request for technical help: internet connection sharing

[david]

On Sun, 2004-11-07 at 03:59 -0500, Todd Maynard wrote:
> David,
> 
> You probably need to configure NAT (Network Address Translation).  An
> easy way to do it may be to use the Firestarter Firewall program.  It
> has a wizard to help you configure NAT.  Firestarter is available in the
> universe.
> 
> Good Luck
> 

OK
I installed Firestarter and enabled NAT. A couple of details I left out.
The laptop to be connected also runs Ubuntu, I currently have the
network card set to DHCP, should I change it to manual and specify a
192.168.0.x address? It doesn't seem to work with DHCP.
How should I set eth1 on the main box (LAN nic)? DHCP or manual?

many thanks

David