Bug 420233

Summary: Can't share internet connection over network using knetworkmanager
Product: [openSUSE] openSUSE 11.1 Reporter: Forgotten User sbrnCzegUd <forgotten_sbrnCzegUd>
Component: YaST2Assignee: Will Stephenson <wstephenson>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity: Enhancement    
Priority: P4 - Low CC: chrubis, helmut.schaa
Version: Beta 3   
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Hardware: i686   
OS: openSUSE 11.0   
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Description Forgotten User sbrnCzegUd 2008-08-25 23:46:20 UTC 
I'm connecting to the internet using an Huawei U220 UMTS wireless modem through knetworkmanager and everything goes smoothly. However, when I tried sharing the internet connection to another laptop using an wired crossing-over lan cable (and following the guide at en.opensuse.org/ics) I was surprised by the fact that knetworkmanager doesn't seem to be able to hold more than one connection at a time. This came to my attention when I changed the configurations at YaST and my previously estabilished internet connection through this modem died.

Anyway, I think yast should have an option like the one called "share internet connection over network" found in mandriva. It would really come in handy simplifying all this matter.
Comment 2 Tambet Ingo 2008-09-16 11:37:26 UTC 
NetworkManager supports connection sharing, but not with yast. Both connections need to be set up and activated with NM. With nm-applet (gnome frontend), there's Connection Editor -> Edit connection -> IPv4 settings tab has a Method combo box that contains "Share to other computers". 

Not sure if knm has that, reassigning to the KNM maintainer.
Comment 4 Christian Zoz 2008-10-16 10:11:46 UTC 
This will not go into KDE3 KNM anymore.
But we should of course consider that for K4NM.
Comment 5 Will Stephenson 2009-09-15 13:36:33 UTC 
It's implemented in KNM4, but currently disabled because of security problems with the way it works in NetworkManager itself.