How to set mac mini to virtual router

how to set mac mini to virtual router.

Hi James,
It's Internet Sharing you're looking for in System Preferences>Sharing, which can share your connection, say from Ethernet to other computers/devices using Airport/Wifi.

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VGA/SVGA Display
------------------- RAW DATA ------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 09 AD 38 02 BD E7 00 00
1 | 30 0B 01 01 08 1E 18 64 E8 17 26 A0 61 58 9A 2E
2 | 27 54 39 AD CE 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 C3 1E 00 20 41 00 20 30 10 60
4 | 13 00 1E 16 00 00 00 1E 64 19 00 40 41 00 26 30
5 | 18 88 36 00 1E 16 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 FD 00 3C
6 | 4B 1F 3C 08 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FE
7 | 00 46 58 57 4A 31 42 30 32 35 39 33 32 35 00 66
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------------------- MAIN EDID BLOCK -----------------
EDID Version........1.1
Manufacturer........BMM
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Serial Number.......0000E7BD
Manufactured........Week 48 of year 2001
Max H Size..........30 cm
Max V Size..........24 cm
Gamma...............2.00
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Power Management: Active off Power Management: Suspend Power Management: Standby
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RGB color display
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Default color space is not sRGB standard
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Composite Sync
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Red y = 0.380 Green y = 0.604 Blue y = 0.154 White y = 0.225
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640 x 480 @ 60Hz
640 x 480 @ 72Hz
640 x 480 @ 75Hz
800 x 600 @ 60Hz
800 x 600 @ 72Hz
800 x 600 @ 75Hz
1024 x 768 @ 60Hz
1024 x 768 @ 70Hz
1024 x 768 @ 75Hz
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Standard Timing Identification:
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Descriptor #0 is Timing definition:
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Horizontal Vertical
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Front Porch............. 16 pixels 1 lines
Sync Width.............. 96 pixels 3 lines
Back Porch.............. 176 pixels 28 lines
Blanking................ 288 pixels 32 lines
Total................... 1312 pixels 800 lines
Scan Rate............... 60.023 kHz 75.029 Hz
Image Size.............. 30 mm 22 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Positive vertical polarity
* Positive horizontal polarity
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Mode = 1024 x 768 @ 60.004Hz
Pixel Clock............. 65.00 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active.................. 1024 pixels 768 lines
Front Porch............. 24 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 136 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 160 pixels 29 lines
Blanking................ 320 pixels 38 lines
Total................... 1344 pixels 806 lines
Scan Rate............... 48.363 kHz 60.004 Hz
Image Size.............. 30 mm 22 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Negative vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
Descriptor #2 is Monitor limits:
Horizontal frequency range.......31-60 kHz
Vertical frequency range.........60-75 Hz
Maximum bandwidth unspecified
Descriptor #3 is ASCII data:
FXWJ1B0259325

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