[gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing

[gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing

[Grant]

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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Re: [gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing

[Paul Sebastian Ziegler]

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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Re: [gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing

[Grant]

> 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

You think the config would be tricky then?

- Grant

> > 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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Re: [gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing

[Paul Sebastian Ziegler]

Hi,

as far as I know getting her online shouldn't be a problem then.
All the cards you can buy will probably ship with drivers for Windows XP
so you'll get it running very fast. Afterwards you can just configure
her laptop to access the wireless router you connect to with your
workstation without having to switch to WEP since then she'll be able to
use WPA.

Paul

2006-06-11 (日) の 12:51 -0700 に Grant さんは書きました:
> > 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
> 
> You think the config would be tricky then?
> 
> - Grant
> 
> > > 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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Re: [gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing

[Mick]

On 11/06/06, Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com> wrote:

> > 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.

Where's the fun in this then?

On the other hand it would be the easiest, practical solution to the problem.

> You think the config would be tricky then?

What I think you need (and I'm not knowledgeable enough on networks to
explain how) is to create a network bridge on your PC between your
wireless and your wired PCI NICs.  I guess that the way to do that
would involve packet routing using iptables (masquerading), but I
never needed to look into it.

Hopefully by tomorrow morning some of the net-admins would have logged
on and will provide more pertinent guidance.
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Mick

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