On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:11 -0300, . m a r c o s a u g u s t o wrote: > Hi Claude, thanx for the reply.. > I was in fedora's irc and a (patient) friend and I was trying to put > the AP as dhcp. So it is not the better approach ? > > Let me explain my problem. > > I got: > I do this, and I have set my AP as this internet -- (dhcp) -- firewall eth0 firewall eth1 -- home network (192.168.2.0/24) switch -- wireless AP (fixed IP 192.168.2.XX) wireless AP (wireless) -- (dhcp wireless devices 192.168.1.XXX) The connection from the home network to the wireless AP goes into the internet/wan port on the AP. All other ports and the wireless connections have dhcp enabled and all connections use dhcp. > > adsl modem <-> eth0 (192.168.1.9) > wireless ap <-> eth1 (192.168.0.1) > If this is the IP on the WAN side of the AP (above) it will conflict with the network on the wireless side (below) and the routing will not work even if the laptop gets its address by dhcp. > laptop <-> wireless ap (192.168.0.50) > > I want to share my desktop with VNC, and have internet on the laptop. > > So , it's better to leave AP DHCP off, and use Firestarter ? > > > I was ta > > On 8/11/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thursday 11 August 2005 1:11 pm, . m a r c o s a u g u s t o wrote: > > > I counter-posted a question about how to make this AP work. > > > > > > I not understanding....I found http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ > > > but.. it is only for pci and usb cards, right ? > > > > > > My AP is connected throught the normal lan RJ-45 cables....a need to > > > install drivers for this ?!?!? > > > > > > can't I just tell him to act like DHCP and share the internet connection ?? > > > > There are many ways to do what you want. Others may have other suggestions. A > > very easy way to do it is to configure Firestarter. It's a GUI for your > > iptables firewall rules, and it also let's you easily configure routing and > > DHCP. If you choose this path, you should not turn on DHCP in your access > > point. Also, after you start Firestarter up you should turn off the security > > settings that come built in to Fedora. In KDE you go to System > > Settings/Security Level and turn the built-in firewall off. After you've done > > that, quickly turn off, then back on your Firestarter - that will flush all > > the old rules out, and install the rules you've set in Firestarter... > > > > -- > > Claude Jones > > Bluemont, VA, USA > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > -- > . m a r c o s a u g u s t o ; >
