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I have a Ubuntu Machine and two Gumstix(Open Embedded Linux) connected to it via USB ports. Right now I am able to assign static IP addresses to the Gumstix via modifying the /etc/network/interfaces file on all the host machine to provide them 192.168.2.2 and 192.168.3.3. I modified the same /etc/network/interfaces files on the Gumstix to receive the IP aswell.

I can ssh to the Gumstix as root@x.x.x.x but the Gumstix themselves cannot access internet. I cannot ping www.google.com etc.. Since the host machine doesnt provide internet access to them. How would I go about enabling this.

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You'd need to put a NAT rule into the Ubuntu machine's firewall, or at least set up a proxy of some sort: howtoforge.com/nat_iptables. At bare minimum, you'd have to enable IP forwarding on the Ubuntu box, as by default that's off, so packets coming in on the USB interface won't be automatically sent onwards. – Marc B Oct 25 '11 at 19:07
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