flacochala
I`m in!!
Hi, i need some help, i have a pc (win xp) connected to the internet (adsl) with an usb modem, and i have a g4 ibook... how can i do to share my internet connection from my pc to my ibook
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sharing internet from a pc!!!
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Zammy-Sam
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On the XP box you will need to rightclick your connection icon (the one you double click to connect to internet or the one you see in the icon-bar) clock the last tab (advanced or so) and share the internet connection to...
BUT! Before you will need to get a proper lan connection. Does your XP box have an ethernet card? If so, plug the ibook to that one, setup a manual ip to your ibook and your XP box (use the same subnet mask: 255.255.255.0) and test your lan connection. Is it possible to ping both machines.. Good!
Once this is done, tell your mac the router has the ip of your XP box and everything will work fine. If that was too fast, ask for certain stepps.
BUT! Before you will need to get a proper lan connection. Does your XP box have an ethernet card? If so, plug the ibook to that one, setup a manual ip to your ibook and your XP box (use the same subnet mask: 255.255.255.0) and test your lan connection. Is it possible to ping both machines.. Good!
Once this is done, tell your mac the router has the ip of your XP box and everything will work fine. If that was too fast, ask for certain stepps.
guilly
Too handsome to use a PC
There's also a very easy way (assuming that you have a TCP/IP network estabilished).
Get AnalogX Proxy from www.analogx.com and follow the instructions that come with it. In 5 to 10 minutes you'll be going like a champ.
The only requisite is that you know how to set your proxy settings on Mac OS X, which you'll find in the Network preferences with ease.
Get AnalogX Proxy from www.analogx.com and follow the instructions that come with it. In 5 to 10 minutes you'll be going like a champ.
The only requisite is that you know how to set your proxy settings on Mac OS X, which you'll find in the Network preferences with ease.
Or better yet do a search for "software router" that you can run on your Windows PC. When I had my iMac flat panel and was still using 56K modem, the modem in the iMac could never hold a connection longer than 5 minutes (even after all the software updates that promised to improve it). So what I did was set up a software router on my Windows PC. Proxy servers (such as AnalogX mentioned above) usually only allow for http (port 80) and perhaps POP3 and SMTP ports. That won't do for other Internet services I wish to use on my Mac so I went the router route (hehe) and that worked like a charm.
If you have broadband a hardware router will be an even better solution.
If you have broadband a hardware router will be an even better solution.