Re: [SLUG] Laptop Bridge

From: Sick Twist (thesicktwist@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Sep 07 2006 - 08:17:29 EDT


>From: "Ian C. Blenke" <icblenke@nks.net>
>Reply-To: slug@nks.net
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Laptop Bridge
>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:50:35 -0400
>
>Sure, routing/NATting has _always_ worked for me.
>
>Do your laptops with wireless need to access your PCs with a physical
>connection? If so, you can still NAT internally, but you'll lose any
>network broadcasts for things like network browsing (without a helper).
>
>- Ian
>

There are no network services running. The laptop will just provide a means
to share Internet access among the other machines. Fabulous ASCII network
diagram to follow:

Laptop - - - - {wireless connection} - - - - (( The Internet ))
|
Switch
| | | |
| | | PC1
| | PC2
| PC3
PC4

Jonathon

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