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

Going It Alone reggaemaker at googlemail.com
Wed May 19 16:13:51 UTC 2010


xPUD is small and fast, it can also run from usb: http://www.xpud.org/

On 19 May 2010 14:07, Ashley <ashley.arb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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