[Nottingham] New distro for netbook and configure as wireless bridge

[Ashley]

Thanks TJ, yes a router configuration on the netbook would be sufficient I
think (internet connection via the wired network, client smart-phone on the
wireless).  I would also like to use both devices on other wireless networks
from time to time so perhaps a script to configure the netbook as a router
when needed would be the best approach.  I have no experience with Wi-Fi
networking, does something need to run on the netbook for encryption (e.g
wpa2) and to enable it to be discovered by the handset?  I expect I will
need a DHCP server on the netbook wireless interface (?).  Is this a
worthwhile idea or should I just buy a wireless router?

My first problem with Puppy Linux 4.3.1...
wlan0 Wireless ath5k pci: Atheros Communications, *Device unknown*

I'll try a couple of other distros

Cheers,
Ashley


On 19 May 2010 11:52, TJ <linux at tjworld.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-05-19 at 11:41 +0000, Ashley wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I have a wired network connection to my netbook (Acer Aspire One ZG5,
> > which also has a wireless interface).  What is required to set it up
> > as a bridge to provide a wireless connection to the wired network for
> > a smart-phone (Android Nexus One)?
>
> Depends very much on whether you want to bridge the wired and wireless
> interfaces (traffic goes on both interfaces) or route which will only
> put traffic on the wireless interface for wireless clients.
>
> Routing is cleaner, and should be set up by default when the wireless
> connection is up (check 'ip route show' for routing table). It can also
> be set up using NetworkManager or manually via a script when the
> interface comes up, triggered from /etc/network/interfaces with post-up
> and pre-down scripts. See "man interfaces".
>
>
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