On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 03:36 +0000, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >Basically, you need an existing connection to the internet. Then you create > >another "shared" connection that your other computers will access. When you > >have both of those, >then NM will start dnsmasq and everything and NAT the > >"shared" connection to the main internet connection. > > > >If you've already got an internet connection, then just choose "Create new > >wireless network..." from the menu, type in the details, and it should set > >that new network up. You >can then connect to that adhoc wifi network from > >other computers, and they will get IP addresses via DHCP from your machine. > > Dan, > Just to clarify, does nm actually instantiate a dhcp server, and create the > subnet etc? > I don't have a dhcp server installed, but I do have dnsmasq installed.
Yes, NM will do all these things. dnsmasq is both a caching DNS server and a lightweight DHCP server. So NM just uses it for both functions. > I have a wired connection that has internet access through a firewall behind > it, yet > nothing I do is making this connection sharing work:) Can you grab logs from /var/log/messages or /var/log/daemon.log for me that show the issue? That will help isolate things. Dan _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list