Re: Internet Connection Sharing

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Mon, 2009-12-14 at 09:30 -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 01:34:06PM +0000, Martin Owens wrote:
> > Hello Chuck,
> > 
> > On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 01:01 -0500, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> > 
> > > I sometimes find myself in scenarios where I have a wireless 
> > > connection to the internet that I'd like to share with wired-only 
> > > devices (no wifi cards in them).  How hard would it be to make the 
> > > "Create new wireless network..." dialog generic like "Share network 
> > > connection..."?  Basically, I would like to be able to share any 
> > > active internet connection to any other medium, wired or wireless or 
> > > whatever.
> > 
> > Would this help you?
> > 
> > http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/ubuntus-internet-connection-sharing/
> 
> Yes, thank you.  Why wasn't this feature touted and advertized as much 
> as Wireless network sharing was?  I think the disparity between wired 
> sharing and "Create new wireless network..." should be addressed.

Partially because the user interface to make it easier to set up isn't
there.  But it was on the list of bullet points for 0.7 in most of the
stuff I wrote about in release notes or blogs, as far as I remember.

Dan