How do I connect Windows 98 machine to Linux box?

[Bedathur]

I recently installed SuSE 6.4 on a box with 2 NICs. eth0 connects to my ISP thru cable modem. It gets its IP address via DHCP. eth1 has a static IP address (192.168.0.1) and connects to a hub to which two Windows 98 machines are connected (with static IP addresses: 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.20). But for some reason, I am neither able to ping linux box from the other two PCs nor ping them from linux box. However, the two Windows 98 machines can ping each other very well!

Am I missing something? I am a beginner trying to learn Linux....could someone please help me in fixing this problem? My next goal is to configure it in such a way that I can access the Internet from my Windows machines thru the Linux box.

Thanks!

[larryliberty]

Are you sure you have both interfaces up? Typically, only one will start up automatically (eth0) and you have to either start eth1 manually, or add a command to your init.d scripts.

If you type 'ifconfig' at a command line, you'll get information about your network interfaces.

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[Bedathur]

Originally posted by larryliberty:
Are you sure you have both interfaces up? Typically, only one will start up automatically (eth0) and you have to either start eth1 manually, or add a command to your init.d scripts.

If you type 'ifconfig' at a command line, you'll get information about your network interfaces.


You were right! ifconfig did not list eth1 (it listed dummy interface with the static ip address). I used the network restart command and it worked! Thanks!

Now that I can see the linux box from the other PCs, how do I configure the proxy server? I have already setup masquerading and firewall per SuSE's instruction manual (and I installed proxy server as well). But I still can't see the internet from my internal network. Could you please tell me what else I need to do?

Thanks a lot!