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coemza - Jul 29, 2008 - 10:08 pm

I have an iMac Power Pc G4 which is airport equipped and a powerbook also airport equipped. I am unable to get my laptop to connect to the imac which is internet connected via a cable modem via the airport route. I have turned on internet sharing in the imac and created a network on the imac.
Despite the airport being on on the laptop and entering the name of the network i want to join, I cant connect. The two previously had been able to connect but I had to get a new harddrive on the imac recently. No other changes to either system. The two computers are less than 20 feet apart at any time. I am at wits end, I have followed the instructions from the apple support site and the manuel supplied by the computers. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

gsahli - Jul 30, 2008 - 12:51 am

You are going to have to explain what you want to do again. And tell me in detail what equipment you have.
It sounds like you have a cable modem that is also a wireless router. What model?
It also sounds like you have turned on internet sharing, which is specifically for a situation where you have an ethernet connection on one Mac, and you want to share the internet to another computer via wireless. I'm only guessing here, but I don't think that is what you want.

Is it possible you want to connect the two computers for file sharing?

coemza - Jul 31, 2008 - 8:54 pm

I have an imac that is connected to a cable modem. The cable modem is a motorola surfboard cable modem. The laptop is a powerbook pc G4. Both the imac and the powerbook are airport capable. I am trying to use the imac as a router so that i can connect the laptop to the internet wirelessly via this. I am unable to get the laptop to connect via the airport enabled imac. Not too interested in file sharing at this time. Need the laptop to connect so that my children can use this in basement or their room for school projects, etc.

coemza - Jul 31, 2008 - 8:54 pm

gsahli - Aug 1, 2008 - 12:19 am

If you've read all the Mac Help topics on this, I probably can't help beyond that.

I'm sure you've read elsewhere that the correct way to do this is to get a wireless router - better wireless range, better security and firewall.

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