Connect Mac to Linux System

[Qion]

It's possible that turning on internet sharing from the Mac Mini would allow the Linux machine to access the internet, and at the same time make access between the two machines a bit easier.

Go to System Preferences: Network: Sharing. Make sure that the Mac Mini is sharing the connection from Airport to "Computers Using: Ethernet".

No idea how it'll work with a Linux machine, but it's worth a wing anyway.

Like Ora said, the easiest thing to do is to buy a wireless card.

[Kees Buijs]

Originally Posted by zionsrogue

Your right, it would be much easier to connect my Linux box to the router. Unfortunately my Linux box is in a different room than the router. The router is in the basement and I need the linux box in my work office - hence running the ethernet cable through the mac and then transmitting wirelessly to the rest of the network.

You should be able to give the wifi card a dynamic address and the network card a static. They are completely independent (i have used wifi for internet while being hooked up to an internal network by cable), similar to what you want effectively.

Otherwise use a router in the room, it will take care of ip-number assignment.


Good luck, Kees