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

[rab <rab nauticom net>]

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. I can ssh 
> between the two in either direction. But how do I get Internet access 
> from the laptop? Do I need to set up a DNS server on the desktop? 
> (This looks to be complicated.) Can't I use the DNS server on my ISP? 
> I cannot ping anything outside the local network from the laptop.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Rick B.
>
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I ran the following command as root:

/sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source 
XXX.XXX.XXX.60

where X's indicate the actual IP for eth0 on the Internet. (I found this 
example on pp. 507-508 of "Red Hat Linux 9 Bible" by Christopher Negus.)

Now I can access web pages on the Internet from my laptop.

My question now is, how do I make this permanent? I want this to persist 
after a reboot.

Thanks  to everyone for all the help.

Rick B.