[plug] Joining Networks

[Russell Steicke]

On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 04:47:45PM +0800, Timothy White wrote:
> I have a wireless network that connects to the net via a gateway box
> (soon to be moved.)
> All the computers get there IP addresses via DHCP. I have my new
> workstation that also has a wireless card and I'd like to allow the
> laptops to access the network transparently through the wireless
> network.
> Seeing as the windows lappys are Windows and my workstation is Linux
> I'm hoping someone else knows how to get this working. I have a laptop
> and my workstation talking with my workstation handing out DHCP on ra0
> (the wireless interface.)
> I gather I really need the gateway to somehow do the DHCP for both
> wireless and wired although the wireless is part of my motherboard so
> it posses difficulties.

If I understand you correctly, you need your workstation to do dhcp
relay.  Debian has the dhcp-relay and dhcp3-relay packages.





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