On Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:36:24 UTC+5:30, djinn wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:33 PM, Vishal M <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> On Wednesday, 13 February 2013 15:19:15 UTC+5:30, djinn wrote: >> >> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Vishal M <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> My laptop is powered by Ubuntu 12.04. I use Tata Photon+ (EVDO) USB >>>> modem for accessing the Internet. I also have a tablet which can connect >>>> to >>>> Internet only through Wi-Fi. >>>> >>>> I want to share my laptop's Internet with other devices over Wi-Fi. I >>>> did some googling before starting this thread and found a few articles, >>>> which tell to install hostapd, and then making changes to hostapd.conf and >>>> some other system files. I tried but no luck. >>>> >>>> Can someone please tell me the simplest solution to my problem? >>>> >>>> There is fairly descriptive howto (https://help.ubuntu.com/** >>> community/Internet/**ConnectionSharing<https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Internet/ConnectionSharing>) >>> >>> for setting up what your are expecting. >>> >> >> Already checked this yesterday. This is very confusing and not of much >> help for me. >> > > If this how-to is confusing, you will find buying a wifi modem with usb a > much easier approach, since most of these routers today support using USB > modems like Tata Photon+ >
There is an easier way of doing what I want - using Firestarter. Currently I don't have my laptop with me, will try in the evening. -- -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux User Group @ IIT Delhi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
