[jimsmac]

Hi,

I've been helping a friend out in networking her OS9 iMac with her brand new iBook 800 running OS 10.2. I am networking the two using TCP/IP and it all works fine.

She does not have broadband, so has to use the internal modems in each computer to access the internet/email etc.

The trouble is that on her iMac, now I have set the TCP/IP control panel to connect via Ethernet with all the relevant IP addresses for the network, she cannot access the internet on it. The iMac's internal modem dials fine, but then her ISP will not allow her to log in because her TCP/IP settings are incorrect.

Is there any way around this without her changing the settings in the TCP/IP control panel everytime.

On the OSX computer everything works fine.

[aaanorton]

On the iBook, go to Sys Prefs > Sharing pane > Internet tab and start internet sharing. Then you should be able to get on line on both machines simultaneously.
Or just make a new TCP/IP configuration (command + K from TCP/IP control panel) for dial-up. That way, you can simply switch configs, instead of changing all the pertinent info every time.

[jimsmac]

Originally posted by aaanorton:
On the iBook, go to Sys Prefs > Sharing pane > Internet tab and start internet sharing. Then you should be able to get on line on both machines simultaneously.
Or just make a new TCP/IP configuration (command + K from TCP/IP control panel) for dial-up. That way, you can simply switch configs, instead of changing all the pertinent info every time.

Thanks for the quick reply! Setting up another config as you mention sounds like good plan.

Are you saying that if she enables internet sharing on the iBook the iMac will be able to access it straight away via the iBook's dialup connection? Will no additional configuration be required on the iMac for this?