[LBo] Internet Connection Sharing, Desktop (F7, eth0) to Laptop (WinXP, Wireless)?

[Robert Spangler]

On Wed June 6 2007 13:35, Kyle Bauer wrote:

>  The laptop can get to the outside world just fine over the wireless, and
> it can communicate with the desktop over the ethernet as well.  I've had no
> problems passing files back and fourth between the two machines.  I just
> can't get the desktop to reach the outside world.

Sounds like forwarding is turned off (default on all linux distro).

/bin/echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Run the above on the laptop.  This should turn it on.


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Regards
Robert

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