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Questions tagged [connection-sharing]

for questions about sharing connections (usually internet connections) with other devices.

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Share wireless Internet connection through ethernet

I want to share the wireless Internet connection on my desktop with my old laptop, through ethernet. I have ticked the option "Make available to others" on both connections, on my desktop, but my laptop doesn't connect. Am I doing something wrong or…
Christos Baziotis
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How to Connect & Share your Internet Connection (Wired & Wireless)

I have Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP 430 notebook and this has a single wired internet connection and I would like to share this with a LG Optimus One with Android 2.3.3. I followed these instructions and created a hotspot as shown below, but UbuntuHost is…
Praveen Sripati
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How to share a wired Internet connection with an Android phone (reverse-tethering)?

I have been trying to share my wired Internet connection with my Android phone. However I could not succeed in doing this. Has anyone of you ever succeeded? Operating systems that I use are as follows: Ubuntu 10.10 Android 2.3
Erdem
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Configure connection sharing with specific IP Address

Edit - a more concise version of the question: When using connection sharing, I want network manager to use the 192.168.254 subnet instead of the 10.42.0 subnet. Is this possible? Background: I need to share my wireless internet connection (on an…
jake
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Nautilus fails to see shares in 18.04

After upgrading non-essential PCs to 18.04, while keeping my primary PC on 17.10, I'm running into a minor problem with networking and Nautilus in 18.04. When I select Other Locations in the Nautilus sidebar, I expect to see the other machines on…
Richard Quint
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How can I share my internet connection via bluetooth?

I'm running ubuntu 12.04 I have a hp laptop brand and I would like to share my internet connection via bluetooth I searched on google but I found nothing serious Can you help me please ?
khaled
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Sharing connection in Ubuntu 17.10

Initial situation, context For a number of Ubuntu releases, connection sharing was made easy. With Ubuntu 16.04, my wi-fi connected laptop can easily share its connection to a local LAN (with a cable or a switch and a number of local…
Stéphane Gourichon
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How do I share my wireless connection via a wired cable?

Im trying to share the wireless from my netbook eeepc to my desktop computer that does not have any wifi, it can run internet through a cable connected to my internet router but im wondering if there is any way to share my netbooks wireless through…
Naught0
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Unable to connect to wireless internet(wifi) through KDE plasma desktop

I installed the KDE plasma desktop through Ubuntu software center. I am on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx. After the install, I'm unable to connect to my WiFi connection in the KDE session. But I can connect to my WiFi perfectly through GNOME session. I've tried…
user9666
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Sharing a connection with a server using a unique ip

I have followed Luis Alvarado's post on Sharing Connection to other PCs (Via Wired Ethernet) up until the "Client PC" part and am now sharing my laptop's internet connection with my Desktop server with an ethernet cable. However, only my laptop can…
Speedysnail6
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Refused to connect-to same machine's local ip address (192.68....)

So I'm trying to debug my server code without deploying it (which takes a long time). I'm serving my website through angular (the framework doesn't matter IMO) ng serve --port 8080. When I type http://localhost:8080 into the browser everything is…
Yoni Keren
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NetworkManager: How to share internet connection with IPv6?

I have Ubuntu (Armbian) running on an Orange Pi, and I'm using NetworkManager's internet connection sharing to share a wifi connection with an attached wired ethernet device. (The "wired connection" in NetworkManager has its IPv4 configured to…
nonoitall
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share internet connection (via hotspot) with a lan with ieee 802.1X encryption

my dorm internet is protected with IEEE 802.1X encryption (Microsoft PEAP) and I want to share the connection with my phone, but so far, I haven't been able to do it. I can create the hotspot, but the phone doesn't connect to the internet. Is there…
skyleth
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Port forwarding through shared internet connection

I have shared my internet connection via Ethernet with another computer, using the shared option under Ethernet in Network settings. I believe this is working but I can't know for sure as I am unable to access Computer 2, because I don't have a…
Calum McAlinden
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No option on Ubuntu 17.4 to share my Ethernet connection?

I'm trying to share my Ethernet connection to another device that is connected to my host PC via USB-Ethernet. The thing is when I open the internet option, I cannot see the option "Sharing Connection to other PCs" which is described on other…
J.R.
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