Internet sharing over ethernet

My iMac here is sharing my dialup internet connection over ethernet.
my iBook is set to Configure IPv4 using DHCP but it's getting an IP of 192.168.2.12 and the subnet 255.255.255.0 and the Router 192.168.2.1.
But the iMac isn't even connected to the internet yet? o.O it's a crossover cable directly between the two computers so there is no other computer on the network. Airport is off on the laptop and I don't own a base station yet.

The computer gets its IP address from the router not from the Internet. If you have Internet Sharing turned on, then your iMac is acting as a router and providing an IP address to the laptop via the Ethernet cable connection.

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  • HT2497 Is there some setting on the airport that stops me from file sharing over ethernet between my macs

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    aksello wrote:
    I have a Mac Mini from 2013 with OSX10.7.5 and a MBP from 2009 with OSX 10.6.8.
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