2010-10-29, 09:49 PM
Hmm... I'm not sure where I got the idea I could do that then. Is that a hardware limitation, or something that could be worked around with the OS/software?
...well, after messing with things for a bit, I was able to create an ad-hoc wireless network, and in the OS firewall, masquerade all connections on the wireless NIC. Under network connections, I edited the wireless connection and changed the IPv4 settings to Automatic (DHCP).
On the Windows machine, I can connect to the internet through this ad-hoc network. Its default gateway, DHCP, and DNS servers are all pulled to 10.42.43.1, and it has an IP of 10.42.43.10. Back on the linux box, I verified that its IP on the wireless side is 10.43.42.1, but I have no idea where that came from (default setting on that dnsmasq package I installed?)... And, if I try to set any type of wireless security at all, the Windows machine will tell me the key/passphrase is wrong, after I double and triple checked it.
Is what I'm trying to do here (at this point, get control of the DHCP assignments, and add some level of wireless security, and possibly MAC filtering) not possible/feasible? Or would I be better off buying a second wired NIC and connecting that to a dedicated wireless AP?