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Andrew · 09-19-2001, 03:22 AM

I have 2 PC's running Win98 in my office, sharing a dialup connection using Vsocks proxy server. My second PC without the modem also has Redhat 6.0. I can browse the internet with Netscape in Linux after configuring the SOCKS host to the 1st machine with Vsocks, however I cannot figure out how to tell Linux where the SOCKS host is for anything else. DNS is configured correctly (for example if I ping with kvt the proxy server is contacted & can resolve an IP address to a domain name) but then does not seem no know where to send the ICMP requests.

I cannot use Linux as the proxy server as one I need Win98 for work on both PC's, & two I only have a winmodem which will not even work if Linux is configured to boot from DOS with loadlin.

I had it working before, but after reinstalling Linux I can't remember what I did.

Thanks in advance.

09-19-2001, 03:22 AM	#1
Andrew Member (6 bit) Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Sydney Posts: 38	Linux I have 2 PC's running Win98 in my office, sharing a dialup connection using Vsocks proxy server. My second PC without the modem also has Redhat 6.0. I can browse the internet with Netscape in Linux after configuring the SOCKS host to the 1st machine with Vsocks, however I cannot figure out how to tell Linux where the SOCKS host is for anything else. DNS is configured correctly (for example if I ping with kvt the proxy server is contacted & can resolve an IP address to a domain name) but then does not seem no know where to send the ICMP requests. I cannot use Linux as the proxy server as one I need Win98 for work on both PC's, & two I only have a winmodem which will not even work if Linux is configured to boot from DOS with loadlin. I had it working before, but after reinstalling Linux I can't remember what I did. Thanks in advance.