* making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless @ 2004-12-30 15:03 James Miller 2004-12-30 16:36 ` Ray Olszewski 2004-12-31 5:18 ` chuck gelm 0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: James Miller @ 2004-12-30 15:03 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-newbie I'm trying to make a temporary internet connection for a friend who's moving into and apt where they provide a wireless connection. Since I'm not sure whether she'll eventually buy a new computer or simply add necessary parts (mainly wireless adaptor) to some older machine I have, I want to expend a minimal amount of effort on this using stuff I have around that's pretty much already set up. One thing I have around is an old laptop with both wired and wireless cards (PCMCIA) that runs a Debian variant (DamnSmalLinux). Since it's got pretty paltry resources (P1 120, 48MB RAM), I'm thinking maybe I could set it up as a sort of gateway to route the wireless signal the apt complex offers: eth1 gets on the wireless network and the computer routes the signal out eth0. To eth0 I hook another desktop computer I have via crossover cable which has a wired NIC and slightly better system resources (P2 233 96MB RAM) and runs Ubuntu. By doing some research online and experimentation, I could maybe eventualy figure all this out on my own. In the interest of saving me some time working on the project, since it's a temporary thing, I'd like to just see if I could get some suggestions and/or pointers to helpful documentation from anyone onlist first. I should also mention that I have a Linksys wireless B access point laying around unused (given to me for some work I did for a friend), but so far as I can see, this is not going to help me get her computer on the wireless network she'll have access to. It's meant to route a wireless signal, and has an rj45 jack on which a dhcp client runs and into which a wired signal is to be fed, which then gets sent out the antennae to wireless NICs within range. From documentation I've looked at, this device can act as a bridge or can extend range in concert with a second access point like it. But looking into this earlier, I determined I could not use it as a sort of wireless NIC in itself, receiving a signal and routing it back and forth through the rj45 plug. But I'm not terribly knowledgeable about this, so maybe there is a way to use it for this project. Input on these matters will be appreciated. Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-30 15:03 making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless James Miller @ 2004-12-30 16:36 ` Ray Olszewski 2004-12-30 17:43 ` James Miller 2004-12-31 5:18 ` chuck gelm 1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: Ray Olszewski @ 2004-12-30 16:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-newbie At 09:03 AM 12/30/2004 -0600, James Miller wrote: >I'm trying to make a temporary internet connection for a friend who's >moving into and apt where they provide a wireless connection. Since I'm >not sure whether she'll eventually buy a new computer or simply add >necessary parts (mainly wireless adaptor) to some older machine I have, I >want to expend a minimal amount of effort on this using stuff I have >around that's pretty much already set up. One thing I have around is an >old laptop with both wired and wireless cards (PCMCIA) that runs a Debian >variant (DamnSmalLinux). Since it's got pretty paltry resources (P1 120, >48MB RAM), I'm thinking maybe I could set it up as a sort of gateway to >route the wireless signal the apt complex offers: eth1 gets on the >wireless network and the computer routes the signal out eth0. To eth0 I >hook another desktop computer I have via crossover cable which has a wired >NIC and slightly better system resources (P2 233 96MB RAM) and runs >Ubuntu. By doing some research online and experimentation, I could maybe >eventualy figure all this out on my own. In the interest of saving me some >time working on the project, since it's a temporary thing, I'd like to >just see if I could get some suggestions and/or pointers to helpful >documentation from anyone onlist first. As outlined, all of this should work. But as you already seem to realize, the devil is in the details. From what you've said, I can't really tell what details you need help with, and trying to write a response that explains everything you *might* need to know (or even the subset of "everything" that I know) is simply too much work. If there are any soup-to-nuts resources for this sort of exercise, I'd like to know about them too ... so even suggesting for resources, it helps to know which parts of this overall job you need help with. So, which of these pieces of the problem do you need help with? 1. Getting the laptop connected to the wireless network? For this, fill us in on what the apt's ISP says about how to do it (probably Windows-based advice). No actual passwords, of couse, but be as specific as you can about anything else. You haven't even mentioned if the wireless side is b, a, or g. This stuff is always network specific. 2. Getting the wireless NIC working with Linux? Again, what are the details? What kernel driver does it use (or is that what you need help with)? And BTW, wireless NICs usually are not eth* interfaces; they usually are (I think) wlan* interfaces. 3. Getting the laptop connected to the other workstation? This should work out of the box, assuming you have compatible networking setups (IP address, netmask, and so forth) on both machines. If it doesn't, please be as specific as you can about what's not working. One thing to watch for (whenever you use a crossover cable) is handshaking problems between the NICs ... sometimes in these direct connections 10/100 NICs have trouble agreeing on a speed. If you're seeing problems, try, at least for testing purposes, using a small hub instead of the crossover cable. (You must have an old, small hub and a couple of cables around, right? Don't we all, these days?) 4. Getting the laptop to route? This involves three basic steps: (a) simply turning on routing, by setting /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward to 1. (b) setting up routing properly in the laptop's routing table. If DSL is close enough to Debian for my guesses abut it to work, you do this in /etc/network/interfaces, then restart networking (/etc/init.d/networking restart). (c) setting up NAT if you need to. Whether you need to depends on how the apt's ISP provides IP addresses to the system that use it; see piece 1. 5. Something else? If so, what? >I should also mention that I have a Linksys wireless B access point laying >around unused (given to me for some work I did for a friend), but so far >as I can see, this is not going to help me get her computer on the >wireless network she'll have access to. It's meant to route a wireless >signal, and has an rj45 jack on which a dhcp client runs and into which a >wired signal is to be fed, which then gets sent out the antennae to >wireless NICs within range. From documentation I've looked at, this device >can act as a bridge or can extend range in concert with a second access >point like it. But looking into this earlier, I determined I could not use >it as a sort of wireless NIC in itself, receiving a signal and routing it >back and forth through the rj45 plug. But I'm not terribly knowledgeable >about this, so maybe there is a way to use it for this project. Since we don't know anything about the apt's wireless LAN, I hesitate to say there is no possibility of using the Linksys device to access it. But I can't think of a way to make it do the job you want done. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release Date: 12/28/2004 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-30 16:36 ` Ray Olszewski @ 2004-12-30 17:43 ` James Miller 2004-12-30 17:52 ` James Miller 2004-12-30 18:40 ` Ray Olszewski 0 siblings, 2 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: James Miller @ 2004-12-30 17:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-newbie Sorry about the lack of details, Ray: it was because I already have both interfaces working in this laptop and so don't really need help with setting that up. If I take this laptop into an area with a wireless network, for example, and the network has a dhcp server, I turn on the computer, the module for the NIC loads, the dhcp client runs and I get on the network. It's an older card--Wavelan bronze--and doesn't do encryption of any form, I believe. The wired NIC works similarly: I plug in an ethernet cable, fire up the computer and the NIC module loads and a dhcp client runs on the interface to get an IP. I've never tried using both cards at once, though. But before going on at any greater length on that, I want to say that I'm now exploring more the Linksys access point possibility I mentioned in my initial post. Looking over documentation again, it seems to me like it might work and be the simpler solution. From what I gather thus far, if I know the MAC address of the access point to which my access point might serve as client, I might be able to use it, in effect, as a NIC (by hooking its rj45 plug to a wired NIC in a desktop computer). Let me append here some descriptions of the modes the access point is capable of, excerpted from the manual: ------------BEGIN LINKSYS MANUAL EXCERPT------------------------- SETTING THE AP MODE: The Access Point offers five modes of operation: Access Point, Access Point Client, Wireless Bridge, Wireless Bridge Point to MultiPoint, and Wireless Repeater. For all bridging modes, as well as Wireless Repeater mode, make sure the channel, SSID, and WEP keys are the same. Note: For all modes of operation EXCEPT Access Point, the remote access point must be a second Linksys Wireless-B Access Point (WAP11). The Access Point will not communicate with any other kind of remote access Access Point - The Operational Mode is set to Access Point by default. This connects your wireless PCs to a wired network. In most cases, no change is necessary. Access Point Client - When set to Access Point Client mode, the Access Point Client is able to talk to one remote access point within its range. This mode allows the Access Point Client to act as a client of a remote access point. The Access Point Client cannot communicate directly with any wireless clients. A separate network attached to the Access Point Client can then be wirelessly bridged to the remote access point. Enter the required LAN MAC address of the remote access point in the Remote AP MAC Address field. Wireless Bridge - If you are trying to make a wireless connection between two wired networks, as shown in Figure 6-5, select Wireless Bridge. This mode connects two physically separated wired networks with two access points. To configure a Wireless Bridge environment, click Wireless Bridge and enter the LAN MAC address of the remote access point in the Remote Bridge MAC Address f ield. The remote access point also needs to be set up as a Wireless Bridge. Note: All devices on each wired network must be connected through a hub or switch. Note: In Wireless Bridge mode, the Access Point can ONLY be accessed by another access point in Wireless Bridge mode. In order for your other wireless devices to access the Access Point, you must reset it to Access Point mode. The two modes are mutually exclusive. Wireless Bridge Point to MultiPoint - If you are trying to make a wireless connection between more than two wired networks, as shown in Figure 6-6, select Wireless Bridge Point to MultiPoint. This mode allows you to construct a network that has multiple access points bridging wirelessly. To configure a Wireless Bridge Point to MultiPoint environment, click Wireless Bridge Point to MultiPoint for the Access Point that will connect to multiple access points (in Figure 6-6, it is the Access Point in LAN 1). Then, for the other bridged access points, click Wireless Bridge, and enter the Remote Bridge MAC Address of the Access Point set to Point to MultiPoint. Note: Linksys recommends bridging no more than three remote LANs in Wireless Bridge Point to MultiPoint mode. Bridging additional remote LANs will result in a significant decrease in bandwidth. Wireless Repeater - When set to Wireless Repeater mode, the Wireless Repeater is able to talk to one remote access point within its range and retransmit its signal. See Figure 6-7. To configure a Wireless Repeater environment, click Wireless Repeater and enter the LAN MAC address of the remote access point in the Remote AP MAC Address field. ---------------END LINKSYS MANUAL EXCERPT---------------------------- Sorry for any confusion regarding the diagrams, which I could not, of course, include. As I am reading this, it seems to me by using access point client mode I might be able to make a machine with a wired NIC hooked to the rj45 jack on the Linksys access point communicate on the wireless network in this building: the wired NIC and the Linksys access point act in concert like a wireless NIC. Am I reading/understanding correctly? As for the network in the building, I know nothing about it at this point. I assume it's some kind of cable connection that gets routed through a wireless router, which runs a dhcp server and gives out addresses to clients within range using class C addressing. But that's pure speculation. I have no idea if there will be any sort of security measures in place (e.g., authentication), but that seems something more software-oriented, while what I'm tackling at the moment is more hardware-oriented. Can't say anything more specific about the network until I actually get access to it (she'll move in tomorrow). In closing I'll just ask: shouldn't I be able to get the building's access point's MAC address using kismet or airsnort? I'm guessing if I ask them they'll either: 1) be so uninformed they won't have a clue; or 2) are going to be informed and thus become suspiscious. Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-30 17:43 ` James Miller @ 2004-12-30 17:52 ` James Miller 2004-12-30 18:40 ` Ray Olszewski 1 sibling, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: James Miller @ 2004-12-30 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-newbie On Thu, 30 Dec 2004, James Miller wrote: > ------------BEGIN LINKSYS MANUAL EXCERPT------------------------- <snip> > Note: For all modes of operation EXCEPT Access Point, the remote access > point must be a second Linksys Wireless-B Access Point (WAP11). The Access > Point will not communicate with any other kind of remote access Oops. I overlooked that note this time. This is probably why I earlier determined I could not use this thing as a wireless client: what are the chances the network it's on is going to have exactly the same Linksys wireless B access point? Is this really the show-stopper it seems to be, or is this just some corporate posturing attempt to keep people from using other companies' hardware? James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-30 17:43 ` James Miller 2004-12-30 17:52 ` James Miller @ 2004-12-30 18:40 ` Ray Olszewski 1 sibling, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: Ray Olszewski @ 2004-12-30 18:40 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-newbie At 11:43 AM 12/30/2004 -0600, James Miller wrote: >Sorry about the lack of details, Ray: it was because I already have both >interfaces working in this laptop and so don't really need help with >setting that up. If I take this laptop into an area with a wireless >network, for example, and the network has a dhcp server, I turn on the >computer, the module for the NIC loads, the dhcp client runs and I get on >the network. It's an older card--Wavelan bronze--and doesn't do encryption >of any form, I believe. Then the interface will probably work with the apt's WAN. You still need to get authentication details from the provider ... it may need to know a MAC address or have the system run something else to authenticate itself. Only the ISP can tell you that part. But the Linux part seems to be working. >The wired NIC works similarly: I plug in an >ethernet cable, fire up the computer and the NIC module loads and a dhcp >client runs on the interface to get an IP. Well, since the other workstation probably isn't running a DHCP server, you'll need to provide a static address here. Look in /etc/network/interfaces and make changes like these (an example from my own workstation). Look for an entry like ... auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp ... and replace it with one like (use your own addresses) ... auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 # no gateway entry since this is an internal interface Give the other workstation a compatible static address in the same way (if it is a Debian-like Linux) or whatever way is right for it (if not). >I've never tried using both >cards at once, though. You'll need to enable ip_forwarding (see my prior message). Whether you'll need to have the router NAT or not depends entirely on what you learn from the ISP. If yo do need to NAT, it might be worth looking at the Shorewall drop-in firewall package to handle this for you. Or follow up here and I can give you some of the details about the bespoke firewall I run on my router. > But before going on at any greater length on that, >I want to say that I'm now exploring more the Linksys access point >possibility I mentioned in my initial post. Looking over documentation >again, it seems to me like it might work and be the simpler solution. From >what I gather thus far, if I know the MAC address of the access point to >which my access point might serve as client, I might be able to use it, in >effect, as a NIC (by hooking its rj45 plug to a wired NIC in a desktop >computer). Let me append here some descriptions of the modes the access >point is capable of, excerpted from the manual: > >------------BEGIN LINKSYS MANUAL EXCERPT------------------------- > > SETTING THE AP MODE: > The Access Point offers five modes of operation: Access Point, Access >Point Client, Wireless Bridge, Wireless Bridge Point to MultiPoint, and >Wireless Repeater. For all bridging modes, as well as Wireless Repeater >mode, make sure the channel, SSID, and WEP keys are the same. > Note: For all modes of operation EXCEPT Access Point, the remote access >point must be a second Linksys Wireless-B Access Point (WAP11). The Access >Point will not communicate with any other kind of remote access > Access Point - The Operational Mode is set to Access Point by >default. This connects your wireless PCs to a wired network. In most >cases, no change is necessary. > Access Point Client - When set to Access Point Client mode, the Access >Point Client is able to talk to one remote access point within its range. >This mode allows the Access Point Client to act as a client of a remote >access point. The Access Point Client cannot communicate directly with any >wireless clients. A separate network attached to the Access Point Client >can then be wirelessly bridged to the remote access point. Enter the >required LAN MAC address of the remote access point in the Remote AP MAC >Address field. [rest deleted] What you are interested in is the Access Point Client option. The disclaimer that precedes it (and you noted in a separate e-mail) seems to say that this option requires WAP11s on both ends. Maybe, maybe not. It depends entirely on the details of how they did this. If they are using some proprietary trick, then you do need WAP11s on both ends ... proprietary extensions in WAPs like higher speeds invariably require matching hardware on both sides. But if they have implemented a way to make the device look like a standard Wireless-b NIC, then it should work with anything. There is no way to guess about this, and a Linux list is not the best place to find expertise about non-standard uses of Linksys WAPs. Try it, or look for a Limksys support list where you can ask. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. 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* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-30 15:03 making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless James Miller 2004-12-30 16:36 ` Ray Olszewski @ 2004-12-31 5:18 ` chuck gelm 2004-12-31 15:24 ` James Miller 1 sibling, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: chuck gelm @ 2004-12-31 5:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: James Miller; +Cc: linux-newbie James Miller wrote: > I'm trying to make a temporary internet connection for a friend who's > moving into and apt where they provide a wireless connection. Since I'm > not sure whether she'll eventually buy a new computer or simply add > necessary parts (mainly wireless adaptor) to some older machine I have, I > want to expend a minimal amount of effort on this using stuff I have > around that's pretty much already set up. One thing I have around is an > old laptop with both wired and wireless cards (PCMCIA) that runs a Debian > variant (DamnSmalLinux). Since it's got pretty paltry resources (P1 120, > 48MB RAM), I'm thinking maybe I could set it up as a sort of gateway to > route the wireless signal the apt complex offers: eth1 gets on the > wireless network and the computer routes the signal out eth0. To eth0 I > hook another desktop computer I have via crossover cable which has a wired > NIC <snip> Dear James: I have done something like this with a laptop with an 80486dx33 with 80 MB of RAM. I think we can drop the 'paltry resources' theme. I slightly modified a script I found: newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html#IPMASQSETTINGSETH I recommend that you read the article so you can determine which parts apply to your situation, if any. http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html So, What is the kernel version of your Debian-variant-DSL? (I want to determine whether you can use IPCHAINS or IPTABLES.) &, just for grins; What is the model number of your LinkSys AP? You need to determine how to access the local wireless network. How big is your hard drive? (I want to determine if you can run a more mature distribution as I run Slackware v9.1, kernel 2.4.22, in my 80486 laptop.) HTH, Chuck > Input on these matters will be appreciated. > > Thanks, James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-31 5:18 ` chuck gelm @ 2004-12-31 15:24 ` James Miller 2004-12-31 19:18 ` chuck gelm 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: James Miller @ 2004-12-31 15:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-newbie On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, chuck gelm wrote: > I have done something like this with a laptop with an 80486dx33 > with 80 MB of RAM. I think we can drop the 'paltry resources' theme. I meant paltry for a day-to-day usage machine for real-world, productivity purposes. I know it will work fine as a sort of router: my own router, though it has a slightly faster processor (180Mhz), has only half as much RAM. > I slightly modified a script I found: > newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html#IPMASQSETTINGSETH > I recommend that you read the article so you can determine which parts > apply to your situation, if any. > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html Ok. Thanks for the link. I'll look it over. > So, > What is the kernel version of your Debian-variant-DSL? > (I want to determine whether you can use IPCHAINS or IPTABLES.) 2.4.22. > &, just for grins; > What is the model number of your LinkSys AP? WAP 11 ver 2.8. It's not the one that runs Linux, if you're wondering about that. > How big is your hard drive? > (I want to determine if you can run a more mature distribution > as I run Slackware v9.1, kernel 2.4.22, in my 80486 laptop.) 1.6GB, if I recall correctly. It's currently running Debian unstable, for the most part. DamnSmallLinux is based on Knoppix, which is based on Debian. After I did the install-to-hd routine, I added the unstable Debian repositories to sources.list and did dist-upgrade, so alot of the software on it is fairly cutting-edge. I had to leave the DSL kernel in place, and some of the stuff is DSL-specific and must be dealt with carefully: it uses a specially-compiled Xvesa rather than XFree86, for example, and the display can get easily hosed by apt-get(ting) the wrong X package(s). James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-31 15:24 ` James Miller @ 2004-12-31 19:18 ` chuck gelm 2004-12-31 19:34 ` Ray Olszewski 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: chuck gelm @ 2004-12-31 19:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: James Miller; +Cc: linux-newbie James Miller wrote: > On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, chuck gelm wrote: > > >> I have done something like this with a laptop with an 80486dx33 >>with 80 MB of RAM. I think we can drop the 'paltry resources' theme. > > > I meant paltry for a day-to-day usage machine for real-world, productivity > purposes. I know it will work fine as a sort of router: my own router, > though it has a slightly faster processor (180Mhz), has only half as much > RAM. > > >>I slightly modified a script I found: >>newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html#IPMASQSETTINGSETH >>I recommend that you read the article so you can determine which parts >>apply to your situation, if any. >>http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/networking/homegateway.html > > > Ok. Thanks for the link. I'll look it over. > > >>So, >>What is the kernel version of your Debian-variant-DSL? >> (I want to determine whether you can use IPCHAINS or IPTABLES.) > > > 2.4.22. > > >>&, just for grins; >>What is the model number of your LinkSys AP? > > > WAP 11 ver 2.8. It's not the one that runs Linux, if you're wondering > about that. Thanks. Oh. Hmmm, I've never heard of a wireless access point device that runs linux. :-| > > >>How big is your hard drive? >> (I want to determine if you can run a more mature distribution >> as I run Slackware v9.1, kernel 2.4.22, in my 80486 laptop.) > > > 1.6GB, if I recall correctly. <snip> Okay, you are not limited in your choice of kernel or distribution. You are limited in RAM, so, IMHO, you are limited in your choice of GUI. (desktop environment and Xwindow server). None of which interferes with its ability to function as a 'gateway' and/or 'router', but only in your choice of GUI application with which to configure the laptop. You can use IPTABLES with kernel 2.4.x, so that article may be all the information you need. Good luck, Chuck > James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-31 19:18 ` chuck gelm @ 2004-12-31 19:34 ` Ray Olszewski 2004-12-31 20:15 ` chuck gelm 0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread From: Ray Olszewski @ 2004-12-31 19:34 UTC (permalink / raw) To: linux-newbie At 02:18 PM 12/31/2004 -0500, chuck gelm wrote: [...] >>>&, just for grins; >>>What is the model number of your LinkSys AP? >> >>WAP 11 ver 2.8. It's not the one that runs Linux, if you're wondering >>about that. > > Thanks. Oh. Hmmm, I've never heard of a wireless access point device >that runs linux. :-| Do a Google search on "Linksys Linux" and follow the first link you get back, if you are curious about this device. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.7 - Release Date: 12/30/2004 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
* Re: making a gateway with eth0 wired eth1 wireless 2004-12-31 19:34 ` Ray Olszewski @ 2004-12-31 20:15 ` chuck gelm 0 siblings, 0 replies; 10+ messages in thread From: chuck gelm @ 2004-12-31 20:15 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Ray Olszewski; +Cc: linux-newbie Ray Olszewski wrote: > At 02:18 PM 12/31/2004 -0500, chuck gelm wrote: > [...] > >>>> &, just for grins; >>>> What is the model number of your LinkSys AP? >>> >>> >>> WAP 11 ver 2.8. It's not the one that runs Linux, if you're wondering >>> about that. >> >> >> Thanks. Oh. Hmmm, I've never heard of a wireless access point device >> that runs linux. :-| > > > Do a Google search on "Linksys Linux" and follow the first link you get > back, if you are curious about this device. Hi, Ray: Thanks. Wow! LinkSys really is making it easy to use their products with Linux. :-) Regards, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 10+ messages in thread
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