Re: [gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing

[Paul Sebastian Ziegler <psz@observed.de>]

Hi,

maybe it would be easier to buy a PCMCIA-based wireless card.
This would eliminate the need for cabeling the laptop down.
I own several and even the cheap ones that come at 17 € have good reach
and support WPA (sometimes even WPA2).

Just a suggestion.

HTH
Paul

2006-06-11 (日) の 12:03 -0700 に Grant さんは書きました:
> My Gentoo workstation connects to my Gentoo router's wireless WPA
> connection just fine, but the wireless card built into my girlfriend's
> XP laptop does not support a WPA connection at all.  I won't use WEP,
> but I really need to get her connected.  The router's single ethernet
> port is being used by the DSL modem, but my workstation's ethernet
> port is free.  What would I need to do to share my workstation's
> connection to the router with her via the workstation's ethernet port?
>  Would I need to set my workstation up as a full-blown router via:
> 
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml
> 
> - Grant

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