Masq question

[Bedathur]

I have a SuSE 6.4 box on which I set up IP Masq. Now I am trying to access the Internet from an internal Win 98 machine. After setting up the MASQ, I have tested the following which work fine:

From Win 98 box, I can
1. Ping the internal NIC (eth1) on Linux box
2. Ping the external NIC (eth0) on Linux box
3. Ping the nameservers at my ISP using IP addresses
4. Telnet to an external server using its IP address.

Now, what I am unable to do from the Win 98 machine is, ping or telnet to an external server using its name. And I can't open any URL either on the browser!

Looks like I am doing something wrong with the DNS settings. On Win 98, the gateway is set to be the eth1 address (192.168.0.1) and I have also listed the names servers under DNS. The domain name is my ISP's. What else do I need to do?

Could someone please point me in the right direction?

By the way, I am a Linux newbie...

Thanks a lot!

[bdl]

You mentioned having the gateway setting on your Win98 box set to your linux box; do you also have the Win98 DNS set to your linux box? If so, are you running name service on your linux box? Is it set to resolve root domains or just the internal name space? If not, or if you're not running named, then just point the Win98 box to your ISP's nameserver and you should be done.

[Bedathur]

Originally posted by Bedathur:
I have a SuSE 6.4 box on which I set up IP Masq. Now I am trying to access the Internet from an internal Win 98 machine. After setting up the MASQ, I have tested the following which work fine:

From Win 98 box, I can
1. Ping the internal NIC (eth1) on Linux box
2. Ping the external NIC (eth0) on Linux box
3. Ping the nameservers at my ISP using IP addresses
4. Telnet to an external server using its IP address.

Now, what I am unable to do from the Win 98 machine is, ping or telnet to an external server using its name. And I can't open any URL either on the browser!

Looks like I am doing something wrong with the DNS settings. On Win 98, the gateway is set to be the eth1 address (192.168.0.1) and I have also listed the names servers under DNS. The domain name is my ISP's. What else do I need to do?

Could someone please point me in the right direction?

By the way, I am a Linux newbie...

Thanks a lot!

No, I am not runnung named on my linux box. And, on Win 98, DNS is pointing to nameservers of my ISP.