[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Sims) writes: > On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:30:30AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: >> * Configure the second wired network card with a static IP address. >> Use a different subnet than you have on our WAN side. That is, if >> you have a 10.* address use 192.168.1.1 on the LAN. If your outside >> address is already 192.168.* then use 10.0.0.1 on your LAN side. >> Just make sure they are different. > > When using this setup, the router box (with both WAN and LAN interfaces) > must be set up to do Network Address Translation for the wired network. > iptables can be used for this.
man iptables did not get me very far towards actually setting up something on the router box. Any pointers on what I need to do? > > >> * Install and configure DHCP for your LAN interface. This is probably >> the most complicated part of the problem. But not overly so. > > Or use static IPs in /etc/networking/interfaces. I think you mean /etc/network/interfaces. What needs to be done in this file on each machine? Here is the router box's current interfaces file: auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface eth2 inet dhcp name Wireless LAN card wireless_essid any wireless_key 1A2B-3C4D-5E6F-1A2B-3C4D-5E6F-1A auto eth2 The parasite laptop is just configured to use eth0 to connect to the internet at the moment. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
