slmagus Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I just moved to a new apartment and while I will be getting FIOS soon, it won't be here until next month. So one of my neighbors is kindly lending me their wifi. Unfortunately, I have a desktop that I would like to connect as well with no wireless card. How do I connect and configure my desktop Ethernet(win7) to my laptop(debian) such that internet requests are forwarded via the laptop and out the wifi? If this helps, I want to do this: Desktop ethernet -> ethernet -> laptop eth0 -> laptop wifi -> neighbors AP -> Internets I realize I might need a crossover(autosensing nics) to go between desktop and laptop, and assign static addresses to those interfaces. I am more concerned with the necessary steps to configure the computers to route/forward between networks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Setup a bridge between the two adapters on the laptop: http://wiki.debian.org/BridgeNetworkConnections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infiltrator Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Just bridge the two network interfaces together, on your laptop then connect the desktop to the laptop via an Ethernet cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamo Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 In ubuntu/GNOME its really easy. Go to NetworkManager next to clock. And thre add a new wired connection. In IPv4 settings select "shared to other computers" Then just choose that setting that you created. Now it shares your wireless connection to lan. Cant get any easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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