can't share internet from MacBook

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johnwasson

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My MacBook (10.5.4) picks up Internet through a Linksys wireless router in my office building via Airport. I want to share that internet connection through Ethernet to my MacPro tower (10.4.11). I have set Internet sharing on the MB (from Airport to Ethernet), no Firewalls; I have set the MacPro to Ethernet as its network source. The machines see each other, exchange files, share the printer, etc., but I cannot get the internet connection to pass to the MacPro. What might I be missing?

Thanks in advance.
 
Did you point the Mac Pro to the IP address of the MacBook in the "default router" or "router" section of the Ethernet port setup on the Mac Pro? Also, the MacBook probably doesn't run a DHCP server, so unless you've got another DHCP server on the net supplying an IP to the Mac Pro, you may want to assign it a static IP, as well as assigning a static IP to the ethernet port on the MacBook.
 
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