You first need to configure XP for internet connection sharing.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...nmore/ics.mspx
http://info.connect.com.au/docs/dial...CS/ics_xp.html

ICS automatically will configure the XPs IP address as 192.168.0.1. You can either setup a static IP address on the linux box or use DHCP.

In addition to michaelk's post if you set up static ip's you'll probably need to edit /etc/resolv.conf and add you xp gateway as your nameserver in the following format.

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip address of your xp machine.
good luck.

like i said earlier, i am a very new user to linux...could u please be more specififc to how i would "edit /etc/resolv.conf"

If you're using static ip addresses, open a terminal and swich to su -, then use pico or some other editor to edit the file and save changes. It'll look something like this.

$su -
password:

#pico /etc/resolv.conf


Once it's open you'll need to add the other machine in this format.

nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the ip address of your xp machine.
good luck.

how do i find the network ip for my XP pc?

also, when i enter /etc/resolve.conf into the terminul under root it dispays the message "bash: /etc.resolv.conf: Permission denied"...what shall i do?

From the xp machine open a command prompt and type.

ipconfig /all

It appears as if you have a syntax error. "/etc.resolv.conf" should be "/etc/resolv.conf"

good luck.

the same error message comes up...

how do i find the network ip address on linux pc?

ifconfig

when i type in that command i get a load of writing...which one is my network ip....
"inet6 addr:" or the "Bcast:" ???

You should see a line that begins with "inet addr:". If not, you are not receiving an IP address either statically or through DHCP. Below is what mine looks like...

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:5BE:8C:4F
inet addr:10.2.1.66 Bcast:10.2.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:449395235 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:2
TX packets:187210368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:187210368
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:3647569984 (3478.5 Mb) TX bytes:4067031880 (3878.6 Mb)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0xec00

i have done everything that was requested and the status of the connection on the linux pc still displays "not connected"

on linux pc boot up it still displays that "bringing up interface eth0 - FAILED" whilst displaying in verbose mode. Is this the problem? How can i fix this?

Perhaps i should ask............ You say you have the network card of your XP box.. plugged into the one on your Linux box right?

Have you made sure your using a crossover cable and not a straight through network cable? - seems everyone failed to ask you that!

Best way to check is to take both ends of the network cable, and see if the colour sequenses match on each side, if they do you require a crossover cable!

what is a crossover cable? the colour sequence dont match up exactly. when i plug the wires back in the light appears on the xp box but not on the linux box

Hi,

Some network cards will light up, others wont (well old ones) - if theres no light at all on the linux box it suggests that there is indeed an issue with either the driver, or the network card its self.

Have you tried changing what PCI port the card is in on the linux machine? (White ports... usually 4 to choose from), also ensure that PNP OS support is disabled under your bios.


..and one last one... you are attempting to perform these commands as the 'root' user yeah?

yeah...how exactly would i do all of that?