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Windows is gr8....been using linux on and off and honestly it is cra*. I need to use it for uni but would like to make it a router. Blah blah i have a router but i want the linux to do the internet connection sharing. I have CM on ethernet have the 2 nics installed. Internet works but can't find any help (in english not linux jargon) to make the share.
I wan to host a webserver and Teamspeak. I use no-ip so to avoid IP changes issues. Everything works gr8 with windows but linux is just not user friendly. How do people expect the world to embrace linux when it's so complicated?
Yes i'm a noob
Anyone know how to do it. Any help will be appreciated.
not sure how to help you but there are 1000's of usefull pages on line for linux, it is user friendly...but only if you arnt used to M$ stuff, as yes it is more complicated.
Thx for response Avatar. It doesn't help i'm a complete noob with Linux. I followed the guide and everything seems ok but when connected to the LAN the nic won't activate. eth0 is connected to LAN and eth1 to WAN. I connected the LAN eth0 direct to another pc with an x-over and still nothing (as if cable not there). I tried new nics and cables. I feel so stupid...am i missing something.
From your posts I'm assuming that you internet works fine from your Linux box otherwise the rest of this is pointless!
This is what I'd do:-
Create your eth0 as one network (subnetting) with the CM attached - This is your outbound card - say 192.168.1.1 on 255.255.255.0
Create another seperate network on eth1 - say 192.168.2.1 on 255.255.255.0
Your "Local" machines would also need to be on the 192.168.2.x network and this will be your "local" lan
You then need a route between the two networks so that any addresses not found locally would route to the 192.168.1.x network
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