According to a tutorial I found that I should type:

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE

(if eth1 is the one I'm using for wireless)

Then I just plug my winbox into the linbox through the NICs, right?

What else do I need to type and how often do I need to type it? In other words, is this always active or do I have to type in some command every boot in order to get it to work?

Basically I'm trying to share my wireless internet connection with my Windows PC through their NICs.

Thanks a bunch!

apart from Ip masquearding u need to enable
ip forwarding
look for that variable in /etc/sysctl.conf file

also u can make some rules in a iptables in a script and execute that

regards

Here's what I did:

iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE

service iptables save

went into sysctl.conf and changed IPforwarding to 1

plugged in Windows NIC to Linux NIC....nothing happened.

Output of iptables -L

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

and iptables file:

# Generated by iptables-save v1.2.11 on Mon Jun 6 18:20:17 2005
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [514:304282]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [524:37755]
COMMIT
# Completed on Mon Jun 6 18:20:17 2005
# Generated by iptables-save v1.2.11 on Mon Jun 6 18:20:17 2005
*nat
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [2:259]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [13:751]
-A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -o eth1 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
COMMIT
# Completed on Mon Jun 6 18:20:17 2005

Any ideas?

Thanks

output of iptables -t nat -L

Chain PREROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

Chain POSTROUTING (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
MASQUERADE all -- anywhere anywhere
MASQUERADE all -- anywhere anywhere
MASQUERADE all -- anywhere anywhere
MASQUERADE all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination

also tried service iptables restart

did u ad this machine as ur gatway ans a DNS adresss in the windows machine

regards

nope. Looking into that.

I tried changing it without any luck. Here's what I did:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.10.101 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.10.255

then in Windows:

IP address - 192.168.10.101
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.10.101

Did you run "sysctl -p"? What can you ping from the windows comp (can you reach the linux comp, the internet?). Also why on the windows is the gateway same as the ip?

what do u get in windows for

ipconfig

and

traceroute <ip address>

regards

in windows it complains that the nic is not connected

not connected??

can u ping that linux machine from win machine and is the cable correct

regards

1) which address would I ping? The address of the NIC?

2) Yeah, the little icon in the systray shows the two computers and a red "X" meaning the computer thinks it's not plugged in.

so is that a problem of ur hardware?

u need to get that right then only u can go with ip masquerading

regards