Networking two PC's

Hi all,
I have two PC's. One has Windows XP loaded. And the other RH 9.0.
I connect to internet through a DSL modem and am unable to find a driver for it for linux(Gnu/Linux for some).
So I want to network the two pc's to use the internet connection on the windows machine for linux.
I connected the two pc's using a cross cable and assigned the following ip addresses, subnet masks, DNS etc to the two pc's.
(did the following after googling a lot)

Windows:
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IP :::::::::::::::::::: 192.168.1.1 (just like that)
Subnet mask :::::: 255.255.255.0
DNS ::::::::::::::::: 192.168.1.1

Linux:
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IP :::::::::::::::::::: 192.168.1.2
Subnet mask :::::: 255.255.255.0
DNS ::::::::::::::::: 192.168.1.1

My internet connection assigns a seperate random IP using DHCP.

Apparently I am unable to ping from linux box and/or browse the net.
I have the following questions.
1.) What should I do on the linux side to make the network work?
2.) Would I need to change any proxies for the browser on linux? if yes, what should the proxies be?

3.) Will the DNS server IP that I assigned work? basically I want to know, if I did that part correct? if not, what should I do.

4.) And do I need to configure and run Samba on linux, if I only want to use the internet connection of windows and not share any files?

Thanks a lot,
Anoop.

Um, dont DSL modems have ethernet out(like cable modems)? If it does its just a matter of getting your NIC up.


Did you enable Internet sharing in windows? By the way i think most people do it the other way around.

You dont need Samba if you dont want to share files.

The two PC's are connected using RJ45 connector via a cross cable and the DSL modem is connected via a USB port. That is JFYI. Dunno if it is useful info or not.

Yes I did enable it. Here in India, I could not find a driver for the make of the modem. Found some driver for the make of UK's modem, tries setting up but failed miserably. Infact many guys here in India, are waiting for the ISP to release the Linux drivers. Hence the other way round :(.


Thanks,
Anoop.

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The two PC's are connected using RJ45 connector via a cross cable and the DSL modem is connected via a USB port.

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I have a friend that does cable modems (telephone, cable, and tech) and another that does this with satellites (his father owns a shop), almost all of them have a ethernet out, if they dont they often come with a cheesy power 'brick' that burns out quick.

If you have to you can be creative with the hardware. Most ISPs will let you use another modem(i think in the us there required to, like with set boxes) if you call up and give them its MAC address(the older ones dont have, free internet!).

I dont know how well it is but there are some usb networking hacks. All windows sees it as is a NIC, a NIC that happens to be USB.

With Windows, do you have a firewall? Did you go threw the home networking wizard(most of they to allow access)? Is networking loading on startup with Linux? Is iptables(a firewall) loaded?

To do that you need a router or a hub. Plug both systems into the hub or router via the RJ45 coming from both NICs. Then plug the modem into the WAN port. That should work.

They make a usb to ethernet router/hub/switch? Its the same 'signal'?

hi there...
i would suggest you use some software like winproxy.. sharing will happen no matter what.. you just have to set up the proxy address in the browser setting... PM me if you want to know where to get them (legal ones ofcourse:D:D:D)