Stefan Monnier, 2009-07-20 22:41:32 -0400 : >>> Could you describe a bit more what this is trying to do (which >>> problem it's trying to solve)? I've looked at the file but still >>> can't figure it out. > >> All the networking I do on the Freerunner goes through USB, via a more >> standard computer (desktop or laptop) that happens to have a >> conventional IP connection (ethernet or wireless). To share the >> connection, you need: > > So, IIUC, the script you sent is installed/run on the PC not on the > FR?
Right. >> - NATing/masquerading and forwarding so that the computer forwards >> packets back and forth; > > I get the above two on my Debian PC with the chunk below in > /etc/network/interfaces: [...] > #post-up ssh neo resolvconf -a usb0 </etc/resolv.conf & Nice trick :-) > So the DNAT bits of your script can be replaced by the installation > of the dnsmasq package, right? Right. > So your Neo is setup with "server 192.168.0.200" in > /etc/resolv.conf? Yes. > How do you do that (purely statically by hand, or via resolvconf?)? By hand (but only once). > As you can see in the above "interfaces" snippet, I used yet another > trick at some point (copy the resolv.conf file from the PC to the > Neo via ssh). That can work too, if you have SSH keys set up. Roland. -- Roland Mas ...sur un portable, quelque part dans le monde... ...on a laptop, somewhere in the world... _______________________________________________ Smartphones-userland mailing list Smartphones-userland@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/smartphones-userland
