Re: Ad-hoc 802.11b internet access

2003-06-09 Thread Mark Roach
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 17:17, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > My system is using (apparently) iptables, and that doesn't like the > parameters you provided in your earlier example. I've also done > something such that "ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" (the PDA) doesn't work > anymore (ping says "ping: sendto:

Re: Ad-hoc 802.11b internet access

2003-06-09 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
Thanks again. Other than this item, I've reached the point where all the capabilities and packages I was investigating are working in Debian, so it's time to re-install and take notes so I can reproduce this without problems later. I'm supporting my Dad as well, and such notes will be very valuab

Re: Ad-hoc 802.11b internet access

2003-06-09 Thread Mark Roach
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:42, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. A question... no problem > With the Internet connection and now the Wireless connection, the laptop > has two addresses. > > Which one should be the default gateway for the PDA? The only one that the pda can

Re: Ad-hoc 802.11b internet access

2003-06-09 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
Thanks for the suggestions. A question... With the Internet connection and now the Wireless connection, the laptop has two addresses. Which one should be the default gateway for the PDA? Thanks, Bret On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 10:00, Mark Roach wrote: > On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 22:36, Bret Comstock W

Re: Ad-hoc 802.11b internet access

2003-06-09 Thread Mark Roach
On Sun, 2003-06-08 at 22:36, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: [...] > I want to get access to the internet from the PDA. I've been reading > some on the net - but the sources are mixed, of mixed antiquity, and I > don't know enough to discern what to listen to, whose configuration file > surgery to att

Ad-hoc 802.11b internet access

2003-06-08 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
I've got a Thinkpad attached to a gateway/router attached to a cable modem via the built-in NIC, which is eth0. I get my net parameters via DHCP. I've got a 3Com AirConnect PCMCIA card, which is recognized (often, but not always, if that's a clue about some timeout thing) as eth1, and assigned a