Re: Redirect internet connection to wireless router (was: Sharing ppp [...])

[joe@jretrading.com]

Vinicius Massuchetto wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I tried hard a few days ago to share a ppp internet connection through
> the wlan interface on my laptop. I just found out that this is not
> possible because my hardware can't do AP.
>
> So, I was wondering if I get a standard wireless router and feed it
> with an internet connection from the laptop, configuring my computer
> as a dhcp server.
>
> Would that work? Did anyone already tried this?
Probably, but it may depend on the router. The Netgear DG834 will do it, 
I'm currently using two with an MS Small Business Server, which is 
handling DHCP for the network. A third router on the network is actually 
the Internet gateway, as the customer is now on ADSL2+ and the version 
of DG834 that they have doesn't do that.

Wireless routers do generally have DHCP servers, though you may want to 
have a different machine do it for some reason, such as automatic DNS 
integration. With MS SBS, it is strongly advised that the SBS handles 
DHCP, mostly for this reason.

--
Joe