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Idea #1401: Easy Internet Sharing

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #4: Provide a simple graphical interface to manage _any_ type of network connection.
Written by sravi_in the 29 Feb 08 at 13:50. Category: Internet & Networking. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
Rationale
Networking is made easy through zeroconf. It would be great to have internet connection shared to such machine, if one machine has internet connection.
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Written by sravi_in the 29 Feb 08 at 13:50.
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spec Blueprint share-this-network-connection: Ubuntu


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Auzy wrote on the 29 Feb 08 at 13:59
Always liked this idea. but you'd want it to be designed in a way it wont stuff up working networks (multiple DHCP servers, etc).

And you'd want an option to enable Upnp and NAT-PMP, but warn of the risks

rawsausage wrote on the 1 Mar 08 at 20:50
Requires simple new NetworkManager Plugin.


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