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stoney the goomba wrote:

> Pete wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>     Totally new to Linux and am running Redhat 7.1.
>>
>> So I'm trying to setup Netcfg for the internet, as well as let others
>> machines (W2k Server and W2k Pro) see the machine. I'm using a dialup
>> connection.
>>
>> Now I've ascertained that I should be using the netcfg tool for dialup
>> but it appears to be missing the PPP button, but has all the other ones
>> there. So what have I done wrong? I let Redhat go for a normal setup and
>> didn't change anything (as far as I'm aware).
>>
>> Should I also be using netcfg to setup Linux to see my W2k server? I let
>> the server use DHCP and would like the Linux box to be assigned an IP
>> address for the Lan. In the long run I'd like the Linux box allow the
>> server and Pro machine access the net through it.
>>
>> I've checked all over the net but can't figure out why I'm missing the
>> PPP choice in netcfg.
>>
>> Any pointers?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Pete
>>
>> Sorry about cross post but I've been working on this for about 8hrs with
>> no luck and would like to make some progress tonight.
> 
> what happens when you type pppd as root? Maybe the daemon for ppp isn't
> running. Have you tried lsmod and are the ppp and bsd_comp and slhc
> modules loaded? What all have you tried so far to troubleshoot ppp?
> 
> If you type pppd and get a error then more than likely you need to
> recompile your kernel with ppp support (try loading it as a module). If
> you have done this and pppd is running ok then run pppsetup.
> 
> I believe you will need to run samba and you will probably need to run
> ipmasq or ipcahins to hook your LAN to the internet.
> 
> stoney
> 
> 
> 
> 

You'll also need to enable ip forwarding if you want to use the linux 
machine as the internet gateway.

Andy