Question about connecting to the net through a winxp machine

[Ow Mun Heng]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sponger [mailto:spongers at cox.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:22 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Question about connecting to the net through a winxp
> machine
>
> /sbin/iptables -L  results
> 
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2129.nptlsmp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/i
> p_tables.o:
> create_module: Operation not permitted	
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2129.nptlsmp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/i
> p_tables.o:
> insmod
> /lib/modules2.4.22-1.2129.nptlsmp/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip
> _tables.o:
> insmod ip_tables failed
> Iptables v 1.2.8: can't initialize iptables table 'filter': Permission
> denied
> Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded

The above is due to lack of permissions.. YOu need to be root to
execute/list that.. try sudo?? if you have it in.


> 
> The msg I get when I ping is this:
> 192.168.1.2   icmp_seq=1  Destination Host Unreachable
> 
> Over and over again,  but what I don't get is the ip of the 
> linux box is
> 192.168.1.2, and the xp box is 192.168.1.1 and I typed "pint 
> 192.168.1.1" in
> the console and ^^^ that's what I got!

Pls try to list your iptables.. maybe it's cause of your firewall configs??

would ping 127.0.0.1 work??