Topic: dialup modem irritation help please !!

[amanda]

Hi,
I have set up the e-smith server and attached my dial up modem and tested internet
access on the e-smith control console. I've set the dial up modem to connect to the internet as soon as the server is turned on. The modem connects to the internet and stays connected for a long period of time (I'm not kicked off at all )through the server . I have a laptop with redhat 7 using netscape 6
connected to the server. I can access the e-smith manager from it and samba on the laptop works fine . The pcmcia network card is working fine.
Every thing looks ok and fantastic but I can not connect to the web
with the lap top through the e-smith server's dial up connection.
my ISP is running through a proxy on port 8000.
I'm sure there are a few config settings I need to set.
what could I be doing wrong? The e-smith software appears to be a
fantastic piece of software but this barrier is really getting up my
nose....please don't let me look at NT, as I am willing to spend the time to
learn and fix this problem but I am stumped as to where to start.
HELP !

By the way internet access throughout the linux laptop works fine on its
own,through the pcmcia modem.
I would really love to see the the web through the network .

thanks in advance

[Charlie Brady]

amanda wrote:

> Every thing looks ok and fantastic but I can not connect to
> the web
> with the lap top through the e-smith server's dial up
> connection.
> my ISP is running through a proxy on port 8000.
> I'm sure there are a few config settings I need to set.

You need to set up the laptop so that web access is directed through the e-smith server. So you need to configure the proxy setting of your web browser and/or you need to set the default gateway of your laptop's network settings to point to the IP address of your e-smith server.

Charlie

[steve]

Enable ip to be received via DHCP from the e-smith box

Enable direct connection in the preferences of Netscape


If the -e-smith box works fine this should make it so


Steve

[amanda]

thanks to charlie & steve ........It worked !!!!!
Now I can get down to discovering  more about
the software and how to use it in a productive environment.

regards
Amanda
simply wool
melbourne
Australia