Howto Share internet connection

[john_spiral]

I've got it working! Thanks for the howto.

Just needed to use the DSLpanel > Netcardconfig tool to assign a static ip address of 192.168.0.2 to the DSL box with the ubuntu box as the gateway.

voila!

[BigIslandVegan]

How might one share the internet connection that I have through a USB-Bluetooth adapter with my EDGE (T-Mobile) phone with another computer connected via ethernet, through a router?

Thanks so much in advance for the help.

[john_spiral]

How might one share the internet connection that I have through a USB-Bluetooth adapter with my EDGE (T-Mobile) phone with another computer connected via ethernet, through a router?

Thanks so much in advance for the help.

Hi BigIslandVegan,

run a ifconfig on the machine with the 'USB-Bluetooth adapter with my EDGE (T-Mobile) phone'

post your results.

what OS is the other machine using?

[BigIslandVegan]

Thanks for the response. Here is what I got:

*******@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:42674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:42674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7181613 (6.8 MiB) TX bytes:7181613 (6.8 MiB)

ppp0 Link encapoint-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:72.250.2.86 P-t-P:192.200.1.21 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21014 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18992 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:19615382 (18.7 MiB) TX bytes:2067134 (1.9 MiB)

[BigIslandVegan]

Most likely the OS of the other computer will be Ubuntu / Xubuntu as well.

I gotta figure out what will work best. The other machine is in flux a little bit right now. We have only an old machine with 64 mb or ram but we may receive a better machine this weekend from a friend that doesn't want it. Regardless, the next machine will also have a Linux OS.

Thanks again!

[Abhi Kalyan]

Worked like a charm
Thank you Bro

[bullit]

Hi

I've read the stuff discussed here. Tried the solution. It seemed to work, only on one end.

Here's the story.

I've using an ubuntu box and I want to set it up as a gateway/proxy for our home network; a wireless connection with an XP box.

I've tried the solution on the 1st page. It seemed to work because XP detects the wireless network connection but isn't able to get onto the internet.

My setup is like this:

Ubuntu > wireless router (connected by a cable because it's right next my machine) > wirelessly to XP.

I've been tearing my hair over the past 7 hours (according to my wife) over this thing.

The default gateway and preferred DNS have been set to 192.168.0.1. If I get this correctly, do I even have to change the IP and port on the browsers to get connected?

I would love to get some your opinion on this.

Thanks in advance.

[john_spiral]

Thanks for the response. Here is what I got:

*******@ubuntu:~$ ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:42674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:42674 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7181613 (6.8 MiB) TX bytes:7181613 (6.8 MiB)

ppp0 Link encapoint-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:72.250.2.86 P-t-P:192.200.1.21 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:21014 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18992 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:19615382 (18.7 MiB) TX bytes:2067134 (1.9 MiB)

Hi BigIslandVegan,

Looks like your eth0 (ethernet) port has not been activated.

Activated through the GUI.

Then give it an exciting address like 192.168.0.1

Follow the howto.

start off with:

sudo su

to give you root access

change setp 2 to:

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o
ppp0 -j MASQUERADE

Give the other system an ip address of 192.168.0.2 and set it's gateway as 192.168.0.1

give it a try

Johne

[lonetree]

Could someone write an working example for this?

[john_spiral]

Hi

I've read the stuff discussed here. Tried the solution. It seemed to work, only on one end.

Here's the story.

I've using an ubuntu box and I want to set it up as a gateway/proxy for our home network; a wireless connection with an XP box.

I've tried the solution on the 1st page. It seemed to work because XP detects the wireless network connection but isn't able to get onto the internet.

My setup is like this:

Ubuntu > wireless router (connected by a cable because it's right next my machine) > wirelessly to XP.

I've been tearing my hair over the past 7 hours (according to my wife) over this thing.

The default gateway and preferred DNS have been set to 192.168.0.1. If I get this correctly, do I even have to change the IP and port on the browsers to get connected?

I would love to get some your opinion on this.

Thanks in advance.

can both machines ping each other?