[solved] sharing internet from windows computer with arch laptop

kinkinkijkin · 2014-12-29 01:23:32

Title is descriptive I think. Stuck on windows on my desktop because I did a thing and don't feel like fixing it yet

I used ICS but the laptop couldn't access the internet and I read someplace that it only works between a windows client and host, and I couldn't find how to do it between a windows host and linux client of any sort.

If it's relevant I'm using a regular yellow ethernet cable (forget which one that one is) and my desktop has a gigabit ethernet card.

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TheSaint · 2014-12-29 02:05:37

If you want make your laptop as access point, then see here
Otherwise, from the Arch side, the wiki is the best place to start from.
Or see this topic is of your interests.
If these are none of your intents, please explain which is the computer and OS connected to internet and which is the computer and OS wants to access the internet.

What are the results of your trials, what steps have you done ?
More details of your doing and targetted answers will be the result.

Modern NICs don't need cross cable, the NIC will detect and self adjust the connection. If one of the two PS is less modern then you need a cross CAT5 cable.

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kinkinkijkin · 2014-12-29 02:16:33

The windows desktop is the computer with the internet, I want to share it with the laptop. So far I have enabled ICS on the desktop and plugged the laptop (which has arch on it) into the desktop via ethernet. That is all I have done.

The laptop is a Latitude D600 (from 2003), and the desktop my own build but it's got gigabit ethernet. The cable is a regular cat 5e cable.

TheSaint · 2014-12-29 02:33:23

So you should try to see if your connection gets through.
For the matter, I'd suggest you set static IPs address, then from the Arch you try to ping the host.
For windows I'm quite rusty, but you should find it on the connection properties.
As you get this done, check

$ ip route

kinkinkijkin · 2014-12-29 05:55:07

pinging times out but ip route returns the normal stuff

should the default gateway normally be the ip of the host?

TheSaint · 2014-12-29 07:04:15

As you get answer from your pinging, you may go further.
I hardly understand how you can have a route while pinging fails.

kinkinkijkin · 2014-12-30 01:25:15

assigning static IPs to both the host and client fixed it

EDIT: apparently it can't resolve any DNS now

EDIT: fixed that

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TheSaint · 2014-12-30 02:09:46

Wouldn't we put [SOLVED] on the title ?

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[solved] sharing internet from windows computer with arch laptop

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