Hello everybody:
In trying to set up 2 pcs at home, one with LINUX 8.2 mandrake and the second one with Windows 2000 professional, am running into the following problem.
The two pcs are connected via a crossover cable and the linux box has 2 network cards. One connected to the cable-modem and the other one crossover cable. This architecture was suggested to avoid the need of a hub or a router.
The goal is to have the linux box host the windows 2000 box for internet access, and down the road, i would like to set up SAMBA to provide some file to the Windows pc.
But most importantly, I would like to setup a e-mail server in linux where i can send e-mails from my windows pc using VFP.
The windows going out thru the linux box and reach internet did not ever work.
I have DHCP on the cable-modem network card eth0, and tried just about all combinations on the eth1 card. Not successful yet, any suggestions?
Please assume network cards work correctly.
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