Internet from macbook to PS2 via ethernet port on macbook

I am currently connected to the internet through the airport thing from a router on my macbook. I have read online that you can share your internet connection to another computer through your ethernet port.
My question is, can you have the internet connection run from my macbook to my ps2 through an ethernet cable? I tried the internet sharing thing in osx but it didnt work and I dont want to buy an expensive wireless adapter.
Message was edited by: OldBoyKilla

Sure, it's been done, but if you use encryption you'll have problems.
Setup Internet Sharing on the Mac, wait up to 45 minutes for any SMB device to announce itself, (crazy, I know)
Set the Router on the {S2 to be the IP of the MacBook.
Post with results or non-results.

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*MAC Address*
Every ethernet port has a unique MAC Address. A router can block on a MAC Address. That is why I suggest you check out your router.
Note MAC is not Mac. MAC is all upper case.
definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_address
*Ethernet port hardware*
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*Dns problem?*
It has symptoms of a DNS problem. The little traffic is a symptom of the problem. You said all the numbers were the same, however.
Verify DNS
apple > system preferences > network
Double click on network connection you are using.
Pick the TCP/IP tab.
Verify that you have a DNS Server. If you do not, look on your windows machine and see what the net address is. You can also pick using DHCF and still enter you DNS server address.
You can use
harddrive > applications > utilities > network utility
to diagnose the situation.
You can ping google.com. Result:
Ping has started ...
PING google.com (64.233.167.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=215.362 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=279.597 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=189.747 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=250.657 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=183.232 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=243.753 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=173.108 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=230.239 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=180.639 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=232.177 ms
--- google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 173.108/217.851/279.597/33.615 ms
If that does work, try pinging 64.233.167.99 Result:
Ping has started ...
PING 64.233.167.99 (64.233.167.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=189.655 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=213.471 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=257.873 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=172.745 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=226.723 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=171.883 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=260.308 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=172.963 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=198.840 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=181.215 ms
--- 64.233.167.99 ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 171.883/204.568/260.308/32.247 ms
If pinging 17.254.3.183 works but pinging Google.com doesn't. You have a bad DNS Server address.
BDAqua suggests in a post.
You can use OpenDNS for looking up web addresses.
Put these numbers in Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers for a try...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
I think they now pretend you need to join to use, but you don't.
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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5908432#5908432
Google provides free dns lookup too. There numbers are:
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
Robert
=======================================================
I suggest that you try pinging Google.com.
Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ ping -c4 google.com
PING google.com (64.233.187.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=177.617 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=251.899 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=169.291 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=250.119 ms
--- google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 169.291/212.232/251.899/38.894 ms
mac $ ping -c4 64.233.187.99
PING 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=176.723 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=247.889 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=176.890 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=244.623 ms
--- 64.233.187.99 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 176.723/211.531/247.889/34.744 ms
mac $
Analysis: If you cannot ping Goolge.com but you can ping 64.233.187.99, then you need to enter you dns address. For some reason Mac OS X sometimes doesn't set the dns. You can set it manually.
apple > system preferences > network
tcp/ip tab and enter address of dns servers
example 162.33.160.100
You will need to use a different number.
PS.
You are a little short on stating results. You state what you did, but I have to guess the result.
Did: X
Result: Y
Did:
1) Power Book's ethernet cable plugged into router port 5. Working to yahoo.com.
2) Unplugged power book's ethernet cable from router
3) Plugged eMac's ethernet cable into port 5.
Result: eMac using Firefox was not able to access yahoo.com
Robert

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I've been attempting to share the internet from my laptop wifi connection to a raspberry pi (with arch) connected via an ethernet port.
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https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Internet_sharing
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Last edited by anthillsocial (2015-04-08 12:03:14)

Success!! I'd mistakenly thought that dhcpcd acted as both client and server so that's where I went wrong. The following script now works using dhcpd. As a reference for others, here's my setup:
#!/bin/bash
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ip link set $DEVICE down
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ip addr add $ROUTERIP/24 dev $DEVICE # arbitrary address
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iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o internet0 -j MASQUERADE
iptables -A FORWARD -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A FORWARD -i $DEVICE -o internet0 -j ACCEPT
#Config file: /etc/dhcpd.conf
#Database file: /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases # cat this to see if a device has been asigned a lease
#PID file: /var/run/dhcpd.pid
dhcpd $DEVICE
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option domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 139.96.30.100;
subnet 139.96.30.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 139.96.30.150 139.96.30.250;
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cat /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases
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Message was edited by: jaboc77

You can connect them via ethernet cable. It will work fine.
No special software needed on either side.
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Airport Extreme Sharing printer to Leopard and Windows 7 via Ethernet port.

Hello!
My home office is in a mixed environment, 1 iMac with Leopard 10.5.8, and the other iMac running Windows 7 Ultimate x64 on bootcamp. Both computers are connected to the Airport Extreme (dual band version, firmware 7.4.2) via Ethernet. I attached the HP LaserJet P1006 to the Airport's usb port in order to share the printer to both platforms.
My problem is that, I got the printer installed on Win 7 by using bonjour print service v2.02 without any problem as it said works in both Ethernet and wireless, I sent a print test from win 7 successfully, then I did another test from leopard ( as I presumed it should works also), however, it says "the printer is in use". and wouldn't print. I tried restart the Airport Extreme and tried print from leopard again and that was fine but then Win 7 couldn't print.
Is there any solution for Mac + Win environment like my description? If I have 2 computers running on OS X they print perfectly well. Thanks all!
My solution for now is to physically plugging the printer to where I need to print from. I use Ethernet wired both computers is because I want to take the advantage of the gigabyte lan port for speedy files transfer between both computers.

If networking isn't working out for you, you may want to try out a swtich. Best Buy sells one by IOGEAR that allows for two USB connections to tie into one computer. So long as windows 7 can either download its own driver for the printer for basic features, or if you want to download canon's driver this solution will work. The only draw back is having to bring the laptop near the printer when you need to print.
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MX860 Drivers and Support Page
My opinions do not in any way shape or form represent Best Buy's Official decisions.

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