On Sat, 29 Jun 2002, Deedra Waters wrote: > iptables is set up. I have a script that will give me that. the problem I > appear to be having now is when I use redhat's netconfig it won't accept > the netmask and ip address of the gateway that I gave it. It says that > that isn'ta a valid ip address when in fact that information is correct. I presume you're telling your lap top to use the internal address of the desk top as your gateway? If the 2 addresses are not in the same subnet, or the laptop's netmask and broadcast aren't set up correctly, it could result in this behaviour. Cheers. -- Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 ICQ: #61744808 Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
