On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:31:29AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote: > On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 19:24 +0000, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > Looking at a video Dan Williams posted to Redhat Magazine shows enabling > > it is now as simple as creating the new connection in ad-hoc mode with ipv4 > > settings as 'available to other computers' but on my F12 system this doesn't > > start dnsmasq etc. Is it still required to set this all up manually or does > > nm do > > all that's required now? > > 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.
I sometimes find myself in scenarios where I have a wireless connection to the internet that I'd like to share with wired-only devices (no wifi cards in them). How hard would it be to make the "Create new wireless network..." dialog generic like "Share network connection..."? Basically, I would like to be able to share any active internet connection to any other medium, wired or wireless or whatever. _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list