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    Coolty | # 1 | 2006-06-16, 05:43 | Report

    Just a crazy thought, but would it be at all possible to use the nokia 770 as a wifi card to access the internet with on your PC via usb?
    I'm sure it IS possible, but who is willing to do it

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    =DC= | # 2 | 2006-06-16, 09:33 | Report

    Originally Posted by Coolty
    Just a crazy thought, but would it be at all possible to use the nokia 770 as a wifi card to access the internet with on your PC via usb?
    I'm sure it IS possible, but who is willing to do it
    Interesting idea, could serve as a nice hardware firewall with the right configuration as well I would think.

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    HardCoder | # 3 | 2006-06-16, 12:43 | Report

    Woulden't it be easier to just set it up as a router and use usb networking? That should be possible right now...

    http://maemo.org/maemowiki/?action=f...esearch=Titles
    USB networking howtos

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    Odin | # 4 | 2006-06-17, 00:37 | Report

    Originally Posted by Coolty
    Just a crazy thought, but would it be at all possible to use the nokia 770 as a wifi card to access the internet with on your PC via usb?
    I'm sure it IS possible, but who is willing to do it
    Way more trouble than it is worth.

    1) Easier to get a Wi-Fi card for the PC.

    2) To make it work, you would need to follow shared network protocols--what a hassle.

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    hallgreng | # 5 | 2006-06-17, 08:17 | Report

    It should be easy if USB networking is already set up.
    Someone needs to compile iptables support into the kernel (they could be distributed as modules in a repo since we are all using the same kernel and compiler from nokia) and then port iptables itself (who knows how much/little work that would be).
    From there it is trivial to forward traffic from one interface to another.

    All that is needed is iptables...
    Though there may be an even simpler way, I only know how to do it with iptables or ipchains

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    HardCoder | # 6 | 2006-06-17, 11:00 | Report

    if you do not need NAT then you don't need iptables.

    just do a "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" to start the routing on the 770 then add the correct routes with the "route" command.

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    hallgreng | # 7 | 2006-06-17, 18:45 | Report

    Originally Posted by HardCoder
    if you do not need NAT then you don't need iptables.

    just do a "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward" to start the routing on the 770 then add the correct routes with the "route" command.
    There is always a better way, and this is it =]

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    Coolty | # 8 | 2006-06-17, 18:48 | Report

    HardCoder, could you perhaps elaborate a little on your method?
    what would the route command involve typing?

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    hallgreng | # 9 | 2006-06-17, 19:14 | Report

    I am just guessing, because I do not know of any way to route traffic using route from the server, but I believe that
    Code:
    $route add default gw <nokia.770.ip.address> dev <usb_network_interface>
    on the workstation would do the trick.
    That just tells your workstation to route all internet traffic through the nokia using the usb network device the nokia is plugged into. If the nokia is forwarding packets at this point, then it should be a simple gateway and this will work.

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    Coolty | # 10 | 2006-06-17, 19:43 | Report

    No no.. i mean if i'm on windows xp, how would i get the nokia to 'bridge' the wlan to the usb ?

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