ICS No ethernet network adapter configured for LAN has been detected on your sys

[b18b]

What am I missing?  When I try and setup a "Shared Internet Connection", it tells me:

No ethernet network adapter configured for LAN has been detected on your system.

Please run the hardware configuration tool to configure it, and ensure that the Mandriva firewall is not enabled for network adapter connected to your LAN network.

But what is it missing (or what am I missing?):

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:23:54:51:CF:CE
          inet addr:192.168.0.9  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::223:54ff:fe51:cfce/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:10749 errors:0 dropped:96470774 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:7733 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6204255 (5.9 MiB)  TX bytes:739975 (722.6 KiB)
          Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc000

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0A:CD:16:B1:89
          inet addr:192.168.20.1  Bcast:192.168.20.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20a:cdff:fe16:b189/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:143 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:218 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:9592 (9.3 KiB)  TX bytes:22323 (21.7 KiB)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0xcc00

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:289 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:289 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:32041 (31.2 KiB)  TX bytes:32041 (31.2 KiB)

I want to share the machines with 192.168.20.x with the connection on 192.168.0.9.  

[Was_Just19]

There have been a few threads on this subject previously so I can only suggest you search the forum for
"internet connection sharing"

There was at least one thread with a solution as I remember ......

[b18b]

Revisiting this problem.  Did a search and did not see anything relevant.  I still get the same error. 

[kenboldt]

I know this is an old thread, but I am having the same issue.  I have searched the forums, and from what I have read, I haven't been able to learn how to get past this problems. 

Any suggestions would be welcome.

Here's the situation and desired setup.  Split house, sharing internet.  The other part of the house has a wireless modem that we connect to.  Unfortunately we have trouble connecting, and staying connected, at least in the living room, however connection is fine in the bedroom.  We would like to use an old computer to connect wirelessly, then share to our own wireless router, and then the other computers in our part of the house can connect to our own router.

WiFi in other side of house >> Computer on our side >> Our own router >> Our computers

When I try ICS I get the error as described above.  Not sure what I am missing.

[menotu]

Did a quick search using "connection sharing"  and came up with these (haven't read through them)

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,79721.0.html

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,77760.0.html

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,75151.0.html

[kenboldt]

Did a quick search using "connection sharing"  and came up with these (haven't read through them)

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,79721.0.html

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,77760.0.html

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,75151.0.html

In a number of threads that I have read, there are links to a wiki entry, and one thread even describes basically exactly what I want to do, and the same problem I am having, then the link to the wiki is given, and the thread is marked solved. 

Seems that wiki entry is the silver bullet, if only it still existed...  the link leads to a 404 error, and there are no links from the main page to a wiki.  hopefully it hasn't been totally disappeared and someone can point me in the right direction.

[Was_Just19]

http://www.pclinuxoshelp.com/index.php/Main_Page

The Wiki is being recreated so maybe you can find something there.

I would, if in your position, use a different approach .......  I would get a wireless unit to relay the more remote PCs to the existing router ........  or else use a mains plug unit and a router/switch in the remote location.

I guess I have an aversion to ICS  ..

[menotu]

In these types of scenario's I'm a fan of the HomePlug Networking over the mains electricity - no drivers to setup, plug one into your router and the other(s) where you want in the house and hey presto - you have.  No wireless is being transmitted so more secure and pretty fast as well.

One of the downsides is that the PC/Laptop has to be fairly close to an electrical wall socket as you need to plug the ethernet cable from the PC to the wall socket plug.

[kenboldt]

yeah, I have looked at those.  I was never sure of the quality.  Good to hear from someone with experience that they work well.  Perhaps I will give that a try.

[Was_Just19]

yeah, I have looked at those.  I was never sure of the quality.  Good to hear from someone with experience that they work well.  Perhaps I will give that a try.

I strongly suggest you get the 200Mb/s units and not the 85Mb/s devices.

Of course if you have a spare router or other wireless point you could connect that to the plug device and operate wirelessly ......  just make sure the two wireless devices are on different channels so they do not interfer with each other.

[kenboldt]

So I found another thread that had a link to a copy of the old wiki entry.  Here's what it said in case someone else comes along looking for the solution.  I tried this out and it worked like a charm.

SUCCESS!

Internet Connection Sharing

PCLinuxOS can be set up as a DHCP server / router using PCLinuxOS's Control Center (PCC). The following is a brief summary of how I did it; hopefully as time permits this this can be expanded to include more details and screenshots.

   1. Open PCC and delete all network interfaces to be sure that we are not using with old configurations.
   
   2. Connect one ethernet card (eth0) on your PCLOS DHCP server / router box directly to your internet modem and configure the connection; this can also be a ppp style usb connection commonly used for cellular and dsl modems. Don't move on until you have a working connection to the internet.
   
   3. Next use PCC to set up the personal firewall; at the last dialog box, make sure it is set to only protect the internet facing connection (eth0 or ppp0 in this example); other non internet facing interfaces should be unchecked in the last firwall configuration dialog so that the firewall allows them to be used for internet connection sharing (ICS). Having at least one protected and one unprotected interface will force a shorewall configuration that allows for ICS to be set up using PCC. If this is not configured correctly you will get an error from PCC's ICS wizard about netowrk interfaces not being configured properly.
   
   4. Back at PCC again, use the 'share internet connection' wizard to configure ICS.. make sure to select eth1, or your LAN facing network card to use for ICS; default settings should work just fine, but toward the end of the configuration wizard I did un-check the box for setting up a caching proxy server (squid) to keep the setup uncomplicated.
   
   5. Make sure there are not any other DHCP servers on the same local network.. either unplug your existing router if you have one, or turn off it's DHPC server from it's configuration page.
   
   6. Assuming your LAN facing connection is connected to a switch with other PC's, now go to the other PCs on the local network and reset their network connections so that they will now pick up new IP's from your PCLOS DHCP server.

Thats it.. it worked for me! ..if you set up the personal firewall to include intrusion detection, port scanning, etc you will get pop-up notifications and logging provided by the default network monitor in the task bar. ..head on over to the Shields-up website and initiate a port scan of your system and see how it fairs!