Re: Connecting a Laptop to a Local Network to get Internet Access

[Stuart Sears <stuart sjsears com>]

On Sunday 04 January 2004 05:57, rab wrote:
> Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> >On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 10:31:02PM -0500, rab wrote:
> >>I have my laptop (192.168.1.2) connected to my desktop computer
> >>(192.168.1.1) via ethernet. Both are running RH 9.0.  The desktop is
> >>connected to the Internet by a working DSL connection.
> >
> >Need more information on your network topology.  How is your desktop
> >connected to your local ethernet?
> >
> >How is it connected to the DSL modem?
> >
> >The answers to the following questions hang on that.
>
> The desktop computer has two ethernet cards: eth0 and eth1. The desktop
> computer connects directly to the DSL modem using eth0. eth1 connects to
> a 4-port hub. The laptop is connected to the hub. A network printer is
> also connected to the hub. I have no problem printing and I can connect
> from the laptop to the desktop (and vice versa) using ssh.
>
> If you need more information, please let me know.
>
> Rick B.

try enabling ip-forwarding in /etc/sysctl.conf on the desktop
once you have made the edit, run
sysctl -p
to update your kernel settings
then try to ping/otherwise access something in the outside world


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Stuart Sears RHCE, RHCX