RE: [TCLUG:2368] Connecting Windows to Internet through Linux

["Schlough, Mark" <Mark.Schlough@nmb.norwest.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Richard Seymour [SMTP:rseymour@anarchysoftware.com]
> Sent:	Friday, November 27, 1998 1:13 PM
> To:	Twin Cities Linux User Group List
> Subject:	[TCLUG:2368] Connecting Windows to Internet through Linux
> 
> I *was* using a Windows NT box (Small Business Server) running MS Proxy
> Server to connect to the Internet.
> 
> I switched to a Linux box (Red Hat 5.1) several months ago. The other day,
> I installed Red Hat on the NT machine and it now dual boots fine. But I
> noticed that MS Proxy Server was still running under NT, and when I shut
> down the proxy server, I cannot connect to the Web from my Windows boxes.
> 
	[Schlough, Mark]  
	I would recommend reading the Ip-Masquerading HOWTO.  This relates
directly to what you are trying to setup.  

	If you are using a caching proxy, and want one for Linux, check out
squid.  

	Hope this helps

	Mark

> My questions are: 
> 
> * What do I need to be running on my Linux box for me to be able to
> connect to the Internet from a Windows client? 
> 
> * How do I need to configure my Windows client box?
> 
> ---
> 
> Here's my setup:
> 
>               [   My ISP    ]
>                     |
>               [ ISDN Router ]
>                     |
>               [  GROUCHO 10 ]
>                     |
> [ CHICO  4 ]--[    HUB      ]--[ ZEPPO 5 ]
>                     |
>               [  HARPO  2 ]
> 
> All boxes from GROUCHO on down have IP addresses of 10.0.0.X /
> 255.255.255.0, where X is the number listed above. GROUCHO and the Router
> have real internet IP addresses (207.1.203.X / 255.255.255.252).  GROUCHO
> has two NIC's. 
> 
> GROUCHO is my original Red Hat 5.1 box that's connected to the router. I
> can lynx or netscape to the Web just fine.
> 
> CHICO runs Slackware and I can lynx out to any Web page just fine.
> Netscape is not installed, since I'm not using X on the laptop.
> 
> ZEPPO runs Windows 95 and I can't get anywhere using Netscape or Opera
> unless MS Proxy is running on HARPO.
> 
> HARPO normally runs NT and I want to convert it to a Linux box in the end.
> I can't use Opera to get out to the Web unless MS Proxy is also running.
> 
> Apparently I can't use any Internet services from either Windows box
> unless the proxy server running on the NT box. PING fails as well as HTTP.
> But I do not need the proxy server running to access from the Slackware
> box.
> 
> -- Richard Seymour, Anarchy Software, Inc.  
> anarchy@anarchysoftware.com
> 
> The opinions expressed are those of my employer, not my own.
> 
> 
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