<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Configuring Windows NT</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Configuring the other internal to-be MASQed machines " HREF="configuring-clients.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Configuring Microsoft Windows 95 and OSR2" HREF="configuring-win9x.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Configuring Windows for Workgroup 3.11" HREF="configuring-wfwg.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="configuring-win9x.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 4. Configuring the other internal to-be MASQed machines</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="configuring-wfwg.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="CONFIGURING-WINNT" ></A >4.2. Configuring Windows NT</H1 ><P > <P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P >If you haven't installed your network card and adapter driver, do so now. Descriptions to perform this task is beyond the scope of this document.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Go to <STRONG >'Control Panel'</STRONG > --> <STRONG >'Network'</STRONG > --> <STRONG >Protocols</STRONG ></P ></LI ><LI ><P >Add the TCP/IP Protocol and related Components from the <STRONG >'Add Software'</STRONG > menu if you don't have TCP/IP service installed already.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Under <STRONG >'Network Software and Adapter Cards'</STRONG > section, highlight the <STRONG >'TCP/IP Protocol'</STRONG > in the <STRONG >'Installed Network Software'</STRONG > selection box.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >In <STRONG >'TCP/IP Configuration'</STRONG >, select the appropriate adapter, e.g. <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >[1]Intel EtherExpress Pro/100+</TT >. Then set the IP Address to 192.168.0.x (1 < x < 255), then set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0 and Default Gateway to 192.168.0.1.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Do not enable any of the following options (unless you know what you are doing): <P ></P ><UL ><LI ><P ><STRONG >'Automatic DHCP Configuration'</STRONG > : Unless you have a DHCP server running on your network. </P ></LI ><LI ><P >Put anything in the <STRONG >'WINS Server'</STRONG > input areas : Unless you have setup one or more WINS servers. </P ></LI ><LI ><P ><STRONG >Enable IP Forwardings</STRONG > : Unless you are routing on your NT machine and really -REALLY- know EXACTLY what you're doing. </P ></LI ></UL ></P ></LI ><LI ><P >Click <STRONG >'DNS'</STRONG >, fill in the appropriate information that your Linux host uses (usually found in /etc/resolv.conf) and then click <STRONG >'OK'</STRONG > when you're done. </P ></LI ><LI ><P >Click <STRONG >'Advanced'</STRONG >, be sure to DISABLE <STRONG >'DNS for Windows Name Resolution'</STRONG > and <STRONG >'Enable LMHOSTS lookup'</STRONG > unless you known what these options do. If you want to use a LMHOSTS file, it is stored in C:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc.</P ></LI ><LI ><P >Click <STRONG >'OK'</STRONG > on all dialog boxes and restart the system.</P ></LI ><LI ><P ><TT CLASS="LITERAL" >As an initial test, ping</TT > the Linux MASQ server to test the network connection: <STRONG >'File/Run'</STRONG >, type: <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >ping 192.168.0.1</TT >(This is only an INTERNAL LAN connection test, you you might not be able to <TT CLASS="LITERAL" >ping</TT > the outside world yet.) If you don't see any "replies" to your PINGs, please verify your network configuration.</P ></LI ></OL > </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="configuring-win9x.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="configuring-wfwg.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Configuring Microsoft Windows 95 and OSR2</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="configuring-clients.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Configuring Windows for Workgroup 3.11</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >