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Re: [ecs] sharing XP internet connection Dario Greggio Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:36:38 +0100

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Mark Gilmore wrote:

> Might anyone know how to access an XP PC's internet connection via a 
> Linux PC ?

Hi Mark, AFAIK when you set a 2000 or XP machine to share its internet 
connection, then some things change into that machine:

its address is changed to 192.168.0.1
it becomes a tiny DHCP server.

Thus, other PCs have to be set to "Obtain an IP address from the 
network": this way, the XP "server" will send them an IP address, 
gateway info and DNS info too.

Someway, although the process usually works fine, is like a "black box". 
I mean, sometimes it didn't work, and when I tried to go manually 
(setting the gateway to 192.168.0.1 and the DNS to some well-known 
italian DNSs) it still didn't work.

HTH

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Ciao, Dario

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