Configure a laptop to act as a router

pumpkin · 04-19-2009, 04:10 AM

Hi all,

I'm a newbie in Linux world and I always get problems with anything configuration.

I have two laptops A and B:

A has 3 interfaces (2 wired and 1 wireless)
B also has 2 interfaces (1 wired and 1 wireless)

A connects to internet using a wired interface. I want to connect wireless interface on B to wireless interface on A; and wired interface on B to a wired on A. B can simultaneously connect to the Internet using wired and wireless interfaces. You can see the image below for my situation:
http://k50cb.org/downloads/example.jpg

I'm confusing how to configure laptop A as a router to forward packets to B.

Thanks for any hints!

billymayday · 04-19-2009, 04:25 AM

What distro are you using, and what have you tried so far?

onebuck · 04-19-2009, 08:34 AM

Hi,

More information! Which distribution and kernel?

Do you want a router or a server? It seems a server would be your better option. Do you want to use laptop 'A' and just provide access with services to 'B'?

pumpkin · 04-20-2009, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by billymayday

What distro are you using, and what have you tried so far?

Hi all,
Thanks for your participations. I'm using Ubuntu 9.04 - kernel 2.6.28-generic (alpha of course) on my laptop.

I tried to connect B to A using ad-hoc (for wireless interface) and cable for wired interface. I can ping from A to B and vice versa. Now my confusion is how to connect to the internet from B via A.

Kind regards!