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Started by machiavelli Jan 28, 2004 at 9:29 PM 2 replies 450+ views

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Jan 28, 2004 at 9:29 PM

linux to connect to the internet (???) through wingate simply by changing some options in mozilla, which brings me to the next problem. i try going to a website and linux tells me that ive downloaded a binary executable file. i get no web content, just these 1k files from what im assuming are the websites? wtf is going on!!!! please help. thanks.

Null and Void

Jan 28, 2004 at 10:29 PM

One of those settings you changed to fix the problem probably either didn''t completely work or did something that seemed to work while not working at all.

I don''t really know much about WinGate, but I do know what sort of software it is. If you''re connecting to the Windows machine with an ethernet card I can''t think of anything that needs configuring on the *nix machine that wouldn''t be handled automagically. Are you sure the Windows machine is setup to masquerade the connection properly? I don''t have any immediate ideas on what''s wrong; I haven''t ever had to setup a masqueraded connection, my "network experience" skipped right to hubs and switches, so I don''t have much personal experience to call upon...

Vlion

Jan 31, 2004 at 9:48 PM

I''m not going to be a help here; but why don''t you use Linux as the gateway?
If ip-masquerading etc is compiled into the kernel, its really easy to use as a gateway. Thats actually my current setup.
Its 3 or 4 lines of commands, plus hardcoding the Windows machine to the DNS servers.

Thunder_Hawk

Jan 31, 2004 at 9:55 PM

machiavelli: Your user name looks really familiar...did you go to OSU this past summer?

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