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gkl · 05:54 PM

I have an ibook connected to the internet with its airport card. I also have a pc that I want to connect to the internet by physically connecting it to the ibooks ethernet card with a net cable and bridge the airport connection.. now, is this just dream thinking? or does it really work?

ghporter · Oct 13, 2006, 06:23 PM

It works but it's a pain. Spend $40 and get a router-it's easier, doesn't require your iBook to be turned on for the PC to surf, and it makes it easier to do a lot of other things too.

You can get a router (not "wireless" router-you didn't say anything about that) for even less than $40-I got one that cost less than $9 after rebates one time.

Really, Internet Connection Sharing works, but it's a poor second choice to a stand-alone router.

mduell · Oct 13, 2006, 07:35 PM

ghporter, that won't solve gkl's problem. He already has some sort of wireless access point. He needs to get a desktop that is far away from the nearest wired port online.

gkl: Yes, it can be done. But I'd buy a $0-10 USB wifi dongle for the PC.

gkl · Oct 14, 2006, 04:32 AM

yes guys. I am planning to buy a wifi dongle for the pc, but in the meantime, I want to set it up like that. I'm also remoting the pc. so, wanna share how you do it?

The plan is to be able to play a pc game on my mac, i think it'll work

ghporter · Oct 14, 2006, 08:28 AM

Okay, I misread the first post (gotta stop peeking in and really read stuff I guess). If you need a connection for the PC and you can't wire it, then the WiFi dongles mduell linked to will work fine, and it's less expensive to go that route than just about any other route.

Now you say "I'm also remoting the pc." What do you mean by that? Are you wanting to operate it from a remote location over the network? Or do you have something else in mind. Either way, it's important for us to know what OS you're running on it, and it might be helpful to know what brand and model it is (plus its processor and RAM).

gkl · 11:53 AM

no, i mean i am going to use remote desktop, i do that now, and it works great.

i just need to connect the pc to the net.. now, please someone, im running out of patience, sorry.

mac: ibook g4 1,2 ghz 768mb ram, airport

pc: 1 ghz, 512 mb ram workstation

ghporter · Oct 14, 2006, 07:27 PM

Ok, I have it. Any of the inexpensive USB WiFi dongles on the Newegg page mduell linked to will do the job. Choose whichever one you like; they are all pretty much functionally identical, but I'd stay away from the "108Mbps" and other "speeed enhanced" versions-that's proprietary stuff and not something you'll need. In this case, inexpensive is a Good Thing.

I hope this was helpful.

gkl · Oct 15, 2006, 03:36 AM

well thanks, im planning to do so when i get money, first i want to open the gateway thing, please, someone, be ON TOPIC. how to i share an airport connection through the ethernet port with a pc?

Apfhex · Oct 15, 2006, 04:16 AM

Go to System Prefrences > Sharing and select the Internet tab. Then select "Share your connection from: Airport" and then "To computers using: Built-in ethernet". Click start. If you have the firewall running, you'll also need to check "Personal Web Sharing" in the Services tab.

This information is in Mac OS X's Help, FYI!

gkl · Oct 15, 2006, 05:26 AM

hmm. ok. thanks, do i need to configure anything on the pc?

ghporter · Oct 15, 2006, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by gkl

hmm. ok. thanks, do i need to configure anything on the pc?

Probably not. Almost all computers come pre-configured to connect to anything providing DHCP addresses, and Internet Connection Sharing does that by default.

gkl · 10:17 AM

hm, i did what Apfhex said, still i can't get into the net..

it seems it has gotten all the ips and stuff automatically. but firefox doesn't load any websites.

ghporter · Oct 15, 2006, 09:52 AM

Try a restart on the PC?

gkl · Oct 15, 2006, 09:54 AM

yes, did that twice. i noticed remote desktop and file sharing dont work now with the new ips.