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connecting G5 to airport network
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Mac Elite
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Nov 2, 2003, 12:21 AM
 
ok i've got my AEBS connected to my dsl modem via pppoe, i use mu ibook wirelessly

i want to connect my G5 directly to the LAN port on my AEBS via Ethernet, what setting do i need to set in order to let my G5 get internet from the AEBS?

i've looked at the apple documents/pdfs, but they just confuse me
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Nov 2, 2003, 10:34 AM
 
System Preferences / Network Pane. TCP/IP tab.
Show: Built-in Ethernet.
Configure: using DHCP. (If that's not an option, switch to the PPPoE tab and disable PPPoE, then return to TCP/IP tab)
     
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Nov 2, 2003, 10:43 AM
 
how do i configure it? i'm not an expert at
networking
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Nov 2, 2003, 11:45 AM
 
You don't configure it, that's the point. Set it to DHCP and it auto-configs everything.
     
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Nov 2, 2003, 06:56 PM
 
cool thanks, i'm sorry if i annoyed anyone
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Nov 2, 2003, 08:27 PM
 
cool.
     
   
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