HOW2 get to internet through a unix box ?

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Courtney Thomas

I can't ping anything but the ms2000 box.

I want to use tcp/ip to go though an ethernet connected unix box to the
internet. It was workin' yesterday, shut it down and today I can't "get
out".

What's wrong and what is the process, please ?

I don't know windows and didn't set this box up.

Thanks so much,

Courtney
 
Courtney Thomas said:
I want to use tcp/ip to go though an ethernet connected unix box to the
internet. It was workin' yesterday, shut it down and today I can't "get
out".
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Possibly "IP_Forward" is not executed on startup properly. I know with a
Linux box I tried to use as a router once wouldn't do this right. So I
always had to manually run the command to enable IP_Forward everytime after
I started up. Configuring IP_Forward "how" to work and having it start
doing it automatically after reboot may be two different things.

No, I don't remember the command at all,..not even a little. I stay as far
away from 'ix boxes as I can get,..I personally have no use for one.
 
in your TCP/IP config, set the ip to auto-discovery, this will attach
it to the DHCP server, be sure that the machine running ICS is on and
connected to the network when you boot the unix box. That should work,
if not, you could try running a linux live disk to connect to the ICS
server and basically steal the settings.
 
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