Networking - Windows & linux

[Craig White]

On Mon, 2003-01-20 at 12:44, Stephen Andert wrote:
> I'm trying to move my whole family to linux and the best way I can do that 
> is to make all the same resources (internet, decent games for kids, e-mail, 
> etc) available on a linux machine so they can start using it.
> 
> I've now gotten Red Hat reinstalled (couldn't get X to work with 8) and have 
> the network card setup (correctly I think) to be in a position to see the 
> rest of the network.
> 
> Linux (.2) is connected to a hub.
> Also connected to the hub is a Win98 pc (.51).
> Win98 machine also has usb wireless adapter (.50) talking to
> Wireless access point (.1)
> 
> There are other machines involved, but the key thing I'm shooting for is 
> internet access from linux (.2) which can only be done through the Win98 pc 
> right now.  I also want to be able to login to the linux machine from other 
> pc's on the network using telnet sessions.  I think I have everything I need 
> to get these done, but am getting stuck at one detail which I hope the list 
> will forgive the questions -
> 
> When I connect the USB Wireless Access Point (.50) on the Win98 machine, 
> winipcfg doesn't "see" the physical NIC (.51)?  Any tips?
> 
> Feel free to take the tips offline if this will start a holy war.
> 
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1 - you didn't give us enough fill on your network. Are you trying to 2
NIC's on the Win98 machine in order to use Windows Internet Connection
Sharing (Win98SE option) - if so...you will make this excessively more
difficult. If not, what is the router...the Wireless Access Point?

2 - usb wireless is not the easiest thing to use on linux. When you boot
up, does dmesg|less give you any listing that it found the wireless
adaptor? what does ifconfig tell you?

it would help if you would...

windows 98: ipconfig /all > c:\win.txt
            route print >> c:\win.txt

linux     : ifconfig -a > /tmp/linux.txt
            route -n >> /tmp/linux.txt

and then show us the outputs of both

Craig