This is a similar setup to how i use, although with adsl. you have the wireless rouder doing the dhcp server stuff, make sure you are setting the gateway to the ip address of your linux machine (you should set this as a static address if it is using dhcp from the router also.) then you want to enable ip_forwarding on the linux box so it knows that it is the gateway for the network.. there will be instructions on the wiki or just google for enabling ip_forwarding. that way each client machine knows it will be able to connect to other machines on its lan directly, anything outside of its subnet it knows to send via the gateway (your linux box)

Hi Could someone help with advise please I have a netgear mr814 wireless router with a dedicated adsl connector and 4 10/100mBPS utp sockets. Currently I have my main linux box hocked up via a cable to this .. the mr814 does dhcp allocation .. I do not have an adsl connection, but use a 56k internal modem to connect to my isp who assigns me a dynamic ip number each time I connect. I have found that if I connect to the isp (using kppp) I cannot access the internal netwrk .. including the router (which has its own 192.168.x.x ip number .. similarly although I can dial using kppp and make a connection .. I cannot access the internet when the intenal netwrk is up and running. I presume this is due to confusion about where to send the packets .. to the modem or the lan card.

What is the best way to separate out these 2 networks and get them running so .. say I could use a browser on one of the boxes with a wlan card to connect thru the main linjux box and modem to the internet?

This is an area of confusion for me .. does ipchanins do something here?

Thanks

Stephen Pearce

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