PS3 using BUILT-IN Airport on iMac???

Ok, so I'm trying to set up my PS3's network using wifi streaming from my iMac (sharing ethernet via wifi). I have all protection (wep/wpa) off. The iMac is transmitting (the arrow symbol is present on the wifi icon) and the PS3 can see the SSID when I scan for a network nearby, but when I try to connect it failed to obtain an IP address. Any clue? Please help!

The search function does work in this discussion area. The following is in my post in the thread "PS3 wireless connection via internet sharing":This may be related...
In the AirPort (wireless networking) discussion areas there have been several threads about trying to use a Mac's Internet Sharing to give a Nintendo Wii wireless access. To date, all of them have failed.
The result of the threads seems to point to the very strong possibility that the Wii uses ports that are not available/opened by Internet Sharing. Since there is no configuration options in this area on the Mac, there is no way to open these ports.
The general consensus is that a wireless router or access point must be used instead of the Mac's Internet Sharing.

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