From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FpVwA-00087t-0u for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:49:30 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5BJh7Dx030633; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:43:07 GMT Received: from observed.de (observed.de [81.169.134.89]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5BJHCCq002104 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:17:12 GMT Received: (qmail 32290 invoked by uid 509); 11 Jun 2006 21:10:49 +0200 Received: from 172.176.198.50 by observed.de (envelope-from , uid 508) with qmail-scanner-1.25-st-qms (clamdscan: 0.88/1389. spamassassin: 3.0.4. perlscan: 1.25-st-qms. Clear:RC:0(172.176.198.50):SA:0(2.3/5.0):. Processed in 4.298975 secs); 11 Jun 2006 19:10:49 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.3 required=5.0 X-Spam-Level: ++ X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN-Mail-From: psz@observed.de via observed.de X-Antivirus-MYDOMAIN: 1.25-st-qms (Clear:RC:0(172.176.198.50):SA:0(2.3/5.0):. Processed in 4.298975 secs Process 32283) Received: from acb0c632.ipt.aol.com (HELO noname) (psz@observed.de@172.176.198.50) by observed.de with RC4-MD5 encrypted SMTP; 11 Jun 2006 21:10:44 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing From: Paul Sebastian Ziegler To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <49bf44f10606111203m385f149coc9c3288e79cedf08@mail.gmail.com> References: <49bf44f10606111203m385f149coc9c3288e79cedf08@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:14:31 +0200 Message-Id: <1150053271.15402.3.camel@localhost> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k5BJh7EG030633 X-Archives-Salt: 19f9b7aa-ee74-415e-b506-6db4ac598ff7 X-Archives-Hash: 0e2d1f94afc0f490c6acbd2c43d61129 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 =E2=82=AC have good= reach and support WPA (sometimes even WPA2). Just a suggestion. HTH Paul 2006-06-11 (=E6=97=A5) =E3=81=AE 12:03 -0700 =E3=81=AB Grant =E3=81=95=E3= =82=93=E3=81=AF=E6=9B=B8=E3=81=8D=E3=81=BE=E3=81=97=E3=81=9F: > 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: >=20 > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/home-router-howto.xml >=20 > - Grant --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list