mike@mike-desktop:~$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:4F:58:2B:15 inet6 addr: fe80::206:4fff:fe58:2b15/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:6 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:468 (468.0 b) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xb400 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1A:4D:4A:3F:E9 inet addr:207.62.165.97 Bcast:207.62.165.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::21a:4dff:fe4a:3fe9/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2828 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:488 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:431827 (421.7 KB) TX bytes:78558 (76.7 KB) Interrupt:16 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) vmnet1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:01 inet addr:172.16.175.1 Bcast:172.16.175.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:1/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) vmnet8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:56:C0:00:08 inet addr:192.168.21.1 Bcast:192.168.21.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::250:56ff:fec0:8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:25 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) ##################################################################### ##################################################################### mike@mike-desktop:~$ brctl show bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces mike@mike-desktop:~$ (none enabled) ##################################################################### ##################################################################### mike@mike-desktop:~$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 192.168.21.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet8 172.16.175.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 vmnet1 207.62.165.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth1 0.0.0.0 207.62.165.250 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth1 NOTE: These are all on the desktop(host) machine that I am trying to connect my laptop to. eth0 is the direct connection to the internet. eth1 is the extra port connected to my laptop.