet Connection Setup" in Mandrake but
> > for some reason it will not allow my 98se machine access to the net.
>
>Could be 2 problems, firstly make sure the Linux Server's firewall isn't
>blocking the port for ICS,


How do I do that?


> > Do I have to do anything special on the 98se machine to make it do this? I
> > had to run a program on it to get through the internet via XP (my server).
> > I have tried everything I can think of in my very limited knowledge.
>
>The only thing you'll have to do on the Windows machine is make sure it
>is getting it's IP address from a "DHCP server" make sure you have not
>specified an IP address.

I think that is what it is doing.

> > Any help would be appreciated. - preferably in newbie language :)
> >
> >
> > Lee
>
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