Wireless connection sharing

[NoOp]

On 02/20/2008 05:34 PM, Owen Townend wrote:
> On 2/21/08, steve <sfreilly at roadrunner.com> wrote:
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>> NoOp wrote:
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>> | Does anyone know a simple, easy way that he can connect to the desktop's
>> | nic (while the desktop is connected via wireless) to the nic connector
>> | on his laptop in order to download drivers etc?
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>> crossover cable from the desktop to the laptop?  im assuming the laptop
>> has an ethernet port.... or why not just plug the laptop into the router?
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> 
> Hey,
>   http://www.fs-security.com/docs/connection-sharing.php shows how to
> set up internet connection sharing using 'firestarter' which is a nice
> front end to ip-tables.
>   Or there's http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91370
>   It's a few years old now, but it shows a step by step way to (manually)
> set up connection sharing on an ubuntu box.
> 
>   The google search term that'll help most is probably 'Ubuntu
> internet connection sharing'.
>   http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+internet+connection+sharing
> 
>   Hope this helps,
> 
> cheers,
> Owen.
> 
> 

Thanks! I'll give those a look and see if I can figure it out. Problem
is of course... college kid, busy when dad starts talking on the phone
about sudo this and sudo that... ok dad, but my girlfriend has a $1500
laptop with windows and it works... etc., etc :-)