On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:16 PM, javadayaz wrote:
> where should i enter this? Give it a fixed IP - like 10.0.0.1 or
> 192.168.0.1?
>
You should be able to set this in teh ipv4 settings, take it off auto (dhcp)
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where should i enter this? Give it a fixed IP - like 10.0.0.1 or
192.168.0.1?
2009/11/26 Alan Pope
> 2009/11/26 javadayaz :
> > ssid: name
> > mode: infrastructure
>
> ^^ Should be ad-hoc
>
> > ipv4
> > method: auto (dhcp)
>
> Give it a fixed IP - like 10.0.0.1 or 192.168.0.1
>
> > security wpa
2009/11/26 javadayaz :
> ssid: name
> mode: infrastructure
^^ Should be ad-hoc
> ipv4
> method: auto (dhcp)
Give it a fixed IP - like 10.0.0.1 or 192.168.0.1
> security wpa & wpa2 personal
> password: *
Leave it unencrypted.
Try that.
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ok so heres what i entered:
wireless settings
ssid: name
mode: infrastructure
bssid:
mac address:
Mtu: auto
ipv4
method: auto (dhcp)
dhcp client id:
ipv6
method: ignore
wireless security:
security wpa & wpa2 personal
password: *
so where am i going wrong?
2009/11/26 Alan Pope
>
2009/11/26 javadayaz :
> my experience was slightly different...it was asking me to enter a ssid..
Yes, that would be this bit...
>> Right click network manager, create network, give network a name.
SSID = network name.
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my experience was slightly different...it was asking me to enter a ssid..
but i will this method that you have just mentioned. sounds "easy" :)
2009/11/26 Alan Pope
> 2009/11/26 javadayaz :
> > I will try again soon and post details of it here...
> > but it does not appear to be that easy
>
2009/11/26 javadayaz :
> I will try again soon and post details of it here...
> but it does not appear to be that easy
>
Depends on your definition of easy :)
Right click network manager, create network, give network a name.
Open firestarter and follow wizard to share network.
On phone, conne
I will try again soon and post details of it here...
but it does not appear to be that easy
2009/11/26 Alan Pope
> 2009/11/26 javadayaz :
> > i played with this but couldnt get it to work...plus why isnt there a
> button
> > that just switches on the wifi.?
> >
>
> Without knowing exactly w
2009/11/26 javadayaz :
> i played with this but couldnt get it to work...plus why isnt there a button
> that just switches on the wifi.?
>
Without knowing exactly what you did, it's difficult to figure out
what to do next.
Switching on the wifi is not exactly what you want, you want to create
a w
i played with this but couldnt get it to work...plus why isnt there a button
that just switches on the wifi.?
2009/11/25 javadayaz
> brilliant. sounds promising...at least i know now that it can be done!
>
> :)
>
> 2009/11/25 Alan Pope
>
>> 2009/11/25 javadayaz :
>> > yes my phone has wifi...bu
brilliant. sounds promising...at least i know now that it can be done!
:)
2009/11/25 Alan Pope
> 2009/11/25 javadayaz :
> > yes my phone has wifi...but i dont have a wifi router or modem...
> >
> > so i want my laptop to dump its wifi signal which i can then use to do my
> > internet browsing o
yes thats right! ...i want my laptop to be my router...:)
2009/11/25 Sean Miller
> Ah, this is different then to what I originally understood you
> required... what you're saying is that you want your laptop to become
> a wireless router?
>
> Sean
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See if this is any help...
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=398771
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2009/11/25 javadayaz :
> yes my phone has wifi...but i dont have a wifi router or modem...
>
> so i want my laptop to dump its wifi signal which i can then use to do my
> internet browsing on my phone.
>
I did this the other way around over a year ago at an Ubuntu Developer
Summit. We had wifi acc
Ah, this is different then to what I originally understood you
required... what you're saying is that you want your laptop to become
a wireless router?
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yes my phone has wifi...but i dont have a wifi router or modem...
so i want my laptop to dump its wifi signal which i can then use to do my
internet browsing on my phone.
2009/11/25 Sean Miller
> Doesn't your android phone have built-in wifi access anyway?
>
> I thought it came as standard on t
Doesn't your android phone have built-in wifi access anyway?
I thought it came as standard on them - it certainly does on mine.
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Brilliant.I will try this.
As always many thanks to all.
2009/11/25 Alan Pope
> It is possible. Install firestarter and use the wizard to share out the
> connection.
>
> On Nov 25, 2009 8:38 AM, "javadayaz" wrote:
>
> thats correct...i want to use my internet connection from my ubuntu pc
> (
It is possible. Install firestarter and use the wizard to share out the
connection.
On Nov 25, 2009 8:38 AM, "javadayaz" wrote:
thats correct...i want to use my internet connection from my ubuntu pc
(which has wifi). I want to connect my android phone to it and then use the
wifi for browsing on
thats correct...i want to use my internet connection from my ubuntu pc
(which has wifi). I want to connect my android phone to it and then use the
wifi for browsing on my phone!.
I know the other way round is possible...just wondering if this is doable!
2009/11/25 Stephen Garton
> 2009/11/25 ja
2009/11/25 javadayaz :
> Hi,
>
> I would like to tether my laptop and phone.(so that i can use the wifi
> on my phone..to connect the laptop to connect to the internet)I have no
> wirless router. Its connected via a wire.
>
> Is this possible>?
>
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>
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Hi,
I would like to tether my laptop and phone.(so that i can use the wifi
on my phone..to connect the laptop to connect to the internet)I have no
wirless router. Its connected via a wire.
Is this possible>?
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