Wired --> Wireless

[Bobson]

Problem
I'm trying to connect my Smart tv to my RaspberryPi by ethernet cable, then have my RaspberryPi connect to my router downstairs by Wifi.

Hardware
Edimax EW-7811Un (Realtek RTL8188CUS)

I'm starting with a clean install of Raspbian Jesse Lite, all i've done is put my wifi settings into wpa_supplicant.conf so my RaspberryPi can connect to router.

And i've updated my RaspberryPi.

Haven't touched anything else, starting from a clean slate.

What's the best and easiest way to setup my RaspberryPi as stated above.
Thanks for any help anyone can give me.

[RAZERZ]

You want to connect your smart TVs internet or display the Pi on the TV?

[Bobson]

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my post.

I'm trying to give my Smart tv internet access using the ethernet port on my raspberrypi, and then have my raspberrypi forward the connection by wifi to my main router.

[RAZERZ]

Sorry if I wasn't clear in my post.

I'm trying to give my Smart tv internet access using the ethernet port on my raspberrypi, and then have my raspberrypi forward the connection by wifi to my main router.

Sounds possible, I'll look into it and see if I can help you.

[Bobson]

Good news!

I did it, and it was stupid simple too.

This great script from this site hackhappy.org, made it so straight forward.

http://hackhappy.org/uncategorized/how- ... rk-bridge/

You just run it and enter your network details such as Ip address and your wifi settings etc...

Then I gave my tv a static ip and it work first time.

And it does all the leg work for you.

Thanks anyway...

[epoch1970]

For the record,
that's not exactly "a great script". It blows about every standard config file it touches, so you'd better take backups before running it. Or go the manual way.

The setup is route+NAT, so the devices behind the ethernet link on the Pi belong to a network that is different from the main (wifi) network. That does the job.

[Bobson]

It's maybe not a "great script"...

But it's doing what I need it to do, and it was straight forward and simple to do.

I was going to do the manual way, as show on hackhappy.org but I got stuck on:

apt-get -y install isc-dhcp-server iptables >/dev/null 2>&1


For some reason it didn't like the iptables >/dev/null 2>&1 part no idea why?

[DougieLawson]

For some reason it didn't like the iptables >/dev/null 2>&1 part no idea why?

That's because some stupid HTML formatting got in the way.

It should be iptables >/dev/null 2>&1

[rpdom]

II was going to do the manual way, as show on hackhappy.org but I got stuck on:

apt-get -y install isc-dhcp-server iptables >/dev/null 2>&1

Urgh... that's horrible (ignoring the fact the "&" should just be "&").

It throws away all of the output from the apt-get command, so if it encounters any errors you won't know about it.
I'd just leave the ">/dev/null 2>&1" off the end and make sure the command worked ok.