Hi Herbert, You're right, generally a "repeater" implies a Layer 2 construct, and I am certainly trying to use NetworkManager to create a layer 3 NAT. I used the term "repeater", because it seemed the most concise way to explain what my goals were, however I probably should have just said: to share internet from one wireless card to another via a layer 3 NAT, using NetworkManager to configure the NAT. From now on, I'll call the "repeater" a "router" as that seems to imply Layer 3 NAT.
Given that the connection sharing fails in the way I described (the "repeater"/"router" nominating itself as nameserver, but failing to forward DNS requests), should I file a bug report? If so, would it be better to file it upstream, with you, or downstream, with my distro? Finally, in terms of searching for a quick fix to work around this probable bug, could anyone tell me if it is possible to configure the nameservers that are served by NetworkManager via DHCP/dnsmasq? Please let me know. Thanks, Jake On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Marc Herbert<[email protected]> wrote: > Jacob Beard a écrit : >> Hi, >> >> Sorry to spam the mailing list a bit, but I keep getting further into >> this, and I want to be really clear about what I want. It seems like >> there are two solutions to the problem of DNS not being shared >> correctly on the repeater. >> >> The first possible solution is to diagnose why DNS is not forwarding >> correctly. >> > > Hi Jacob, > > I think a "wireless repeater" is not the correct term here. With a real, > layer 2 wireless repeater, you would not have to worry about forwarding DNS > nor any other network configuration issues. > > I think you are just asking NM to setup a layer 3 NAT (typically call > "connection sharing"). NATs do not care a bit whether layer 2 interfaces are > wired versus not. If NetworkManager makes such a difference, then you just > found a bug in NetworkManager. > > Cheers, > > Marc > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
