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 1FpWNO-0007s1-RN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:17:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5BKCNtt020553; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 20:12:23 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.184]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5BJpPl2013218 for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:51:26 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n15so780633nfc for ; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:51:25 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=LL/FYgMC7BU2srWiHhBGLWpJiDK8KHNiN+L32fNY4iaT5CRPC4sRt9p9jifjVfWs8Av62tifOnh52gJYY1yu1PiGjsCYc+WnF06O4wqagpsfsrTgXaOccoQ6RZrF4oykTGkbMOkoTOLJ5gV6bSXAQxKLUKYJ38GLW0G5BNlNeiI= Received: by 10.49.36.15 with SMTP id o15mr4254226nfj; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.238.4 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:51:25 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49bf44f10606111251v67bcfc94p8f34de43aac7f169@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:51:25 -0700 From: Grant To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Internet connection sharing In-Reply-To: <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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline References: <49bf44f10606111203m385f149coc9c3288e79cedf08@mail.gmail.com> <1150053271.15402.3.camel@localhost> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id k5BJpPl2013218 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k5BKCNuC020553 X-Archives-Salt: 743527ed-be97-4596-a9cb-6aee242626c3 X-Archives-Hash: b035e17cde56b7d990bfeba72034c391 > 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 =80 have good rea= ch > 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 --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list