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 4.54) id 1FNq7N-0008Nu-S5 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:42:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2RBfrNe028965; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:41:53 GMT Received: from gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de [134.76.163.126]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2RBagaB020603 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:36:42 GMT Received: by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix, from userid 8) id CA157C4EC4; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:36:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from sub00421 (unknown [134.76.161.221]) by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF513C4E7A for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:36:38 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:36:38 +0200 From: Hans-Werner Hilse To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing linux's internet connection with an iMac? Message-Id: <20060327133638.0994b3d0.hilse@web.de> In-Reply-To: <200603270130.50362.bss03@volumehost.net> References: <71e46d510603262307y69f64bfaqf1d6f25fb8513788@mail.gmail.com> <200603270130.50362.bss03@volumehost.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.2 (GTK+ 2.8.13; i586-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Details: No, hits=0.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de X-Archives-Salt: e896d6ad-5cae-4351-851d-6622403bce46 X-Archives-Hash: 8bb6e77bca095c67fb46a162b6b94953 Hi, On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:29:54 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > Yes. Set up a bridge device on the laptop between the wifi interface > and the iMac interface; assuming your setup is as simple as I think, > that should be all you need to do. Most likely it wouldn't work because of the wlan link layer. Most WiFi cards don't go well with bridging... So routing is the option which is left. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list