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Thanks a lot for the reply. I've tried this before, but even though my LAN connection appears on the XP machine with the IP address 192.168.0.1, my iBook doesn't seem to see this. It assigns itself a default 169.254.253.234 IP adress with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. It doesn't assign a router...

Greetings! I'm new to this forum, and this is my first post (and my reason for joining). Basically, I have an iBook G4 running Mac OS/X and a home PC running Windows XP. The Windows PC is connected to the internet via broadband. I also have a crossover cable. My intention is to network the...