<div>On 2/21/08, NoOp <<a href="mailto:glgxg@sbcglobal.net">glgxg@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-left: 0.80ex; border-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex"> On 02/20/2008 05:34 PM, Owen Townend wrote: > On 2/21/08, steve <<a href="mailto:sfreilly@roadrunner.com">sfreilly@roadrunner.com</a>> wrote: >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> NoOp wrote: >> >> | 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? >> >> >> 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? >> >> >> - -- >> Steve Reilly >> >> <a href="http://reillyblog.com">http://reillyblog.com</a> >> >> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >> Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) >> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - <a href="http://enigmail.mozdev.org">http://enigmail.mozdev.org</a> >> >> iD8DBQFHvNAw1L48K811Km0RAoYaAJ9L2EsKlqEgxzz3Fc8tThkbKtxYkwCfUstt >> xjdL3wv1hHTmMO56xOPJYUE= >> =VMK3 >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >> >> >> -- >> ubuntu-users mailing list >> <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> >> > > Hey, > <a href="http://www.fs-security.com/docs/connection-sharing.php">http://www.fs-security.com/docs/connection-sharing.php</a> shows how to > set up internet connection sharing using 'firestarter' which is a nice > front end to ip-tables. > Or there's <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91370">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=91370</a> > 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'. > <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+internet+connection+sharing">http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu+internet+connection+sharing</a> > > 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 :-) -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div> heh, Send her a Microsoft super hero: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/hero/">http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/hero/</a> Good luck with it, ask away if you get stuck. cheers, Owen.