On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 02:44:42PM +0800, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List ! > > Alex Samad wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 12:03:47AM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: >>> Deephay wrote: >>>> Greetings all, >>>> >>>> I have two NICs on my laptop: eth0 and wlan0, I tried to bridge them >>>> and use a ad-hoc connection with my cellphone to share the internet >> >> I don't think bridging of wireless and ethernet works, why not just >> route the packets! use iptables to setup nat if you need >> >> > > Indeed bridging with wireless is not a good idea: I experienced it ! > Nevertheless, I have not yet understand in detail the suggested alternative: > is there an howto somewhere about it ? its just 2 networks and if the default gateway doesn't have a route back to the wireless then you need NAT (from iptables) have a google for linux routing > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome > >> [snip] > -- "You know, when I was one time campaigning in Chicago, a reporter said, 'Would you ever have a deficit?' I said, 'I can't imagine it, but there would be one if we had a war, or a national emergency, or a recession.' Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta." - George W. Bush 06/14/2002 Houston, TX
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