Easiest way to share internet connection?

Please advise the easiest way to share internet connection. I have a default network setup. Just a desktop with dhspcd for client connections and no network manager. I've inserted another nic and want to share internet connection with another computer.
I followed instructions from "Internet sharing" and "dhcpd" wikis, but these articles aren't foolproof enough for me. I'm getting the following errors:
systemctl status [email protected]
● [email protected] - IPv4 DHCP server on enp1s9
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/[email protected]; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since nie 2014-12-21 10:45:53 CET; 3min 3s ago
Process: 291 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dhcpd -4 -q -pf /run/dhcpd4.pid %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal dhcpd[291]:
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal dhcpd[291]:
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal dhcpd[291]: Not configured to listen on any interfaces!
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal dhcpd[291]:
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal dhcpd[291]: If you think you have received this message due to a bug rather
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal dhcpd[291]: than a configuration issue please read the section on submitting
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal systemd[1]: [email protected]: control process exited, code=exited status=1
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal systemd[1]: Failed to start IPv4 DHCP server on enp1s9.
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal systemd[1]: Unit [email protected] entered failed state.
gru 21 10:45:53 jakamal systemd[1]: [email protected] failed.

@The Saint
Do you mean I should manually assign a static IP to my local interface using Persistent configuration on boot using systemd? It's so ruddy complicated! I am deliberately posting in the Newbie Corner to find a simple solution.
What address, subnet, netmask, etc. should I choose if my primary interface has: inet 192.168.0.11 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255, if it matters at all?
Or perhaps I could use netctl to set up the interface as suggested here: [link=https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NAT%27ing_firewall_-_Share_your_broadband_connection#IP_configuration]IP configuration[/link], but I am not sure what provides the existing connection. It's a default setup. I think it's dhcpcd. Would it be OK to have one interface configured through dhcpcd and another through netctl?
Last edited by kuba_66 (2014-12-28 12:34:29)

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alphaniner wrote:
There's an Internet Share topic in the wiki.
BTW, as is often the case, your English is better than a great many native speakers.
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