Wireless Internet Connection Sharing in Ubuntu

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Published on 2011-03-16T15:14:15Z Indexed on 2011/03/16 16:12 UTC
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As the title states, I need to share a wireless connection with a laptop running Ubuntu as the AP. The setup will be as follows:

Corporate WiFi <<==>> Laptop <<==>> Other Devices i.e. (iPad, iPhone)

I want to be able to connect the "Other Devices" via WiFi to the laptop. I have thought of setting up an ad-hoc network by connecting to the Corporate WiFi and then setting up a new network and hoping the connection to both would stay, but that doesn't seem to work. If I set up the ad-hoc network by itself, I can see it from my "Other Devices".

The reason I need this is because for some reason, my iPad and my iPhone will not connect to my corporate WiFi and I need to use them so I want to use my laptop to share the connection and act as an AP for my "Other Devices".

My laptop is a Chrome CR-48 running Ubuntu and as some of you might know, it does not have an ethernet port, so having a wired connecting and then setting up a network is out of question.

I want to connect to the Corporate WiFi and share that connection by having the laptop act as an AP for other devices.

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