Jerry Kreps on Saturday, March 17, 2001
Now, all I have to do is get the Beast and the Sony to talk together. They can ping each other but I still can browse the Internet via the Sony and the ADSL. I'm looking int
Dear Jerry, Here is a quick solution that Chris Reeves gave me a couple of weeks ago under the thread "Accessing net through LAN - Choices [was PCMCIA MODEM]" <snip> Here are some quick and easy steps. On your laptop (as root): route add default gw <ip address of old pc> You'll also have to set up your /etc/resolv.conf with the IP addresses of your ISP's DNS servers (so that it looks the same as the one on the old PC when it's connected). On your old PC (as root): echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward ipchains -P forward MASQ This does assume you have a basic network set up such that you can ping each computer from the other. If you don't, and need a hand, let us know and someone will help. Remember, this setup is *not* secure. Hope that helps Chris </snip> It worked for me. Jethro