[SOLVED]Internet share from linux to windows 7

Question

hi,
i want to share my internt connection from my arch linux netbook to my win7 pc
I succesfully followed this wiki article( https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Internet_Share ) until: 'Assigning ip addresses to the client pc(s)'.
now i'm stuck with my linux netbook being fully configured, but i can't get my win7 pc to connect properly.
Idk maybe i need to configure the netbook in a different way in order to make it work with a windows client???
maybe
ip addr add 192.168.1.0 dev enp8s0
instead of
ip addr add 191.168.1.0/24 dev epn8s0
or an additional iptables command? (FORWARD ACCEPT maybe?)
Here's some data about my netbook in order to make it easier for you:
internet device: wlp2s0
internet device ip range: 192.168.2.x
lan(which conects my netbook to the win7 pc) device: enp8s0
thank you for your time.
regards b0b
Last edited by b0b2 (2013-09-13 22:47:58)

Answer 1

Lone_Wolf wrote:
you're on the right track, but the devil is in the details.
Basically you have TWO separate networks, but the internet share wiki page implicitly describes a 1 network setup.
the first network  has the netbook lan & the windows lan device in it.
your second network has the netbook wireless and the router in it.
If you want to stick with 2 separate networks, you'll need to setup the netbook as a router, check the wiki router page.
Warning : setting up your netbook to function as a router will require you to understand/learn networking basics.
In both setups, the netbook wireless device will need to be setup with a STATIC ip-address.
Internet sharing setup :
make sure all devices are in the 192.168.2.0/24 network .
ex :
router 192.168.2.1
netbook wireless 192.168.2.2
netbook lan 192.168.2.3
windows 7 pc 192.168.2.4
Follow the internet sharing page in the wiki.
Once you have setup things , verify if you can ping 192.168.2.1 (router)  from the windows pc.
if you prefer using 2 separate networks, check the wiki router page.
hi,
thank you for your post.
How do you know the wiki implies a 1 network setup?
the wiki says 'The first 3 bytes of this address cannot be exactly the same as those of another interface.'
I actually don't want to stick with 2 networks, since i don't want to waste 1gb of my hdd for the router software.