Re: Connection sharing and scp

2010-01-29 Thread Gonsolo
Am 01/27/2010 11:44 PM, schrieb Dan Williams: On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 21:02 +0100, Gonsolo wrote: I have a working UMTS connection via a option.ko based stick and a working connection sharing via WIFI (iwlagn on the UMTS notebook and ath5k on the other notebook). I try to copy the linux source

Re: Connection sharing bug

2010-01-29 Thread Dan Williams
On Thu, 2010-01-28 at 00:06 +0100, Gonsolo wrote: > Am 01/27/2010 11:43 PM, schrieb Dan Williams: > > On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 21:16 +0100, Gonsolo wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> I encountered another Network Manager bug with connection sharing. > >> > &

Re: Connection sharing bug

2010-01-27 Thread Gonsolo
Am 01/27/2010 11:43 PM, schrieb Dan Williams: On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 21:16 +0100, Gonsolo wrote: Hi! I encountered another Network Manager bug with connection sharing. After I shared my UMTS connection via WLAN and suspended my notebook, I can't find my WLAN connection again. Instead,

Re: Connection sharing and scp

2010-01-27 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 21:02 +0100, Gonsolo wrote: > > I have a working UMTS connection via a option.ko based stick and a > > working connection sharing via WIFI (iwlagn on the UMTS notebook and > > ath5k on the other notebook). > > > > I try to copy the linux source v

Re: Connection sharing bug

2010-01-27 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, 2010-01-27 at 21:16 +0100, Gonsolo wrote: > Hi! > > I encountered another Network Manager bug with connection sharing. > > After I shared my UMTS connection via WLAN and suspended my notebook, I > can't find my WLAN connection again. Instead, a new unreadable net

Connection sharing bug

2010-01-27 Thread Gonsolo
Hi! I encountered another Network Manager bug with connection sharing. After I shared my UMTS connection via WLAN and suspended my notebook, I can't find my WLAN connection again. Instead, a new unreadable network can be seen. It seems like a internationalization or Unicode problem.

Re: Connection sharing and scp

2010-01-27 Thread Gonsolo
I have a working UMTS connection via a option.ko based stick and a working connection sharing via WIFI (iwlagn on the UMTS notebook and ath5k on the other notebook). I try to copy the linux source via scp from my old notebook to the new (UMTS) one and it is horribly slow. Is that problem known

Re: Connection sharing and scp

2010-01-26 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2010-01-25 at 17:24 +, Marc Herbert wrote: > Gonsolo a écrit : > > > > I have a working UMTS connection via a option.ko based stick and a > > working connection sharing via WIFI (iwlagn on the UMTS notebook and > > ath5k on the other notebook). >

Re: Connection sharing and scp

2010-01-25 Thread Marc Herbert
Gonsolo a écrit : > > I have a working UMTS connection via a option.ko based stick and a > working connection sharing via WIFI (iwlagn on the UMTS notebook and > ath5k on the other notebook). > > I try to copy the linux source via scp from my old notebook to the new >

Connection sharing and scp

2010-01-22 Thread Gonsolo
Hi! I have a working UMTS connection via a option.ko based stick and a working connection sharing via WIFI (iwlagn on the UMTS notebook and ath5k on the other notebook). I try to copy the linux source via scp from my old notebook to the new (UMTS) one and it is horribly slow. Is that

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-20 Thread Gonsolo
What type of wifi card? It may be that driver issues prevent the wifi card from completing the WPA Ad-Hoc network. WPA Ad-Hoc is more complex than WEP ad-hoc and there have been kernel driver issues with that configuration in the past. What kernel version are you using, what wifi hardware, an

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-19 Thread Dan Williams
> broadband via NetworkManager and then create a new WLAN network also via > NetworkManager like it is explained in > http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/10/16/video-fedora-10-connection-sharing/ . > It automatically adds DNS forwarding via dnsmasq (,I guess). > > And, how I said, it wo

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-19 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 18:58 +0200, Quintin Beukes wrote: > The type of encryption shouldn't make a difference to sharing ability. > It's 2 completely differently networking layers. Actually it does; you can't connect to a WPA2-only Ad-Hoc network with the current wpa_supplicant and Linux kernel dr

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-18 Thread John Mahoney
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 6:02 AM, Quintin Beukes wrote: > > It should not have to be ad-hoc. The wifi card is acting in ap(Access > > Point) mode. > > How does this work? > Internally or how to configure? To configure: 1. Create a new wireless connection with the add button 2. enter ssid 3. Kee

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-18 Thread José Queiroz
2010/1/18 Marc Herbert : > Gonsolo a écrit : >> I think my WG511 card would allow  WPA > > Note that it is not because a card works as a WPA station that it works > as an WPA Access Point. > I agree. I remember that when I was testing a rt61-based card, I had problems when tried to use WPA with a

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-18 Thread Marc Herbert
Gonsolo a écrit : > I think my WG511 card would allow WPA Note that it is not because a card works as a WPA station that it works as an WPA Access Point. ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/l

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-18 Thread Quintin Beukes
> It should not have to be ad-hoc.  The wifi card is acting in ap(Access > Point) mode. How does this work? Q ___ NetworkManager-list mailing list NetworkManager-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-17 Thread Gonsolo
Am 17.01.2010 22:09, schrieb John Mahoney: On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Quintin Beukes wrote: Are you sure the network is even established? Can you ping the other host? You mentioned "ad-hoc". I've noticed NetworkManager has problems establishing AdHoc networks using WPA. For the network

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-17 Thread John Mahoney
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Quintin Beukes wrote: > Are you sure the network is even established? Can you ping the other host? > > You mentioned "ad-hoc". I've noticed NetworkManager has problems > establishing AdHoc networks using WPA. For the network doesn't > establish in the first place,

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-17 Thread Quintin Beukes
Are you sure the network is even established? Can you ping the other host? You mentioned "ad-hoc". I've noticed NetworkManager has problems establishing AdHoc networks using WPA. For the network doesn't establish in the first place, so sharing won't work. Maybe this is your problem as well? try

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-17 Thread Gonsolo
Am 17.01.2010 18:04, schrieb Marc Luethi: On Sun, 2010-01-17 at 17:37 +0100, Gonsolo wrote: It works with WEP64 encryption but not with WPA/WPA2 encryption. If your notebook sets up an "ad hoc" WiFi network, you can't use WPA or WPA2. AFAIK, the "ad hoc" WiFi mode is still limited to WEP enc

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-17 Thread Gonsolo
aring via a configuration option? No, very simple: Plug in UMTS Stick and WLAN Pcmcia card, connect mobile broadband via NetworkManager and then create a new WLAN network also via NetworkManager like it is explained in http://magazine.redhat.com/2008/10/16/video-fedora-10-connection-sharing/ .

Re: Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-17 Thread Quintin Beukes
The type of encryption shouldn't make a difference to sharing ability. It's 2 completely differently networking layers. Though, how are you sharing it? Are you building custom firewall rules, or using some automated sharing via a configuration option? Quintin Beukes On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 6:3

Connection sharing with WPA/WPA2

2010-01-17 Thread Gonsolo
Hi! I wanted to inform you that I was able to share my connection with WEP64 but not WPA/WPA2. I am connecting my Ipod Touch 2nd generation to my notebook (ath5k based WLAN card, Ubuntu Karmic) which is connected to the internet via UMTS (Huawei E220, "option" kernel module). It works with

Re: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-14 Thread Dan Williams
> connection..."? Basically, I would like to be able to share any > > > active internet connection to any other medium, wired or wireless or > > > whatever. > > > > Would this help you? > > > > http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/ubuntus-inte

Re: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-14 Thread Chuck Anderson
to any other medium, wired or wireless or > > whatever. > > Would this help you? > > http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/ubuntus-internet-connection-sharing/ Yes, thank you. Why wasn't this feature touted and advertized as much as Wireless network sharing w

Re: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-11 Thread Martin Owens
ot;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. Would this help you? http://doctormo.wordpress.com/

Re: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-10 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 11:31:29AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote: > On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 19:24 +, 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 'av

RE: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-08 Thread Dan Williams
n'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 &

RE: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
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. I have a wired connection that has internet access

Re: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-07 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 19:24 +, 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

Re: Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-06 Thread Conrad Meyer
On Sunday 06 December 2009 11:24:47 am 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 s

Internet Connection Sharing

2009-12-06 Thread Joseph L. Casale
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 do

Re: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-18 Thread Neil Broadley
2009/11/17 Jud Craft > > When doing that, in the IPv4 tab, choose the "Shared" IPv4 method. > > Then, hook up your wired cable, and pick your new shared connection from > > the menu. NM will now NAT the wired subnet to the current default > > connection, which I assume would be your wifi. You c

Re: Fwd: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-17 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, 2009-11-18 at 01:18 +0100, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > Forgot to hit reply all, sorry. > > > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Benoit Boissinot > Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:17 AM > Subject: Re: Internet connection sharing > To: Dan Williams > &

Fwd: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-17 Thread Benoit Boissinot
Forgot to hit reply all, sorry. -- Forwarded message -- From: Benoit Boissinot Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 1:17 AM Subject: Re: Internet connection sharing To: Dan Williams On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Dan Williams wrote: > On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 02:05 +0100, Ben

Re: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-17 Thread Jud Craft
> When doing that, in the IPv4 tab, choose the "Shared" IPv4 method. > Then, hook up your wired cable, and pick your new shared connection from > the menu.  NM will now NAT the wired subnet to the current default > connection, which I assume would be your wifi.  You can also share 3G -> > wired thi

Re: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-17 Thread Dan Williams
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 02:05 +0100, Benoit Boissinot wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Fernando Pereira > wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. > > Hum... if it does NAT then how can users know about that? But actually, many > > times I want to share the internet I get via wireless to my wired

Re: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-12 Thread Benoit Boissinot
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Fernando Pereira wrote: > Thanks for the reply. > Hum... if it does NAT then how can users know about that? But actually, many > times I want to share the internet I get via wireless to my wired > connection. It acts the same way? Yes you can create a shared wire

Re: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-12 Thread Fernando Pereira
Thanks for the reply. Hum... if it does NAT then how can users know about that? But actually, many times I want to share the internet I get via wireless to my wired connection. It acts the same way? Cheers On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 11:19 PM, John Mahoney wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:19 P

Re: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-12 Thread John Mahoney
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:19 PM, John Mahoney wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Fernando Pereira wrote: > >> Hi there, >> first of all this is my first post to this list. Cheers everybody! >> >> I'm just starting a telecom projects related so I'm using linux (ubuntu) >> quite intensiv

Re: Internet connection sharing

2009-11-12 Thread John Mahoney
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Fernando Pereira wrote: > Hi there, > first of all this is my first post to this list. Cheers everybody! > > I'm just starting a telecom projects related so I'm using linux (ubuntu) > quite intensively. > One thing that i'm doing all the time is to share the networ

Internet connection sharing

2009-11-12 Thread Fernando Pereira
Hi there, first of all this is my first post to this list. Cheers everybody! I'm just starting a telecom projects related so I'm using linux (ubuntu) quite intensively. One thing that i'm doing all the time is to share the network access with NAT (you know... iptables, masquerading, ip forwarding.

Re: Networking and Internet connection sharing using a USB mobile (Cellular) broadband modem.

2009-10-07 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 12:01 +0100, Neill Rutherford wrote: > This is a request for guidance. I am new to Linux. > > Internet -> Option ICON 225 -> HP 5271 Pavillon Laptop =>DLink 660 > PCMCIA Card. =>LinkSys Wrk54G > (FireStarter > with IC

Networking and Internet connection sharing using a USB mobile (Cellular) broadband modem.

2009-10-06 Thread Neill Rutherford
This is a request for guidance. I am new to Linux. Internet -> Option ICON 225 -> HP 5271 Pavillon Laptop =>DLink 660 PCMCIA Card. =>LinkSys Wrk54G (FireStarter with ICS) WAN Accesspor

Re: Connection sharing and security

2009-06-30 Thread Dan Williams
On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 11:54 -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > Is there something special I need to do to support wireless security > when sharing my network connection on my laptpop? > > On my ubuntu Thinkpad T61 running ath9k driver I can "Create New > Wireless Network..." without any security > and m

Connection sharing and security

2009-06-29 Thread Bill Moseley
Is there something special I need to do to support wireless security when sharing my network connection on my laptpop? On my ubuntu Thinkpad T61 running ath9k driver I can "Create New Wireless Network..." without any security and my iPhone will connect to the laptop's wireless. If I try and enabl

Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-11 Thread netzt...@bluewin.ch
>That's because (a) drivers universally suck for master mode, and (b) >there's a hell of a lot more setup required for master mode than adhoc. >At the moment, I don't see a compelling reason to use master mode over >adhoc until drivers get better. er.. I didn't mean to complain about the "lack"

Re: AW: Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-11 Thread Dan Williams
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 13:36 +, netzt...@bluewin.ch wrote: > Hi all > > >> On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 09:30 +0900, Jacobs Shannon wrote: > >> > I now realize that I > >> > didn't do quite enough testing to pin it to the DNS, but > >> > I'll check with an external IP address the > >> > next time I

Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-11 Thread Dan Williams
t; > dnsmasq-base (alone) is working properly for the > > > > connection sharing. I've noticed a few minor behavioral > > > > differences, but I think that's probably just > > > > some differences in the security settings. > > > > >

AW: Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-11 Thread netzt...@bluewin.ch
Hi all >> On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 09:30 +0900, Jacobs Shannon wrote: >> > I now realize that I >> > didn't do quite enough testing to pin it to the DNS, but >> > I'll check with an external IP address the >> > next time I see it... I ran into a DNS-related problem with dnsmasq (once i had discove

Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-11 Thread Jacobs Shannon
> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:51:11 -0400 > From: Dan Williams > > On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 09:30 +0900, Jacobs Shannon wrote: > > > Not sure what I did differently this last time, but > > > dnsmasq-base (alone) is working properly for the > > > conne

Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-11 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, 2009-03-10 at 09:30 +0900, Jacobs Shannon wrote: > > Not sure what I did differently this last time, but > > dnsmasq-base (alone) is working properly for the > > connection sharing. I've noticed a few minor behavioral > > differences, but I think that's

Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-09 Thread Jacobs Shannon
> Not sure what I did differently this last time, but > dnsmasq-base (alone) is working properly for the > connection sharing. I've noticed a few minor behavioral > differences, but I think that's probably just > some differences in the security settings. > > The

dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

2009-03-08 Thread Jacobs Shannon
Not sure what I did differently this last time, but dnsmasq-base (alone) is working properly for the connection sharing. I've noticed a few minor behavioral differences, but I think that's probably just some differences in the security settings. The other problems I mentioned are minor,

Fw: Connection breaks frequently with Connection Sharing (3G to WLAN)

2009-02-11 Thread Juhani Jaakola
I tried connection sharing using a different WLAN adapter and with an additional laptop which uses the shared connection. I bought ZyXEL AG-220 WLAN adapter (ID 0586:3412) which uses zd1211rw driver. I plugged it in to the same PC which has the WL54H card - because it is a PCI card I did not

Re: Connection breaks frequently with Connection Sharing (3G to WLAN)

2009-01-20 Thread Juhani Jaakola
ers, without sharing connection first ( try some file transfers, between the two computers, wait a few minutes, restart a file transfer... ). if the connection is rock stable, then you can suspect the connection sharing, but I guess you

Re: Connection breaks frequently with Connection Sharing (3G to WLAN)

2009-01-20 Thread Juhani Jaakola
Hi! On the ThinkPad I get an error message while my browser is downloading something from Internet. In the tray in the lower right hand corner of the Windows screen the Wireless icon gets a red cross. After a while the Wireless icon changes when the ThinkPad gets a new IP address and then the

Re: Connection breaks frequently with Connection Sharing (3G to WLAN)

2009-01-20 Thread julien bresciani
a lot of difficulties to merge bssids. I suggest you to test only the connection between your two computers, without sharing connection first ( try some file transfers, between the two computers, wait a few minutes, restart a file transfer... ). if the connection is rock stable, then you c

Re: Connection breaks frequently with Connection Sharing (3G to WLAN)

2009-01-20 Thread Dan Williams
On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 17:48 +0200, Juhani Jaakola wrote: > I have a PC with A-Link WL54H WLAN card (driver rt2500pci) and a USB 3G > modem. I connect to the Internet via the 3G modem and I want to share that > connection with other PCs via WLAN. I'm running Fedora 10. > > I connected to Internet

Connection breaks frequently with Connection Sharing (3G to WLAN)

2009-01-20 Thread Juhani Jaakola
I have a PC with A-Link WL54H WLAN card (driver rt2500pci) and a USB 3G modem. I connect to the Internet via the 3G modem and I want to share that connection with other PCs via WLAN. I'm running Fedora 10. I connected to Internet with "Auto GSM network connection". Then I chose "Create New Wir

Re: Connection sharing

2008-12-14 Thread Simon Schampijer
Dan Williams wrote: On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 16:18 +0100, Simon Schampijer wrote: Bill Moseley wrote: On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 05:19:33PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote: On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 21:12 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Thinkpad T60p w/ Atheros wireless. madwifi or a

Re: Connection sharing

2008-12-14 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 16:18 +0100, Simon Schampijer wrote: > Bill Moseley wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 05:19:33PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 21:12 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > >>> I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Thinkpad T60p w/ Atheros wireless. > >> madwifi or ath5k?

Re: Connection sharing

2008-12-14 Thread Simon Schampijer
Bill Moseley wrote: On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 05:19:33PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote: On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 21:12 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Thinkpad T60p w/ Atheros wireless. madwifi or ath5k? Only ath5k is supported, because madwifi isn't in the upstream kernel. Ne

Re: Connection sharing

2008-12-05 Thread Bill Moseley
On Fri, Dec 05, 2008 at 05:19:33PM -0500, Dan Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 21:12 -0800, Bill Moseley wrote: > > I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Thinkpad T60p w/ Atheros wireless. > > madwifi or ath5k? Only ath5k is supported, because madwifi isn't in the > upstream kernel. NetworkManager

Re: Connection sharing

2008-12-05 Thread Dan Williams
o made it look easy: > > http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/10/16/video-fedora-10-connection-sharing/ > > But when I select "Create New Wireless Network..." from the nm-applet > menu the applet just says I've connected to my existing wireless > network. And with other computers

Re: Connection sharing

2008-12-05 Thread Alexander Sack
made it look easy: > > http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/10/16/video-fedora-10-connection-sharing/ > > But when I select "Create New Wireless Network..." from the nm-applet > menu the applet just says I've connected to my existing wireless > network. And with other computers I do

Connection sharing

2008-12-04 Thread Bill Moseley
I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Thinkpad T60p w/ Atheros wireless. Can someone point me to docs on sharing my connection with my wireless card when I'm on my wired LAN? This video made it look easy: http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/10/16/video-fedora-10-connection-sharing/ But whe

Re: NM 0.7 connection sharing

2008-03-10 Thread Dan Williams
On Sat, 2008-03-08 at 16:48 -0500, Darren Albers wrote: > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > After some discussion in a related thread on fedora-devel, I've thought > > through the WiFi connection shar

Re: NM 0.7 connection sharing

2008-03-09 Thread Ryan Novosielski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Darren Albers wrote: > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> After some discussion in a related thread on fedora-devel, I've thought >> through the WiFi connection

Re: NM 0.7 connection sharing

2008-03-08 Thread Darren Albers
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > After some discussion in a related thread on fedora-devel, I've thought > through the WiFi connection sharing a bit more, and been schooled on a > few things. > > Mac OS X pro

NM 0.7 connection sharing

2008-03-08 Thread Dan Williams
Hi, After some discussion in a related thread on fedora-devel, I've thought through the WiFi connection sharing a bit more, and been schooled on a few things. Mac OS X provides a full infrastructure-mode network when sharing an internet connection over wireless. It also provides DHCP to cl

Re: RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-29 Thread Dan Williams
On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 07:51 -0400, Saikat Guha wrote: > Would NM be the appropriate place to have "connection sharing" that just > works? Quite appropriate. This has been planned for a while, and blocks on multiple active devices, which in turn blocks on getting the last little

Re: RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-28 Thread Nicolas \"Ikke\" Trangez
On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 20:35 -0400, Saikat Guha wrote: > As for the restrictions themselves, I don't know whether NM is the > best > place to enforce firewalling of the internal network when it doesn't > handle firewalling of the actual internet interface. IMHO, it makes > more > sense for NM to all

Re: RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-27 Thread Saikat Guha
rewalling needs) do the right thing for internal hosts. That said, if this were to be implemented, the actual security restrictions provided by NM are a secondary matter IMHO. Adding the NAT'ing/connection-sharing functionality would be more valuable -- even without enhanced security for the inte

Re: RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-27 Thread Nicolas \"Ikke\" Trangez
> If ethX is internet-facing and ethY is to be NAT'ed, perhaps > a rule at the very top of the iptables chain that whitelists all traffic > initiated from someone on ethY being routed to ethX should do the trick. > > iptables -I FORWARDING --in-interface ethY -j ACCEPT > iptables -t nat -I POSTROU

Re: RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-27 Thread Saikat Guha
On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 20:42 +0200, Nicolas "Ikke" Trangez wrote: > On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 07:51 -0400, Saikat Guha wrote: > > Would NM be the appropriate place to have "connection sharing" that > > just > > works? > Having this functionality somewhere in

Re: RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-27 Thread Darren Albers
On 8/27/06, Saikat Guha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would NM be the appropriate place to have "connection sharing" that just > works? Possibly that would be up to the developers to decide but Firestarter claims to do this now if the fun

Re: RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-27 Thread Nicolas \"Ikke\" Trangez
On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 07:51 -0400, Saikat Guha wrote: > Would NM be the appropriate place to have "connection sharing" that > just > works? Having this functionality somewhere in the stack would be great, *but* setting up NAT in iptables is very dependant on existring chains/

RFE: Connection Sharing

2006-08-27 Thread Saikat Guha
Would NM be the appropriate place to have "connection sharing" that just works? Provide bridging or NAT'ing to the interface connected. wi-fi to wired bridging: allow laptop connected to the net over wireless to provide internet access to another laptop (or lan) connected thro