I'm currently at work and our wifi is down. I usually connect my desktop to the internet through eth0 and my laptop connects through wifi.

I have an extra port on the back of the desktop (eth1) and one on my laptop (eth0). I tried connecting a crossover cable between these two ports and bringing up a connection.

I set up a route to the desktop through my laptop and I can ping between the two machines but neither one will connect to the internet through desktop's eth0.

Any help is much appreciated =)