Re: Connection sharing

[Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com>]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 09:12:41PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
> I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 on a Thinkpad T60p w/ Atheros wireless.
> 
> Can someone point me to docs on sharing my connection with my
> wireless card when I'm on my wired LAN?
> 
> This video made it look easy:
> 
> http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/10/16/video-fedora-10-connection-sharing/
> 
> But when I select "Create New Wireless Network..." from the nm-applet
> menu the applet just says I've connected to my existing wireless
> network.  And with other computers I do not see any new network.

Works for me. If you don't have it, install the dnsmasq-base package
... though not sure if it would cause issues you described.

 - Alexander