> as per
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO-5.html
> it appears that
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network calls
> /etc/sysconfig/network which is:
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4="yes"
> HOSTNAME=nix.massmind.org
> GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0
> IPX="yes"
> IPXINTERNALNETNUM="0"
> IPXINTERNALNODENUM="0"
> IPXAUTOPRIMARY="on"
> IPXAUTOFRAME="on"
> but after that I just get lost so I don't understand why but
> route shows me
> Destination Gateway     Genmask         flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.0.3 *           255.255.255.255 UH    0      0   0   eth0
> 192.168.0.0 *           255.255.255.0   U     0      0   0   eth0
> 127.0.0.0   *           255.0.0.0       U     0      0   0   lo
>
> default     192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0   0   eth0

>
> Well, I hate to admit this, but after god knows how many Windows and Novell
> networks that I've set up and / or administered, I can't seem to get Red Hat
> 6.1 to talk on the network to my two windows computers (which work just fine
> thank you, so it must be Linux and not me, right? <GRIN>)
>
> I've been trying to use the graphical network setup in the control panel
> (since I'm a GUI Guy although the DOS Command line is where I started and I
> know that well and I've had plenty of time in the Novell config program) but
> now suddenly, when I type startx, nothing starts. it just sits there forever
> and then returns me to a prompt when I hit ctrl-c. no error messages. Any
> ideas on how to get that back would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I have a Windows PC with two TCP/IP stacks configured (one is the IP address
> assigned by the cable modem service 24.15.132.183 subnet mask
> 255.255.255.128 Gateway 24.15.132.129 domain escnd1.sdca.home.com Host
> massmind and the other is 192.168.0.1 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 no gateway
> domain escnd1.sdca.home.com host massmind) and I'm running Proxy Plus to
> serve the other Windows machine which is 192.168.0.2 and has its gateway
> address set to 192.168.0.1 with internet settings in the control panel set
> to use a proxy server at 192.168.0.1:4480 for all access. That works fine.
>
> The Linux box is 192.168.0.3 subnet mask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.0.0
> broadcast 192.168.0.254 and default gateway 192.168.0.1 (the proxy server)
>
> as per
> http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO-5.html
> it appears that
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network calls
> /etc/sysconfig/network which is:
> NETWORKING=yes
> FORWARD_IPV4="yes"
> HOSTNAME=nix.massmind.org
> GATEWAY="192.168.0.1"
> GATEWAYDEV=eth0
> IPX="yes"
> IPXINTERNALNETNUM="0"
> IPXINTERNALNODENUM="0"
> IPXAUTOPRIMARY="on"
> IPXAUTOFRAME="on"
> but after that I just get lost so I don't understand why but
> route shows me
> Destination Gateway     Genmask         flags Metric Ref Use Iface
> 192.168.0.3 *           255.255.255.255 UH    0      0   0   eth0
> 192.168.0.0 *           255.255.255.0   U     0      0   0   eth0
> 127.0.0.0   *           255.0.0.0       U     0      0   0   lo
>
> default     192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0         UG    0      0   0   eth0
>
> I can ping 127.0.0.1 and 192.168.0.3 as expected.
>
> I can ping 192.168.0.1 and 24.15.132.183 (the two TCP/IP stacks on the main Windows server) although they respond twice for every one ping (a "DUP" shows up after the second one.)
>
> I can't ping 192.168.0.2 or any known good ip addresses out on the internet. No even the cable modem gateway at 24.15.132.129.
>
> Netscape couldn't http anything either, including 24.15.132.183 which is running an http server or 24.15.132.129 or 240.210.50.240 which all work from the windows machine (both of them). Of course I can't get to it anymore since, remember, x-windows will not start anymore.... I really don't know what I did.
>
> Any help appreciated...
>
> James Newton
> .....jamesnewtonKILLspam@spam@geocities.com
> 1-619-652-0593 phone

>
> First, thanks tons for the help.
>
> Thanks to your oops trick, I found out that the startx command was waiting
> for something to resolve the host name which I had set as nix.massmind.org
> without adding
> 192.168.0.3    nix.massmind.org
> to the hosts file. So x is up again. I'm GUI. <GRIN>
>
> The 254 broadcast address was a typo, it was set to .255 and it looks like
> all the other settings were also correct. I shouldn't be able to ping
> outside the local net without a proxy connection... and... I managed to
> stumble over the fact that the "Navigator" that was automatically starting
> with Linux was not the actual Netscape Navigator web browser... see, the
> first one, DOESN'T have a place to enter Proxy setting and the second one
> DOES. And you know what? as soon as you enter the proxy settings, everything
> works great! Imagine that....
>
> So now I have web and ftp access from the nix box via a proxy server on the
> main windows box. I'll set up the email stuff next (I saw where to do
> that...)
>
> But I'd like to get SAMBA running next and haven't read the docs yet, so I
> will go do that now. And then on to Apache and BIND. Miles to go...
>
> James Newton
> @spam@jamesnewtonKILLspamgeocities.com
> 1-619-652-0593 phone
>