Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-16 Thread Grant
> Hi again.  Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:42:55 -0700 > Grant wrote: > >> Thanks Dan.  No matter what I do, I can't get the other laptop to >> communicate with my laptop.  It can ping the router which is between >> us, but it can't get to the other side.  I've

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-16 Thread Dan Farrell
Hi again. Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner. On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:42:55 -0700 Grant wrote: > Thanks Dan. No matter what I do, I can't get the other laptop to > communicate with my laptop. It can ping the router which is between > us, but it can't get to the other side. I've got dnsma

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-13 Thread b.n.
Grant ha scritto: >>> I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless >>> signals. It works great, >> May I ask which antenna? It's a long time I'm looking for something like >> that but I keep being told that external antennas are often useless (I'm >> thinking of the over-t

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-12 Thread Grant
>> I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless >> signals.  It works great, but my girlfriend struggles to connect with >> her built-in antenna.  I do have a travel router (D-Link DWL-G730) so >> I'd like to be able to do something like this: > >> WAN->my laptop->travel ro

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-12 Thread Grant
>> I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless >> signals.  It works great, > > May I ask which antenna? It's a long time I'm looking for something like > that but I keep being told that external antennas are often useless (I'm > thinking of the over-the-counter usb stuff)

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-12 Thread b.n.
Grant ha scritto: > I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless > signals. It works great, May I ask which antenna? It's a long time I'm looking for something like that but I keep being told that external antennas are often useless (I'm thinking of the over-the-counter u

Re: [gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-12 Thread Dan Farrell
On Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:26:45 -0700 Grant wrote: > I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless > signals. It works great, but my girlfriend struggles to connect with > her built-in antenna. I do have a travel router (D-Link DWL-G730) so > I'd like to be able to do somet

[gentoo-user] Sharing an internet connection

2009-03-12 Thread Grant
I travel with a strong external antenna for picking up faint wireless signals. It works great, but my girlfriend struggles to connect with her built-in antenna. I do have a travel router (D-Link DWL-G730) so I'd like to be able to do something like this: WAN->my laptop->travel router->girlfriend