Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-25 Thread Dan Hitt
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 10:09 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 ian 21, 14:05:07, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > Now, i do not have a command 'nft', or at least, no place that i can > find a > > path to it. The man page for iptables-nft however lists your very > command > > as an example, 'nft list

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 ian 21, 09:32:01, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:08:40 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Du, 24 ian 21, 14:05:07, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > > > Now, i do not have a command 'nft', or at least, no place that i > > > can find a path to it. The man page for iptables-nft however

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-25 Thread Joe
On Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:08:40 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 ian 21, 14:05:07, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > Now, i do not have a command 'nft', or at least, no place that i > > can find a path to it. The man page for iptables-nft however > > lists your very command as an example, 'nft list

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 25 ian 21, 08:12:30, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 ian 21, 18:50:15, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > The address xubuntu took for itself was 10.42.0.1, which is the same > > address as the previous OS on that box took. Perhaps that is a magic > > address. > > Of course it is :D > > https:/

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 24 ian 21, 18:50:15, Dan Hitt wrote: > > The address xubuntu took for itself was 10.42.0.1, which is the same > address as the previous OS on that box took. Perhaps that is a magic > address. Of course it is :D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 24 ian 21, 14:05:07, Dan Hitt wrote: > > Now, i do not have a command 'nft', or at least, no place that i can find a > path to it. The man page for iptables-nft however lists your very command > as an example, 'nft list ruleset'. But i cannot find 'nft' anywhere in the > filesystem (exce

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-24 Thread Dan Hitt
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 2:05 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:16 AM Andrei POPESCU > wrote: > >> On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: >> > >> > Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, and using >> > "Shared to other computers", i saw that last night,

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-24 Thread Dan Hitt
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 9:16 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, and using > > "Shared to other computers", i saw that last night, and tried using it. > It > > looked similar to the gui that i

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: > > Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, and using > "Shared to other computers", i saw that last night, and tried using it. It > looked similar to the gui that i had on my old mint (ubuntu) machine. > > I made sure that the 'Et

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-19 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-18 16:40, Dan Hitt wrote: First, the setup is that i have 3 hosts: A --- runs debian 10 B --- runs linux mint 16.04 C --- old hardware which cannot connect to my internet-modem-router. Each of the 3 hosts has 2 network interfaces; there are thus 3 LANs (local area networks), and e

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-19 Thread elvis
On 16/1/21 3:02 pm, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem.  There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-18 Thread john doe
On 1/19/2021 1:40 AM, Dan Hitt wrote: On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 11:41 PM David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: On 2021-01-16 10:28, Dan Hitt wrote: I probably never made my situation very clear, but i do now have a solution. I'm posting it here for the benefit of anybody who ha

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-18 Thread Dan Hitt
On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 11:41 PM David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 2021-01-16 10:28, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, ... > > > GUI tools can be nice when you have an idea of what they are doing > "under the hood". With ne

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-17 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-16 10:28, Dan Hitt wrote: Regarding Andrei's suggestion of using nm-connection-editor, ... GUI tools can be nice when you have an idea of what they are doing "under the hood". With networking, multiple hoods are involved and many are inaccessible (notably your ISP and the Intern

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-17 Thread Celejar
On Sun, 17 Jan 2021 09:25:31 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: ... > Look for a router supported by OpenWrt. They are typically more > expensive, but could very well be worth the investment in the long run, > especially if it would work also with your older boxes. You might be surprised at how affo

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-17 Thread john doe
On 1/17/2021 8:25 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: I made sure that the 'Ethernet' tab had the mac addr of the right device --- it's a usb/ethernet cable, and has a long name, so it would be hard to confuse it with enp2s0 (the connection to the 'internet-mod

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 16 ian 21, 10:28:43, Dan Hitt wrote: > > I made sure that the 'Ethernet' tab had the mac addr of the right device > --- it's a usb/ethernet cable, and has a long name, so it would be hard to > confuse it with enp2s0 (the connection to the 'internet-modem'). > > In the 'IPv4 Settings' tab,

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, January 16, 2021 01:28:43 PM Dan Hitt wrote: > On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:57 PM Andrei POPESCU > RH --- thanks for the information about Ubiquiti, i will have to > investigate it. I have to be careful with new hardware connected to the > ancient stuff (as with the UNIfi system). You

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread Dan Hitt
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 11:57 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 15 ian 21, 21:02:58, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So i just need to know what to do on the debian box so that it can field > > requests to get ips from host names on the internet, and forward packets > to > > the internet modem. Hopefull

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread Michael Howard
On 16/01/2021 05:02, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem.  There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the i

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, January 16, 2021 05:01:23 AM David Christensen wrote: > On 2021-01-15 21:02, Dan Hitt wrote: > > In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), > > and it was connected to an internet modem. There was a super simple gui > > on it that i could use to share that

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-16 Thread David Christensen
On 2021-01-15 21:02, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem. There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the int

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 15 ian 21, 21:02:58, Dan Hitt wrote: > > So i just need to know what to do on the debian box so that it can field > requests to get ips from host names on the internet, and forward packets to > the internet modem. Hopefully, it will be some simple tool like > nm-connection-editor, but mayb

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-15 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 1/16/21 1:29 AM, john doe wrote: On 1/16/2021 6:02 AM, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem.  There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-15 Thread john doe
On 1/16/2021 6:02 AM, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem. There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the in

Re: sharing a network connection from debian to non-debian

2021-01-15 Thread mick crane
On 2021-01-16 05:02, Dan Hitt wrote: In 2016, i had a computer with mint on it (which is a form of ubuntu), and it was connected to an internet modem. There was a super simple gui on it that i could use to share that connection with some older hardware that were not directly connected to the i