2 computer network from Wi-Fi

[Kevin J. Cummings]

THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 6/15/05, Kevin J. Cummings 
>>># iptables -L -t nat
>>>Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
>>>target     prot opt source               destination
>>>
>>>Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
>>>target     prot opt source               destination
>>>MASQUERADE  all  --  anywhere             anywhere
>>>
>>>Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
>>>target     prot opt source               destination
>>
>>and my computer forwards and NATs the computers on my home and USB
>>networks.....
> 
> ...
> 
> I did the first part, but the iptables is a bit confusing.  I took a
> look at "iptables -h" and "man iptables" to get an idea.  those are
> rules to add to the NAT table?
> 
> really, I think I just want the computers to be able to ping each
> other, sort of a networking "hello world" idea.

The iptables stuff is for later, after you've got your local area 
network working and want to be able to masquarade your LAN out to the 
internet.  Concentrate on getting your LAN working first.

> thanks,
> 
> Thufir
> 


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