Re: Internet Connection Sharing

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Sun, 2009-12-06 at 19:24 +0000, Joseph L. Casale wrote:
> Looking at a video Dan Williams posted to Redhat Magazine shows enabling
> it is now as simple as creating the new connection in ad-hoc mode with ipv4
> settings as 'available to other computers' but on my F12 system this doesn't
> start dnsmasq etc. Is it still required to set this all up manually or does nm do
> all that's required now?

Basically, you need an existing connection to the internet.  Then you
create another "shared" connection that your other computers will
access.  When you have both of those, then NM will start dnsmasq and
everything and NAT the "shared" connection to the main internet
connection.

If you've already got an internet connection, then just choose "Create
new wireless network..." from the menu, type in the details, and it
should set that new network up.  You can then connect to that adhoc wifi
network from other computers, and they will get IP addresses via DHCP
from your machine.

Dan