[Peter]

I wish to share my internet connection (via airport) to my Windows XP Home Machine, these machines are linked via an ethernet cable.
What steps do I need to follow to allow my XP box share my iBook internet connection?

Thanks!

[ghporter]

I'm a little unclear on what you want to do. You have the two computers connected via an ethernet cable-are you currently sharing your Internet connection this way? Is there a problem with sharing this way? Do you want to simply do away with the cable?

[Davidarm]

Turn on Internet Sharing on the iBook, and set the XP box for DHCP. You don't even need a crossover cable - the iBook has an autosensing Ethernet port.

[alphaone]

I'm curious, with a configuration such as this, what will it do to the internet/network latency on the PC (getting the internet from the mac)? Will it affect it at all?

[Davidarm]

It probably affects it slightly, but the iBook is plenty fast enough to pass the packets with no noticeable addition to the latency or the connection speed.