Ubuntu 9.10 router for xp64
Luis Paulo
luis.barbas at gmail.com
Sun May 9 14:28:37 UTC 2010
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Angus Henderson <angvzp0x at gmail.com> wrote:
> so i have my ubuntu server all set up with a wireless n connection to my isp
> and a raid 5 disk share
>
> but my windows xp64 dev pc has a belkin wireless n usb with no 64 bit driver
> and 3 or 4 times a day it drops the connection
>
> so i thought let the ubtuntu server route my xp64 network traffic and dump
> the belkin usb i have them both on a local wired network
>
> anyone got a link to a post that does something like that ?
>
> my first 2 attempts were a total fail
>
> angvz
>
> --
> þØ×
If I understand correctly, you first of all have to connect them with a wire :)
No kidding, if you have available wired NIC's of both, you may connect
them with a crossover cable or have a switch and connect them both on
it.
For the software part, routing the xp, you may look for "linux
masquerade". As an example
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ipmasq-background2.1.html
regards
Luis
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