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I have a desktop with no wireless card and a laptop, could I connect the laptop to the desktop with an ethernet wire and get an internet connection?
Last edited by seniorsassycat (2012-06-14 15:31:46)
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Cool, the article says to use two network cards, as long as I have two interfaces (eth0 and wlan0) it should work right?
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Of course, you'll have to tweak the procedure described in the wiki article to your specific setup, but it should work.
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I have gotten it to work.
I may have to CONSOLE you about your usage of ridiculously easy graphical interfaces...
Look ma, no mouse.
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Nice to hear you've got it up and running.
Don't forget to mark your thread as [SOLVED].
Burninate!
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Nice to hear you've got it up and running.
Don't forget to mark your thread as [SOLVED].
That wasn't OP, I'm still working it out. The wiki says that you must use either a crossover cable or a gigabite network card. How can I tell if my card is gigabite?
After following each step I wasnt able to ping either computer from the other.
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Gcool wrote:Nice to hear you've got it up and running.
Don't forget to mark your thread as [SOLVED].
That wasn't OP, I'm still working it out. The wiki says that you must use either a crossover cable or a gigabite network card. How can I tell if my card is gigabite?
After following each step I wasnt able to ping either computer from the other.
You would need a static IP on the wired side.
You can give dhcp address on the wired side.
But to get them to cross from wlan0 to eth0, you need to setup just a simple masquerade rule with iptables.
I may have to CONSOLE you about your usage of ridiculously easy graphical interfaces...
Look ma, no mouse.
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1:
lsusb
or
lspci
to find out, what kind of networkcard you have.
2:
Get a crossover cable
3:
Get a switch / hub (and use standard cables)
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Thanks for the help, I found an old router and set up a wireless bridge, so I found a solution. Should I mark this as solved?
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If it's solved for you ... yeah, definitely. Just edit your first post.
Thanks
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