My laptop is connected to a distant wireless signal with a strong antenna and I'd like to create a local wireless LAN using the distant wireless signal as the WAN. The layout would look something like this:
WAN->(wireless)->laptop1->(ethernet)->router->(wireless)->laptop2 My travel router is wireless, has a LAN port, and can operate in Router, Client, or AP mode. I think AP mode is what I want. laptop2 can ping the router, but it can't ping laptop1. laptop1 can't ping the router. I don't know what my communication problem is between the router and laptop1. Here is my eth0 config for laptop1: config_eth0=( "192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" ) The travel router is in AP mode and configured like this: IP: 192.168.0.30 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.0.1 I have dnsmasq and shorewall on laptop1 for DNS and NAT, but I can't use those until I get laptop1 talking to the router. Does anyone see what I'm doing wrong? - Grant
