Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point)

2017-06-11 Thread Joe
On Sun, 11 Jun 2017 17:03:40 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Joe wrote: > > > > I've seen this kind of behaviour a very long time ago, and I can't > > really believe it is still happening, but... > > See the other sub-thread. But it does go to class C instead of the

Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point)

2017-06-11 Thread Joel Rees
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:57:47 +0900 > Joel Rees wrote: > >> Experimenting from the command line, I find myself puzzled about the >> arguments for ifconfig. >> >> Reading the manual, it would appear that the arguments for ifconfig >> should be something

Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point)

2017-06-11 Thread Joe
On Sat, 10 Jun 2017 10:57:47 +0900 Joel Rees wrote: > Experimenting from the command line, I find myself puzzled about the > arguments for ifconfig. > > Reading the manual, it would appear that the arguments for ifconfig > should be something like this: > > ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-09 Thread Joel Rees
I now have connection for both the wireless and the netbook that is acting as the AP. I took out the bridge entirely, quit trying to play with port forwarding, just used dead simple setup. dnsmasq was the only missing piece, if I had not been focusing on bridging. Bridging is probably for the othe

Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point)

2017-06-09 Thread Joel Rees
Sorry my typing is so lame. On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > Experimenting from the command line, I find myself puzzled about the > arguments for ifconfig. > > Reading the manual, it would appear that the arguments for ifconfig > should be something like this: > > ifconfig

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-09 Thread Joel Rees
I posted the following to Randy, yesterday, intending it to go to the list. I'll post it back to the list (with Randy's permission), with a bit of further comment: > On Friday, June 09, 2017 02:14:17 AM Joel Rees wrote: >> (With aplogies for html mail) >> >> 2017/06/08 23:46 : >> > On Thursday, Ju

ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point)

2017-06-09 Thread Joel Rees
Experimenting from the command line, I find myself puzzled about the arguments for ifconfig. Reading the manual, it would appear that the arguments for ifconfig should be something like this: ifconfig eth0 netmask 255.255.255.224 netmask 255.255.255.224 broadcast 10.19.23.223 10.19.23.94 But

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-08 Thread Dan Ritter
On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 08:31:04PM +0200, didier gaumet wrote: > Le 08/06/2017 à 16:00, Joel Rees a écrit : > > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:03 PM, didier gaumet > > wrote: > [...] > >> > >> https://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections#Bridging_with_a_wireless_NIC > > > > Maybe I'm misundersta

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-08 Thread didier gaumet
Le 08/06/2017 à 16:00, Joel Rees a écrit : > On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:03 PM, didier gaumet wrote: [...] >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections#Bridging_with_a_wireless_NIC > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding that wiki, but it seems to be describing this > kind of setup: > >WAN <

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-08 Thread rhkramer
On Thursday, June 08, 2017 10:00:17 AM Joel Rees wrote: > Maybe I'm misunderstanding that wiki, but it seems to be describing this > kind of setup: > >WAN <--> foreign AP <-wireless-> debian box <-> more devices > > But what I'm wanting is > >WAN <-wired-> router/modem <-wired-> debian n

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-08 Thread Joel Rees
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 5:03 PM, didier gaumet wrote: > Le 08/06/2017 à 02:29, Joel Rees a écrit : > > [...] >> # Setup bridge >> iface br0 inet manual >> bridge_ports wlan0 eth0:0 > [...] > > I am sorry, network wise, I am a true dumb, so I cannot be of a great > help, but: > > - the Archlinux

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-08 Thread Joel Rees
A little more detail, with the following pair of configurations, I get on the boot console, Configuring network interfaces...can't add wlan0 to bridge br0: Operation not supported SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot assign requested address Waiting for b

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-08 Thread didier gaumet
Le 08/06/2017 à 02:29, Joel Rees a écrit : [...] > # Setup bridge > iface br0 inet manual > bridge_ports wlan0 eth0:0 [...] I am sorry, network wise, I am a true dumb, so I cannot be of a great help, but: - the Archlinux wiki indicates that the wireless interface should not be added to the b

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-07 Thread Joel Rees
On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:10 PM, didier gaumet wrote: >> Le 06/06/2017 à 03:58, Joel Rees a écrit : >> [...] >> can anyone point me to a good how-to? >> [...] >> >> these should do the trick: >> https://agentoss.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/creating-a

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-06 Thread Joel Rees
On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:10 PM, didier gaumet wrote: > Le 06/06/2017 à 03:58, Joel Rees a écrit : > [...] > can anyone point me to a good how-to? > [...] > > these should do the trick: > https://agentoss.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/creating-a-wireless-access-point-with-debian-linux/ > https://wiki.ar

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-06 Thread Joel Rees
On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 10:58:09AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: >> I've seen a lot of answers that say "NOT POSSIBLE!!", as if the device >> manufacturers really want us to believe that it can only be done on >> MSWindows and MacOSX. >> >> I've seen a

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-06 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 10:58:09AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > I've seen a lot of answers that say "NOT POSSIBLE!!", as if the device > manufacturers really want us to believe that it can only be done on > MSWindows and MacOSX. > > I've seen a bit of talk about what appears to me to be the reverse o

Re: pointers to material for using netbook's wireless as access point

2017-06-06 Thread didier gaumet
Le 06/06/2017 à 03:58, Joel Rees a écrit : [...] can anyone point me to a good how-to? [...] these should do the trick: https://agentoss.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/creating-a-wireless-access-point-with-debian-linux/ https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Software_access_point http://oob.freeshell.org/