[anonymust]

Is it possible to share internet connection from my Macbook to my desktop (wired of course)


I got a stubborn landlord who doesn't want to let me use LAN (wired connection) because he's to cheap tp buy the cat5 cable :S

I onlu got internet connectons via wifi on my macbook.

Heres what i want to do:

1. Connect via wifi on macbook to my internet
2. share the wifi connection from my macbook to the macbook LAN port
3. run a cable (not sure if I need a cross over or straight from macbook to desktop LAN port
4. use internet on desktop freely as if it was connected to a normal LAN cable

Notes:
Mac OSX 10.5.8
Desktop PC is a Windows 7
I use Little Snitch on mac and Zone Alarm on win 7
I guess i need to do configure firewall settings on both machines

[turtle777]

Yes, in Preference - Sharing, you can set to share your WiFi signal over ethernet.

For newer Macs, no crossover ethernet cable is needed. I'm not sure if that's true for your PC though.

-t

[P]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

For newer Macs, no crossover ethernet cable is needed. I'm not sure if that's true for your PC though.

If one of them, in this case the Mac, is autosensing (=doesn't need a crossover cable) then that's good enough to work with anything.

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally Posted by turtle777 

Yes, in Preference - Sharing, you can set to share your WiFi signal over ethernet.

For newer Macs, no crossover ethernet cable is needed.

Where "newer" means everything released since 2001.

Certainly ANYTHING capable of running 10.5.8.

Don't worry about the type of Ethernet cable. It's completely irrelevant.

[SSharon]

Internet sharing works great, I use it all the time. Ethernet cables are dirt cheap (see meritline.com) so your landlord must be super cheap.