Firewire - Internet Sharing - Networking

I have my two apple computers connected via firewire. (Macpro Quad 8GB mem, 2 Video Cards, 3 monitors, airport) The computers see each other and file sharing, file transfer, itunes, and screen sharing all work.
The Macpro has an ethernet card directly connected to my router. My ipod connects to my Macpro via airport. My macbook can also connect to my macpro via airport. But Airport is way to slow so I purchased a firewire cable.
Internet settings are
Share your connection from : Ethernet 1
To computers using Airport; and Firewire
Internet sharing works over airport but not firewire.
On the Macpro I set firewire network up manually
ip 169.254.102.75 255.255.255.0
router 69.123.125.221 (ip address of my ethernet card which has router address 69.123.96.1)
DNS 167.206.254.1
On the macbook firewire is manual
ip address 169.254.102.77 255.255.255.0
router 169.254.102.75 next hop to remote firewrie
dns 167.206.254.1
I also tired to http://69.147.76.15 which is yahoo to rule out dns problems
Any ideas.

My solution was to go ethernet via a router.. No problemo now.

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Hi, looking for help to resolve the following issue: On my Firewire connected cpu, I can't get past the "You are not connected to the internet." dialog in Safari. Reaching the conclusion that one or more of my settings are incorrect.
1st). 24" iMac w/ 10.5.1; connected to Cable modem via Ethernet
(there is a 5-port switch prior to this cpu)
Sharing > Internet Sharing (Firewire) - ON
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I can see & browse files within Network > Servers yet, I'm not able to access the internet.
Might anyone have a suggestion for this prob? I have searched for the answers w/ no concise results.
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Sim

simoom,
I'm surprised you're getting anything, on either computer. Let's see if we can't get you straightened out.
First, computer #1 needs to get its IP address via DHCP, not manually (unless your ISP has told you otherwise; not very common). Plus, it would be a good idea to get rid of the switch. A switch is OK if it is downstream of a router, which itself acts as an internal DHCP server, but not when connected directly to a modem.
So, computer #1 should be connected directly to the modem. It will talk directly to your ISP's DHCP server and acquire an IP address. It would appear that the Firewire Sharing is set up properly, so this should be fine once an IP address is nailed down.
Second, computer #2 needs to gain an IP address the same way: via DHCP. When computer #1 has Internet Sharing turned on, it acts just a router would, issuing "private" IP addresses to the connected computer(s), then acting as a NAT router. On computer #2, configure a Firewire network port, and set it to look for an IP address via DHCP.
Scott

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I have an iBook running Tiger 10.4.11 connected to the net with ethernet. The internet connection comes through a radio antenna which acts like a router to which I don't have access.
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I can't make a functional network in reverse either (i.e. setting it up on the other laptop and trying to connect wirelessly with the ibook).
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When I click start Little Snitch tells me natd wants to connect to 10.0.2.1 (presumably the router in the antenna), which I allow. I try to connect with the linux laptop and it tries then disconnects.
Back on that part, at that Point the Mac is a NATD Router, don't try to connect to the other computers.
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I apologise if this has been discussed elsewhere - please point me to any useful links.
I have a G4 iMac and iBook (running 10.4.6) both with airport extreme cards installed. I would like to use a computer to computer connection for file / printer sharign and most importantly to share the ethernet connection to the internet running through my iMac.
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Message was edited by: pogster

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What you suggested, is exactly what I've been trying and is not working.
I think your mistaken:
Location are great to create new network profiles, true. You can't access them from the Airport menu, but from the Apple menu in the submenu location.
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So, that's not the solution I'm searching for, unless you know some way to bind the 2 seting into a location.
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