Internet connection sharing - Iburst on Ubuntu 9.04 x64

[andreha]

How would one go about doing this? I'm still a bit new to Ubuntu - enjoying it thoroughly though.

 

[Peon]

Hi Andreha

Have a squiz over here

 

[Cadavre777]

If the device is supported (or has ethernet support), you shouldnt have any problems. If you are new to using linux, I would advise you to use a distro like ipcop, smoothwall or even one of the FreeBSD based systems like m0n0wall or pfsense instead of throwing yourself into the deep end.

I know this is going to sound nasty, but for the love of God/(any other magical higher being), please read the documentation BEFORE doing anything. No application will do everything for you (a common misconception), so equip yourself with the necesaary knowledge before taking on this task.

Good luck, and don't let a few failed attempts keep you from succeeding.

 

[Cadavre777]

If the device is supported (or has ethernet support), you shouldnt have any problems. If you are new to using linux, I would advise you to use a distro like ipcop, smoothwall or even one of the FreeBSD based systems like m0n0wall or pfsense instead of throwing yourself into the deep end.

I know this is going to sound nasty, but for the love of God/(any other magical higher being), please read the documentation BEFORE doing anything. No application will do everything for you (a common misconception), so equip yourself with the necesaary knowledge before taking on this task.

Good luck, and don't let a few failed attempts keep you from succeeding.

 

[andreha]

Re: Help

Hi Andreha

Have a squiz over here

Thanks for the reply. I get stuck with firestarter - it keeps complaining about eth0 not being ready. I tried various settings, but I seems to do this on both my machines...

Also, for some weird reason, my MTU keeps reverting back to 1492 everytime I use ifconfig and disconnect/reconnect.

 

[iBurst]

On the MTU reverting issue.

MTU can be set by editing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

At the moment it probably says something like this.....


DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.0.100
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes


Add a line that says

MTU=’1392’


and that should make it a constant after a reboot. Of course, you will need root permissions to edit the file.


Let me know if this helps.

 

[andreha]

Re: mtu reverting

Thanks for the tip. I can't find sysconfig under etc... Probably need to figure out how to view hidden folders.

 

[andreha]

Re: Internet connection sharing on Ubuntu

Fixed it with a Linksys router. Bye bye Xp