1st a Big thank you for all the work you guys have done helping release me from the windows curse.
I'm wondering if anyone has managed to share the Iburst usb connection over a network in ubuntu ?
I have tried every how to ip forwarding and Internet sharing guide I can find, but no joy.
My system seems to keep thinking it should connect through the Ethernet port when i plug in the cable to the router.
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 kernel 2.6.35-22 generic
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Pj
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The problem is (if I am remembering correctly) NetworkManager, which assumes that a wired connection is higher precedence than a wireless one.
I did get this working on Fedora Core some years ago, but I had to configure the networks manually.
At the time I did this, it seemed to me that the decision in NetworkManager to give precedence to wired over wireless was hard-coded, and there were no configuration options to make an iBurst connection higher precedence.
This may have changed since then.
I'll see if I can find any info on the current NetworkManager.
In the meantime, here is what I would try:
1. Create a manually enabled (ie, not auto) wired interface definition. Under Gnome, you could do this by right-clicking on the network manager tray-icon, and selecting "Edit Connections". Call it something useful like "Internal Wired Network", or "Wired LAN". Configure it for your LAN requirements, remembering and ensure you disable internet gateway options such as "set default route", etc.
It is easiest if you configure this connection completely manually.
So here is an important question:
Q: what device is master of this LAN?
Is it some other device, such as a router, or will your Ubuntu bax be the master?
- This is critically important, as it determines (generally) which device you configure to give out addresses on the LAN (ie, where the DHCP server is running), and where you set the "default gateway" setting that passed to each device on the LAN by the DHCP server.
2. select that new network icon to force NetworkManager to configure your ethernet port correctly.
3. now start the iBurst connection.
3a. User "ifconfig" from a command shell (Utils | Terminal) to ensure that your ethernet port is still correctly configured, and that iBurst is also up.
4. Ensure that IP forwarding is enabled, and that your firewall will allow packets to be forwarded between your ethernet and iBurst ports.
The routing of packets from your LAN to your iBurst should now be working.
Note Until you sort out the question of which device is "master" of your LAN, you may find it difficult to get any other device on that LAN to get configured correctly to take advantage of this routing.
Cheers!
Nik
If you would like to refer to this comment somewhere else in this project, copy and paste the following link:
1st a Big thank you for all the work you guys have done helping release me from the windows curse.
I'm wondering if anyone has managed to share the Iburst usb connection over a network in ubuntu ?
I have tried every how to ip forwarding and Internet sharing guide I can find, but no joy.
My system seems to keep thinking it should connect through the Ethernet port when i plug in the cable to the router.
I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 kernel 2.6.35-22 generic
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Pj
Ah yes,
I remember this game.
The problem is (if I am remembering correctly) NetworkManager, which assumes that a wired connection is higher precedence than a wireless one.
I did get this working on Fedora Core some years ago, but I had to configure the networks manually.
At the time I did this, it seemed to me that the decision in NetworkManager to give precedence to wired over wireless was hard-coded, and there were no configuration options to make an iBurst connection higher precedence.
This may have changed since then.
I'll see if I can find any info on the current NetworkManager.
In the meantime, here is what I would try:
1. Create a manually enabled (ie, not auto) wired interface definition. Under Gnome, you could do this by right-clicking on the network manager tray-icon, and selecting "Edit Connections". Call it something useful like "Internal Wired Network", or "Wired LAN". Configure it for your LAN requirements, remembering and ensure you disable internet gateway options such as "set default route", etc.
It is easiest if you configure this connection completely manually.
So here is an important question:
Q: what device is master of this LAN?
Is it some other device, such as a router, or will your Ubuntu bax be the master?
- This is critically important, as it determines (generally) which device you configure to give out addresses on the LAN (ie, where the DHCP server is running), and where you set the "default gateway" setting that passed to each device on the LAN by the DHCP server.
2. select that new network icon to force NetworkManager to configure your ethernet port correctly.
3. now start the iBurst connection.
3a. User "ifconfig" from a command shell (Utils | Terminal) to ensure that your ethernet port is still correctly configured, and that iBurst is also up.
4. Ensure that IP forwarding is enabled, and that your firewall will allow packets to be forwarded between your ethernet and iBurst ports.
The routing of packets from your LAN to your iBurst should now be working.
Note Until you sort out the question of which device is "master" of your LAN, you may find it difficult to get any other device on that LAN to get configured correctly to take advantage of this routing.
Cheers!
Nik
*sigh*
A goodly number of typos in there…
"remember and ensure you" => "ensure you"
"select the new network icon to force" => "select the new network connection to force"
"User ifconfig" => "Use ifconfig"
Cheers!
Nik