You should be able to just open up a browser on Comp B and surf. If you
can't, what bowser are you using, and what is the error?
Your next task is to run a port scan/vulnerability scan against Comp A while
hooked up to the internet. EdgeOS.com can help with the vulnerability test
(highly recommended). I recommend you check out my security pages at
http://www.georgetoft.com/linux
George
Quoting Clayton Stapleton <
vernon@impulsedata.net>:
> On Wednesday 28 August 2002 04:54 pm, George Toft wrote:
>
> > Comp B can use a static IP, but you need to have a default gateway
> set
> > up - the IP address of Comp A. Comp A does not need one NIC, and
> your
> > ppp script will take care of adding the default gw to your routing
> > table.
> >
> > Let us know what happens.
> >
> > George
>
> Hi George
> Took your suggesstion and changed the gateway for comp B to
> 192.168.0.1 which is the ip for comp A. Now comp B can ping the
> dynamic
> address of my ISP.
>
> This is before the change:
> eric:~ # route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
>
> This is after the change:
> eric:~ # route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
> eth0
> 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
> eth0
>
> eric:~ # ping -c 4 64.24.210.88
> PING 64.24.210.88 (64.24.210.88) from 192.168.0.2 : 56(84) bytes of
> data.
> 64 bytes from 64.24.210.88: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.216 ms
> 64 bytes from 64.24.210.88: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.193 ms
> 64 bytes from 64.24.210.88: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=0.192 ms
> 64 bytes from 64.24.210.88: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=0.197 ms
>
> --- 64.24.210.88 ping statistics ---
> 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% loss, time 3000ms
> rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.192/0.199/0.216/0.017 ms
>
> Now that I can ping the internet form comp B how can I web browser
> to connect to the internet.
>
> TIA
> Clayton
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