flareback Posted January 27, 2007 Posted January 27, 2007 Ok I have a wireless network that I use to connect to the internet. However I have a computer that doesn't have a wireless card so I'm using an old linksys 5 port hub (10 Mb - not 10/100) to connect the computer with wireless to the one that doesn't have wireless. I can ping between them but I can't seem to get the wired only to connect to the internet even though the other one can. (thats confusing). I have the windows machine set to share the internet but still nothing. I connected another computer to it to test and the 2nd windows machine can connect to the internet. Anyone have any thoughts. I need it to connect because it's going to be a folding rig. Is there trick I don't know about on the linux side of life? I'm still looking through google but nothing yet. Edit: I'm using Vector linux in case you wanted to know. (based on slackware) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raven65 Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 Why not bypass the hub and link directly to the router? If that's possible. The other problem might be that you don't have connection sharing on in windows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makaveli Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 I bet it's your settings on the Linux or one of the window's computers. The set up is fine, and I do that same thing for my computer and my Xbox 360. It took me a while to configure the settings to get internet, but it's awesome now. Also, Raven is right, why not just connect straight to the router if you can? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flareback Posted January 28, 2007 Posted January 28, 2007 well the router is in the living room because thats where the cable comes into the house (the way my wife had it set up before we got married because she sits on the coach with her laptop. I installed wireless when we got married). All that to say I don't want a cable running across the living room floor into the office. I think it's the linux box that needs the settings changed since I can get to the internet with another windows machine on the network Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandwith Posted January 31, 2007 Posted January 31, 2007 Things to check on the linux side... Are you getting an IP from DHCP? [email protected]# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <removed for security> inet addr:10.0.0.131 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 Is there a default route? [email protected]# route Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 10.0.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo default 10.0.0.253 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 Can you ping the default route gateway? (this should be the windows box with Internet Connection Sharing enabled) Can you ping the ISP router? (the default router on the windows box) Does the Windows box have a software firewall enabled? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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