Connect Macbook & PC to internet

ioasis · #1 July 5th, 2009, 03:20 PM

I have a macbook (osx) and a pc (windows xp home) and I want both of them to have a cable internet connection. I was able to connect both successfully to the internet using a belkin N150 router with my road runner cable modem by having the desktop pc hard-lined into the router and the mac book connecting wirelessly, but the macbook is SUPER SLOW. The only was to achieve good speed on the macbook is when I use my Airport express and connect through that. My question is: Is there a way to connect both computers to one cable modem but with the macbook using the airport express? Or is there another way for the macbook to achieve the same speed as the pc without using the airport express?

MisterMe · #2 July 5th, 2009, 09:30 PM

If your router is working properly, then there is no reason for your MacBook to be slow. Assuming MacOS X 10.5:

Launch System Preferences.
Open your Network preferences pane.
Click Airport in the sidebar. Note the Network Name: popup menu. Is this your router? If it is not, then choose your router from the popup menu.
Click the Advanced... button.
Click the TCP/IP tab.
Set Configure IPv4: to Using DHCP. Set Configure IPv6: to Automatically. Some systems have trouble with IPv6. If this is the case, then it is OK to set it to Off.