i don't know what to say.. i love the way this thread unfolds so beautifully :D Thanks for all the help, people!!!
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 08:48, Dan Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 12:06 +0200, Frederik Nnaji wrote: > > Hi Dan, > > > > i wish not to inflate this conversation beyond anybody's patience.. > > i tried sharing a connection via WLAN again today, with no success.. > > > > what do i have to do to make this work on an ordinary GNOME > > installation? > > > > * i am automatically connected via cabled DSL > > * now i create a new WLAN from the bottom of the NM applet's menu. > > * Next i right-click the nm-applet icon and i pick "Edit > > Connections..." > > * in Wireless, i set the IPv4 Settings of my new WLAN to "Shared to > > other computers" > > You shouldn't need to do steps 3 & 4 if you used "create..." from teh > bottom of the NM menu. That should automatically set the IPv4 method to > "shared to other computers" for you. > > > now i can connect to the WLAN from another WLAN enabled computer, yet > > i have no access to the internet that way, except on the host itself. > > where am i going wrong? > > One thing to try before bringing up the shared wifi connection is to > stop the 'iptables' service or any other firewall you have running. NM > tries to do some of this but other firewall rules can interfere. > > Dan > > > > > That said, there are surely things we can/should do to make > > sharing > > > > simpler. > > > > if this is only a question of configuration settings being applied, i > > could script out something with a friend.. > > the problem is, i don't have a clear set of instructions to write out > > in a script or batch file, since i have not even once been able to > > tether my cabled www connection via WLAN > > > > anyone? > > > > >
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