Yeah, bridge-utils is what you need. Basically the two interfaces form a bridge and packets that hit one pop out on the other. The only thing to be wary of is that you'll have to assign the bridge an ip and treat it as the bridge machine's interface, IIRC.
Years ago I did the reverse - turned a laptop into a wireless access point. Those notes are on the wiki somewhere, but are several years out of date. But the process isn't that hard. Cheers, Vern Simón Ruiz wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> So you want to set the desktop up as a wireless router, except instead >> of the usual situation (wired ether = internet, wireless = clients) you >> want the other way around (wired = clients, wireless = internet). >> >> So it would look like this: >> Random client on cat-5 -> eth0 -> DO MAGIC -> wifi0 -> tubeless internet >> tubes -> DD-WRT Router -> internets >> >> I *think* you can create a bridge that would join the network on the >> ethernet to the network on the wireless, making them appear as the same >> network to all clients involved in the transaction. IIRC bridge-utils is >> the package you want for Ubuntu. > > Sweet! I'll check it out as soon as I get the thermal problems worked > out (who'da thunk a computer with heat problems would act up in a > tropical climate???). > >> Paging James! James looked into bridging/bonding last week at the >> office. >> >> Alternatively a software router will let you have more control over >> things, but will be more fiddly as you'll have to do DHCP and NAT at the >> software router. >> >> I would look into bridging first and the software router second. The >> former is going to be more transparent and less hassle, the latter will >> have more options, but with more options come more hassles. > > Yeah, I definitely was looking at a bridging solution rather than a > routing solution. > >> Also I assume you'd have a wired router connected to the Ubuntu machine >> or a simple crossover cable. > > Of course, a switch or a crossover cable. > >> PS Lets not forget the $10 solution. Apartment A is "across the hall" so >> would 15 meters of cat-5 and some cable track take care of the problem? > > Eventually yeah, that's the plan, except we're talking about concrete > and tile construction. > > I'd have to either drill through the walls and string the cable across > the ceiling in the hallway—in which case it'd be exposed and ugly—or > take advantage of when the tiling gets redone (which in apartment A > happened recently, but will need to be done soon in apartment B and > the hallways). > > I plan to run some 3/4" or 1" pipes underneath the tile as it's > getting redone and run cat6 cabling throughout the apartment and > across the hall then. In the meantime, I'm just trying to set up a > quick-and-dirty, band-aid type solution. > > (Don't try quick and dirty band-aids at home, kids!) > > Simón > _______________________________________________ > Fwlug mailing list > [email protected] > http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
