[Solved] Can you use a laptop as a wireless bridge?

seniorsassycat · 2012-06-13 01:20:24

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)

JackH79 · 2012-06-13 01:22:34

The wiki is here to help

seniorsassycat · 2012-06-13 01:48:26

Cool, the article says to use two network cards, as long as I have two interfaces (eth0 and wlan0) it should work right?

JackH79 · 2012-06-13 02:25:00

Of course, you'll have to tweak the procedure described in the wiki article to your specific setup, but it should work.

nomorewindows · 2012-06-13 15:12:05

I have gotten it to work.

Gcool · 2012-06-13 15:56:57

Nice to hear you've got it up and running.

Don't forget to mark your thread as [SOLVED].

seniorsassycat · 2012-06-13 19:31:24

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.

nomorewindows · 2012-06-13 20:26:26

seniorsassycat wrote:

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.

JackH79 · 2012-06-13 23:22:04

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)

seniorsassycat · 2012-06-13 23:55:42

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?

JackH79 · 2012-06-14 06:55:33

If it's solved for you ... yeah, definitely. Just edit your first post.
Thanks

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