2 macs sharing internet connection

I am new to wireless networking and would like to know if there is a relatively inexpensive way to "wirelessy" hook up my newly purchased Powerbook G4 to my existing cable modem connection. Currently I already have my IMAC G5 (no wireless card) connected to internet with an ethernet cable and would like to share this connection with my powerbook .
would there be any other options besides the airport extreme base station?
any suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks!

Before we networked using Airport, we had a router which was given to us by the cable company and both computers were connected via ethernet. You get two IP addresses and we paid the cable company an extra $10 per month for the second address. You can see that after a couple of years, you'd be better off investing in Airport equipment. Plus, when you travel with your Powerbook, you'll be very happy to be able to connect at any hot spot.
Good luck.

Similar Messages

Connecting to shared internet connection through Mac osx 10.7 wifi

I can't get my new HP touch pad to connect to my wireless network. I connect my iMac through ethernet but have a wifi network setup from my iMac so my other devices can use my iMacs shared internet connection. The touchpad will not connect, it finds the network, I put in the WEP key and it states "unable to connect, try again". I am at the setup stage on the touch pad and can't get any further!!. I have tried everything I can think of including creating a new wireless network, disabling and changing the sharing password and re-enabling. all my other devices still log on fine and can connect to the internet through the iMacs connection. anyone got any ideas?
Post relates to: HP TouchPad (WiFi)

alopix wrote:
I just remembered why I ignored your first post when reading this topic:
Ad-hoc-sharing can't be the problem, because when I use the exact same method without any WEP encryption, so create an open network, it works perfectly - so it has to be an error in the webOS' handling of WEP or similar...
I'm curious that the Mac offers only ASCII (key length of 5 characters) or 128 bit encryption, but not 64bit (which has a key length of 10 hexadecimal characters and works perfectly with my touchpad). <Wiki definition of WEP.>
This sounds like an old problem we used to have when Palm came out with WiFi-enabled devices. Users would create an ASCII text password in their router, and it would generate a 10 character hexadecimal string that was the true password. Entering the 5-digit ASCII code would fail since it was a seed, and not the "real" code.. Entering the 10-digit key worked every time.
By any chance is this what is occurring on the Mac? Do you see a 10 digit code generated anywhere in the setup routine?
Was the link I provided to you of any help?
WyreNut
I am a Volunteer here, not employed by HP.
You too can become an HP Expert! Details HERE!
If my post has helped you, click the Kudos Thumbs up!
If it solved your issue, Click the "Accept as Solution" button so others can benefit from the question you asked!

How do i use my iMac and the macs wired internet connection to share the internet with my iPod and iPhone

How do i use my iMac and the macs wired internet connection to share the internet with my iPod and iPhone. For 6months I had set up a network that shared the internet through bluetooth to my iPod 5th gen but i messed it up when i tried to add my iPhone 5s and i can't remember how to do it.

The following has instructions: OS X Mavericks: Share your Internet connection

Instaling second ethernet card / sharing internet connection

Hiya.
Is it possible to share my cable broadband service ( PS3 etc ) through my PPC G4, maybe by installing a second ethernet pci card and sharing the internal ethernet, or is there any other possibilities. no airport, but do have a D-link bluetooth dongle...

As other posters have pointed out, you don't need a second ethernet card to share out your connection - if you have an existing router (with a number of ethernet connections), you can connect your game consoles to that, and your ISP will be none the wiser. Your ISP will still give you one IP address; your router does the translation into multiple private IP addresses (eg 10.0.1.1, 10.0.1.2, etc)
Another option is to buy an inexpensive network switch, put that between the router and the Mac, connect the other devices to the switch, and turn on sharing from ethernet to ethernet. But you really don't need to with a router on the network.
If you share out your Mac's internet connection, the devices behind the connection will get IP addresses in the range 192.168.2.x (the Mac will effectively be their router/DHCP server at 192.168.2.1).
Matt

Sharing internet connection - HOW?

I'm sharing internet connection with a PC via netgear. Now we want to add another ibook to the connection. How do I open the network so that it can share the connection? It keeps saying that the network password is incorrect, when it's not... Any ideas?
Thanks!

Are you using WEP?
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier for people, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling people to use simple memorable WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys.
The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AEBS will be hashed differently on a Netgear client and vice versa.
One thing is a 13 character 128 bit WEP password will be hashed by all vendors in the same way (if you use 40bit WEP then a 5 character password is required).
Though sometimes not even that works and the HEX key must be used regardless.
I have found this to be the case with all the Netgear routers I have used.
AirPort: Joining an encrypted wireless network
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058

Need help sharing internet connection between pc and mac using airport

Hello
I have a PC with an internal modem that connects to the internet via 3g+. it's got wi-fi as my macbook.
i want to share the internet connection of the pc via wifi (using what is called an "ad hoc" connection ( a pc to pc network)) so that the mac can connect to the pc (via wifi) and use its internet connection.
i've already tried a bunch of things but they don't work, can someone help me or tell me where i can find a GOOD guide to do this? (i've already looked around but i haven't found anything that works)
thanks

Hi. I'm not sure if this helps, but I just found a nice way to do it the other ways around (share the internet from your mac with your pc).
See: http://echeng.com/journal/2009/07/06/encrypted-internet-sharing-between-mac-os-a nd-windows-xp/
Specifically, step 4 and 6 are crucial!:
1. In Mac OS X, enable Internet Sharing to computers using Airport
2. In AirPort Options, select 128-bit WEP encryption and enter a 13-character password
3. In Windows, add a new wireless network
4. Enter the SSID and select WEP encryption with Shared Network Authentication (not Open)
5. Uncheck “The key is provided automatically” and enter the 13-character password
6. In the Authentication tab, be sure that “Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication” is unchecked
The main idea is that MAC-WEP and PC-WEP are not quite the same, so this tweak makes them line up. Perhaps you can do it the other way around from PC to MAC by sort of reversing the idea?
Hope that helps you!

Sharing internet connection between two Macs

I would like to enable my wife's new MacBook to share an internet connection ( wirelessly ) with my iMac G5. Both machines run OSX 10.4.8 and both have Airport cards installed as standard. I have a DSL broadband connection via a USB modem on my iMac. From what I've read this is reasonably straightforward and doesn't require any extra kit, ie create an Airport network and set the appropriate Sharing preferences etc.Is it as simple in practice? Has anyone got a similar setup working? Is there a step by step guide to achieving this?
Would greatly appreciate any help.
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hi,
I seem to have 'solved' the problem by turning off the firewall on my G5. Entourage is on my wife's laptop. However, I originally had the Personal File Sharing and Personal Web Sharing boxes allowed with the rest of the firewall on and this enabled my wife to access the web but not Entourage. It was only when I turned the firewall off completely that she was able to use Entourage OK. Is there another box that I should check that would let her use Entourage without me keeping the whole of the firewall off ( its not obvious which one to set )?
Thanks again.
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Why does my iPhone not show up in iTunes on a mac that has a shared internet connection from another mac?

I have what I would consider a difficult question. I called Apple Care and after she spoke to a senior advisor,the representative ended up saying it wasn't possible.
Having said that, I'm sure this is not a difficult question for people with networking expertise.
Setup
So...I have a MacBook receiving a WiFi signal via AirPort.
In System Preferences, I have turned on Internet sharing (share airport over Ethernet).
I connected the Ethernet port on my MacBook to the Ethernet port on my MDD PowerMac G4.
At this point, I can successfully browse the web, perform software updates, and view other computers and iTunes libraries on my network from my G4.
Goal
However, in iTunes on my G4 I would like to use iTunes DJ.
Tried
So...I click on iTunes DJ.
I set the settings (button in bottom right) to allow guest remotes, etc.
I turned on iTunes Home Sharing (logged into the same account as by iPhone).
Problem
However, from the Remote app on my iPhone, I am unable to see the library on my G4.
Also, if I want to pair my iPhone Remote app with iTunes on my G4, I click add Library in the Remote app, but iTunes on the G4 never displays my iPhone in the left column (although I am able to see all other iTunes libraries being shared on the network).
Thus, I cannot connect to iTunes as a guest Remote, nor can I connect as paired remote.
I have successfully done both of these things with computers connected directly to my modem, as well as with computers connected via WiFi.
The problem is connecting devices to computers that get their internet connection though another computer via internet sharing.
Question
So my question is about Internet sharing itself. Is it not a fully featured ad-hoc network? Does it only provide browsing capabilities and the ability to browse networked computers, but NOT devices such as an iPhone? I don't see the difference; my iPhone is on the same network as the computers, so why is there no communication between it and computers that gain their Internet connection through another computer?
I really hope someone out there who is an expert in networking can help me out with this. Or if it truly is impossible, if someone could explain to me why that is the case, I would also appreciate it.
ps. I usually have my MacBook sharing its Internet connection through an old router that I am using as a switch because I share the connection with three other computers. And if it isn't obvious, the modem is downstairs, and the MacBook, old router being used as a switch, and other computers are upstairs where there is no Ethernet wired.
Thank you in advance for any help.

Phone not recognised in itunes
iPhone not recognised by iTunes on PC
iPhone not recognised by iTunes on Mac

Sharing Internet Connection between Mac and Windows

Hi there!
I have a Windows Desktop and a Macbook 13". Am I able to share the Internet between them?
My Mac has Airport to connect wirelessly. So does my PC, except this Wireless connection always fails. I have re-installed the software and so on, but it still is failing.
What I would like to do is to have my PC connect to my Mac (preferably wirelessly, but I will use an Ethernet cable if I have to!) and then use the Wireless Internet connection. Is this possible, or am I just dreaming?
Help with this would be greatly appreciated!
James
Macbook 13" Intel Core 2 Duo Mac OS X (10.4.8) 2.0 Ghz and a Superdrive!

Right now, I have Verizon DSL that uses a Westell router. It has 4 ethernet ports on the back in addition to the DSL connections. I have a HP Pavilion with Windows XP in the basement, an iMac G3 in my room, and an intel iMac in our living room all connected to the router by ethernet cables. Each computer is able to access the other computer's files. On the intel iMac I have Microsoft Remote Desktop installed so that I can log into the HP in the basement and control it from the iMac. I haven't tried operating this network wirelessly, but I would imagine that it would be possible. One thing that you might want to check is the router's configuration. My router has settings that either allow or block wireless signals. To access my router's settings I type in 192.168.1.1 in Safari or Internet Explorer. Having all 3 computers on the internet at the same time does not slow the speed of the DSL very much.
I hope this information will help.
20" iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 250GB HD, 128 MB X1600 Graphics, 1 GB DDR2, DVD+-RW

Sharing internet connection with another mac

I have a 2.33 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac with 2 GB memory running Leopard 10.5.1 and connect to the internet through a cable modem into my ethernet port. I have internet sharing and Airport on. My daughter has an iMac G4 running 10.3.9 and gets her internet connection through my computer through an Airport connection. This was working well until I upgraded to Leopard and now she is unable to connect. Either my computer does not show up on her list of available networks or it will show up only briefly. When it does show and she tries to connect, she gets an error message stating there is a problem connecting. Never happened before he Leopard upgrade. Any ideas?

Thanks again both...
I think I have done exactly as you suggest. The USB modem is in the MBA USB port and connects to the mobile signal giving a good, fast connection - allowing my MBA to use safari and mail very well and with good download speeds. I go in to system preferences, internet and network, sharing and internet sharing in the "share connection from" I choose ZTEUSBModem. In the "to computers using" I tick Airport. In airport options I've tried 40 and 128 bit WEP. The ipad sees a wireless network and connects using the password I set in the internet sharing, airport options section. However, if you try to look at a web page, it just sits there for a bit but doesn't work. I tried my Iphone 4 last night and got the same result. Both work fine with my usual home wifi network, just can't get them to play nice with this USB mobile broadband modem....
Thanks again for trying to help..

How do I use Mail on a shared internet connection

Hello All;
I've tried searching the forums, and either I'm using the wrong search terms, or this question is so basic no one else is having problems....
My wife and will sometimes be in a hotel that has an ethernet cable for internet access. We both travel with our laptops (sad life, I know...) and use the internet. We usually plug the cable into her MBP and then I set up internet sharing to my iBook. Which works fine, except that Mail can't make a connection and I have to check my email accounts by going to the browser interface for each. I have several, which is why I set Mail up to work with them. Not a big problem, but annoying. Finally, sitting here in Ottawa I decided to do something about it since I'm waiting for it to warm up a bit - its something like -20C this morning.
Is it as simple as turning off the MBP's firewall? Or adjusting it? I don't like playing with the security settings, if I don't have to, for her MBP because it is vital for her work.
We are both using 10.4.11, and as stated above - she has a Mac Book Pro and I'm using a G4 iBook.
Thanks in advance....
Brrrrr - its cold out there.....

Hello Seth.
I believe you must go to System Preferences > Sharing > Firewall on the computer that shares its Internet connection and enable the ports that Mail needs, i.e. click on the New button, choose Other from the Port Name popup menu to name that setting however you wish, and specify the port number(s) there.
Also, go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list on each computer.
You may also find the following articles useful:
TCP/IP: Ports And Firewalls Explained
"Well Known" TCP and UDP Ports Used By Apple Software Products

Sharing internet connection from MacBook Pro to iMac G3

My goal here is to connect my iMac G3 (that I just got) to my cable internet connection. However, there are some hurdles in doing so. On the other side of my house lies my modem. It's connected to a D-Link wireless router to give my PC, Xbox 360, Wii and MacBook Pro internet all at the same time. It's too far to drag an ethernet cable, and the iMac G3 doesn't have an AirPort card (and $99 for a used wireless b adapter is ridiculous).
From what I've gathered online, OS X can share it's internet connection with another Mac via FireWire, ethernet or AirPort. AirPort is out of the question since that's how my MacBook Pro connects to the net, and since the iMac G3 doesn't have an AirPort card. I don't have anything that uses FireWire, so othe port on both machines is free, but I also don't have a cable to connect the two. I do, however, have a few spare ethernet cables, so I'd like to get this setup using them.
Thing is, I can't get it to work. Simply enabling internet sharing in System Preferences does diddly squat, and no connection is found with Network Utility on the iMac. What I'd really like here is for someone to either instruct me on how to get this to work, or point me in the direction of such an article. I haven't been able to find anything with Google so far...
Now, my MacBook Pro obvioously runs 10.4.9 with all the updates. The iMac G3, however, is running 10.3.5 at the moment. While I will be upgrading it to tiger in the near future, I kinda wanted to play around with Internet Expplorer before doing so. Being new to the Mac and all (the MBP is my first Mac), I've never used Internet Exporer on the Mac -- or 10.3 at all really, for that matter. So if it can be done, I'd like to do this with 10.3 still on the iMac, though I could upgrade it to tiger if I HAD to.
Should it matter, the iMac G3 is a 400MHz indigo unit with 256MB RAM and a 10GB HDD. It's the summer '00 model. The MacBook Pro is a revision A system with a 1.83GHz Core Duo inside. More detailed specs can be found within my profile on here, I believe.
Sorry for such a long winded post...
1.83GHz MacBook Pro 15"; 400MHz iMac G3 Indigo Mac OS X (10.4.9)

I don't have anything that uses FireWire, so othe port on both machines is free, but I also don't have a cable to connect the two. I do, however, have a few spare ethernet cables, so I'd like to get this setup using them.
Lost me there... is it Ethernet cables you're using even though it's too far? Or What?
Should be no problem Sharing the Internet connection from 101.4.9 to 10.3.x.
Just waiting for more info or clarity.

Using a shared internet connection?

my workplace doesn't have a wireless network, but i can plug in my macbook and was hoping to use it as a wireless network for my ipod touch. i enabled a shared ethernet connection via the airport on my mac, but my ipod touch doesn't find it as a wireless network.
am i doing something wrong?

Airplay from what? iTunes or iPad?
I assume iPad - in this setup the iPad and AppleTv will be unlikely to be able to see each other on the hotel network even if both are connected wirelessly. If they can and you don't have a user/room specific login I'd be concerned about other users seeing my devices too. These things are generally designed for single user access not to create your own local network. I suspect in the T&Cs for the wi-fi service it may preclude sharing the internet connection with another device, but if it works....

Problems with sharing internet connection via usb

I have been sharing the internet connection on my iPhone 5 via usb to a PC for a few years. When updating to iOS 8.3 and iTunes to 12.1 (from iOS 6 if I remember correctly) the internet sharing through usb stopped working. Sharing through wifi works and settings are the same as when usb internet share did work. Any idea on how to solve this except downgrading?
For my troubleshooting, has anyone been able to share internet via usb to PC (or Mac) with iOS 8 / iTunes 12.
PS I have unliited cellular data and iPhone is my only internet connection at home,

Mark,
There is a excellent book that teaches you how to do this (and other things) called Mac OS X Tiger: The Missing Manual (others of course)
If I remember correctly (book is on loan)
1: System Preferences>Network>Show>network port configurations (click unlock)
2: Click>Built in Firewire and drag to the top of the list (why I forget why)
3: System Preferences>Sharing>Internet>Share your connection from: Built in Ethernet (or what your using for your connection in) >To computers using: Built in Firewire>Start
4: Mac #2>Hook up Firewire 400 cable>System Preferences>Network>Location>New Location
5: Show>Network Port Configurations>Drag Built in Firewire to top of list and enable.
6: I also think you have to enable Personal Web Sharing on the Mac hosting the internet.
anyway play with it, you'll figure it out. if someone doesn't get to you.

Problems sharing internet connection - works only one way...

hey all,
i'm having a problem sharing my internet connection between our "new" iBook G4 and "old" iMac G5. (both machines are running 10.4.10.) i've seen several posts here that seem related, but no answers that have worked in my case.
here's the gist:
ideally, i'd like share the internet connection from the iMac (from our cable modem) to the iBook over the airport. so, i've set up the iMac to do this under "sharing" in system preferences. i then set up the iBook to connect to this new wireless network. under "network status", it says the iBook is connected to the iMac's network, but that the iBook doesn't have its own IP address, so it can't connect to the internet.
oddly, when i reverse the process - i.e. plug the modem into the iBook and share the connection over the airport to the iMac - it works fine. the iMac gets its own IP address and can see the internet.
a friend suggests that somehow the iBook is set up to distribute IP addresses as a router, but the iMac isn't. fine. but, i don't know how to make changes to that function.
any thoughts?

well, it's taken all day - many, many attempts. but i've finally found something that worked. the answer was burried in the middle of this guy's blog page:
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/03/26/how-to-using-your-mac-as-a-nat-router/
he says:
"I've turned off DHCP and set the address to: 192.168.0.1 and the subnet to 255.255.255.192 In making these choices I was following a hint that appeared at macOSXhints back in 2002. Once this is done I went back to the Internet tab of Sharing Preference Pane, select en4 and start it.
"Now on my other device (in this case a Xbox 360) I set it up as follows:
"IP address: 192.168.0.2 subnet: 255.255.255.192 (this is the same subnet of the en4 USB interface, above) gateway/router: 192.168.0.1 (this is the address of the en4 interface) DNS: 192.168.2.1
"(here's where the voodoo comes in, I have no idea why this DNS setting works. You would think it should be 192.168.0.1, or even the DNS server of my ISP, but those simply do not work. I suspect that it has something to do with sharing over Airport as well).
"I've also found that this will only work properly if Internet Sharing is active for my Airport interface. If I turn off the Airport interface (en1), the wired interface (en4) also dies. With these settings in place, everything seems to work properly. Keep in mind you may also need to enable certain services (which will vary with your application) in the Services tab of the Sharing Pane:"
i wasn't trying to solve quite the same problem he was, but by manually inputting the IP addresses, etc, that he did, as well as randomly enabling other "sharing" options (FTP access, etc) which seemed unrelated to internet sharing, it finally worked.
can anyone explain what this is about? it all seems pretty cryptic to me. i'm not sure what i even did...
no complaints, but it would be interesting to know.
thanks!

2 macs sharing internet connection

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for