Sharing internet connection with a Windows laptop

I'm using an older, 802.11b Airport (I think it is Snow) and have no problem connecting my MacBook Pro or my iMac. I've just bought a Gateway laptop running Windows Vista. I cannot connect to the internet on the new machine. I've turned off WEP through Airport Admin Utility. The Vista machine shows as connecting to the network but only with Local Access and is not able to connect to the internet. I took it to a local public hotspot and had no trouble connecting. What do I need to do to be able to share my internet connection with the new machine? Thanks for any help.
Michael

It's working. The problem was that windows left the field "gateway" on the wireless device properties blank. I just had to put 192.168.0.1 there to get it to work. Thanks for your help, tomk.

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Sharing internet connection with Windows via Airport

Happy New Year, all!
I have an iMac Intel Core Duo connected to an ADSL modem via ethernet. I'd like to share my internet connection via Airport with a Windows laptop (which is running XP with SP2). I've read that this is possible and I've tried setting it up but the laptop isn't seeing the Airport network at all.
I've created a network with security off, from the Airport drop-down menu in the iMac menu bar, turned Internet Sharing on (Share from: ethernet - to computers using: Airport). I have Windows Sharing and Personal Web Sharing turned on, and my firewall is off. But the Airport network still doesn't show up on the laptop.
Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong, or at least point me in the right direction.
Many thanks in advance.

i am having the same problem. i have the mac connected but when i go to windows i can't get the page open that says to connect. when i run the mouse over the icons at the bottom of the page it shows the airport signal being excellent. but i just can't get to a page to enter the "key to connect". it is greyed out and shows that it is limited or not connectivity.
please someone help!
movie lady

Sharing internet connection with a PC

Hi, I have a macbook with the latest OS X. I want to know if it is possible to share my PC's internet connection with my laptop, either through wifi, bluetooth, or firewire. I am running XP on the PC. I will not have a wireless network up, and I would like to have internet on both my mac and my pc. Is there a device that i can hook into my PC to broadcast a wifi network. It doesnt have to have a large range, I'll be using my laptop close to my desktop.
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Really cool feature alert. Under System Preferences-->Sharing you can have your Mac share to any computer connected via Wi-fi, Firewire, or Ethernet. Whichever adapters are not used for the Internet connection are available.
It saved me lots of grief setting up some stubborn Windows boxen that only loaded the firewire driver as the OS was setup.

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i have been trying to share my internet connection from my imac to my powerbook and nintendo wii. i've been unable to accomplish neither. i've opened the sharing preferences, chosen "share your connection from built in ethernet" which is how my imac is connected to the internet, and then chosen "to computers using airport". if i then set my airport options to automatic channel, encryption using 40 bit wep and set a 5 character password as it says if you "plan to share your internet connection with non-apple computers", (and then turn internet sharing on) shouldn't i be able to connect either/both my powerbook and my nintendo wii? or is it necessary to have some other piece of hardware or go through some other steps?
thanks in advance for any help.

I got a macbook for college and I had the same problem with connecting my Wii to the macbook's connection. But lo and behold, the internet's a wonderful place! I tried this out (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070514152251515) and it worked! I'm not sure about the powerbook bit though, sorry. Hope it works for you too.

IPhone 3GS can't share internet connection with a windows 7 64 bit version?

I have an iPhone 3GS with the latest iOS installed, then the personal hotspot option is ON and it shares internet connection to a laptop with Windows 7, 32 bit version and with the latest version of itunes installled (10.6.1.7).
But when I connect this same iPhone to another laptop with Windows 7, 64 bit version with the latest version of itunes 64 bit, there is no internet sharing, no error, no signal of fails, it is just as if the hotspot option were OFF.
Its is posible to share internet from iPhone 3GS to a PC with Windows 7, 64 bit version?

Hey there @slee , welcome back
I would suggest trying the steps in this guide for the installation troubles you are having on your one specific Windows 7 computer.
Windows 7: The Progress Bar on the Software Installation Stops or Stalls
You can also try disabling your firewall while you run the installation to see if that helps.
Let me know the results!
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Im currently sharing my internet connection from my macbook to my xbox 360 via ethernet but for some reason my NAT is set to strict.
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I got a macbook for college and I had the same problem with connecting my Wii to the macbook's connection. But lo and behold, the internet's a wonderful place! I tried this out (http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20070514152251515) and it worked! I'm not sure about the powerbook bit though, sorry. Hope it works for you too.

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I have a 2.33 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac with 2 GB memory running Leopard 10.5.1 and connect to the internet through a cable modem into my ethernet port. I have internet sharing and Airport on. My daughter has an iMac G4 running 10.3.9 and gets her internet connection through my computer through an Airport connection. This was working well until I upgraded to Leopard and now she is unable to connect. Either my computer does not show up on her list of available networks or it will show up only briefly. When it does show and she tries to connect, she gets an error message stating there is a problem connecting. Never happened before he Leopard upgrade. Any ideas?

Thanks again both...
I think I have done exactly as you suggest. The USB modem is in the MBA USB port and connects to the mobile signal giving a good, fast connection - allowing my MBA to use safari and mail very well and with good download speeds. I go in to system preferences, internet and network, sharing and internet sharing in the "share connection from" I choose ZTEUSBModem. In the "to computers using" I tick Airport. In airport options I've tried 40 and 128 bit WEP. The ipad sees a wireless network and connects using the password I set in the internet sharing, airport options section. However, if you try to look at a web page, it just sits there for a bit but doesn't work. I tried my Iphone 4 last night and got the same result. Both work fine with my usual home wifi network, just can't get them to play nice with this USB mobile broadband modem....
Thanks again for trying to help..

Sharing internet connection with XP

I'm racking my brain trying to figure this one out. Since I can't, I'm racking the apple discussion user's brains as well.
I have an ibook g3, white, dual usb, running 10.3.9. It was one of the last ones made with just a cd drive and no airport card. I finally found it and got it back up and running, and have ordered a used airport card off of ebay. Until then, I want an internet connection.
I have a pc running XP pro. It is connected wirelessly to our network. I'd like to be able to share the connection with the ibook by ethernet. I have a wireless nic in the pc, and onboard lan.
Am I dreaming here? Or is this something I could possibly accomplish?
As an aside, my pmu is definitely on the fritz. It has had it's logic board replaced recently, and I have reset pmu and pram and I still have the time reset every time the machine is restarted. I know the battery is NOT end user replaceable, but I'm not your typical end user :P Does anyone know what KIND of battery I'd be looking for?
Thanks!
Aggie

Aggie,
The capacitor that Rhonda is speaking of is actually a super capacitor. It's .22 Farads @ 5.5 Volts. Here's a picture of one on a 600 G3 iBook 12":
http://s291.photobucket.com/albums/ll306/spudnuty/?action=view&current=SuperCapi Book.jpg
I thought they were all .22 F but this one reads .33 F. I found some here:
http://www.bgmicro.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=12762
Which has a different lead configuration. You might be able to find the exact one at Mouser. I have replaced these in 3 G3 iBooks but I had to mod the leads to make it work.
I don't remember if I desoldered the originals from the board or clipped them off and tacked solder the new ones on. I'm sure I would have worried about multi layer board problems. The capacitors had the classic overfill bursting problem.
Large caps are often used for voltage stabilization and this is an extreme example. If your super cap is dead small transients in the power supply to the logic board would cause the PMU to reset. Transients like that would be incurred during startup.
Actually it's called PMU-99 (Apple's designation) and it's a Mitsubishi M16C/62F microprocessor as detailed here:
http://everything2.com/e2node/PMU99
Getting to that cap would require removing the lower case, lower shield, top case and top shield. Not a trivial job and fraught with gotchas like wrong screw in the wrong place shorting out the logic board and ripping off the power lead socket from the logic board (4 cases here on this forum recently).
Richard

PowerBook AE wireless. How to share internet connection with a XP laptop?

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Powerbook running the latest OS X.
Airpot Express connected to Comcast Broadband
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If I set up Internet sharing in the Sys Prefs, the computer is able to log on my network, but my PowerBook loses the ability - the airport menu bar icon changes - instead of the 4 round signal waves it shows an upward arrow.
How do I set it up so I can have both computers running online?
Do I need Airport Extreme? Is Airport Express even capable of this?

I'm still trying, but every time I start internet sharing, the outside laptops can use the network, but my own PB loses it and the airport icon always turns into an arrow.... no network access available to me at all. Highly inconvenient.
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Problem with sharing internet connecting with Wii via AirPort

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I just bought a Wii and want to connect it to the internet using the built in AirPort feature of the iMac. After I turn on Internet Sharing in Sharing, the Wii will find the iMac as an Access Point (that's the term in the Wii menu).
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Though this link talks about blocking them, you should be able to reverse it...
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/security/howto/2007-07-31/
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Sharing internet connection - HOW?

I'm sharing internet connection with a PC via netgear. Now we want to add another ibook to the connection. How do I open the network so that it can share the connection? It keeps saying that the network password is incorrect, when it's not... Any ideas?
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Are you using WEP?
One of the problems with WEP is that the actual standard relies on a 10 character HEX key for 40bit WEP and a 26 character HEX key for 128bit WEP.
In order to make things easier for people, vendors use certain algorithms to convert simple alphanumeric passwords (or passphrases) into HEX keys, thus enabling people to use simple memorable WEP password rather than lengthy HEX keys.
The problem is that different vendors use different algorithms to generate the HEX key and therefore a ASCII password on an AEBS will be hashed differently on a Netgear client and vice versa.
One thing is a 13 character 128 bit WEP password will be hashed by all vendors in the same way (if you use 40bit WEP then a 5 character password is required).
Though sometimes not even that works and the HEX key must be used regardless.
I have found this to be the case with all the Netgear routers I have used.
AirPort: Joining an encrypted wireless network
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424
Choosing a password for networks that use Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108058

I have a Mac, IPad, I phones, and 2 Windows Vista Pcs and I'm having trouble with the Windows Laptop staying connected. I have to re-boot after and extended period of time please help

I have a Mac, IPad, I phones, and 2 Windows Vista Pcs and I'm having trouble with the Windows Laptop staying connected. I have to re-boot after an extended period of time please help. Thanks!

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What's the best way to connect two imac's with shared internet connection?

Hi
I plan on purchasing a new iMac (likely 2.4 GHz Intel Core Duo - 20 inch, probably will have leopard) and would like to set it up so I can share files and internet connection with my older iMac (1.25 GHz Power PC G4, 768 MB DDR SDRAM, using Tiger Version 10.4.11). I plan on using the Airport Extreme Base Station. I have a exterior cable modem for high speed internet through Shaw (internet provider) and my ethernet connection is through that.
I've heard a few things about this set up, but there are mixed reviews on everything. Would it be better to connect the Airport Base Station to my older iMac and then connect to the internet wirelessly through my new iMac or vice versa? I've heard some of the older iMac's have slow Airport Cards so thinking maybe should use my new iMac for wireless. One computer will be upstairs and the other downstairs.
There must be a few people out there who've done this, so any assistance would be great. Thanks for your help.

Would it be better to connect the Airport Base Station to my older iMac and then connect to the internet wirelessly through my new iMac...
Yes
This would allow the old iMac to use a 100 Mbps Ethernet connection while the new iMac can use a 802.11n wireless connection.
The old iMac only has 802.11g (54 Mbps) wireless capability.

Sharing an internet connection with Airport express and Time Capsule

Hi, I have been happily using a cable modem and a Time Capsule for my internet connection and wireless network. We recently added solar panels to our roof and the system needs to be connected to the internet so it can be monitored remotely. Calling Comcast is an exercise in frustration, and the solar people don't seem to know exactly how to do it, so I'm trying this.
We bought an Airport Express, thinking if it is connected with an ethernet cable to the solar system, it could somehow share the internet connection with the Time Capsule, or they could talk to each other. When I plug in the Airport Express, the only set-up option seems to be to set up a new network, which I don't think I want to do. Can anyone tell me how to set this up? Thank you!

Hi, Under Water.
You should configure the Express to "Join a wireless network" or to "Extend a wireless network". (Either one will work.)
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Provide the appropriate security mode and password for the Time Capsule's network.
Press "Update" and allow your Express to restart.
Then you can plug the solar system into the Express's Ethernet port.

I want to share internet connection with external IP

Hello, guys.
I am running 2010 2.4GHz Mac Mini with 2GB RAM. My inernet cable goes directly to my Mac with no router whatsoever. Here's my problem:
I'm trying to set up a game server (Minecraft). So I need port 25565 to be opened. I managed to do that on my Mac and it's working perfectly. But now I want to host that server on my laptop (running Windows 7).
When I share my internet connection with that laptop and run the server and then check the port using canyouseeme.org I get message that that port is closed, connection refused.
After few hours of no results (adding Firewall rules, trying to port forward (before I see that port forwading can be done only using a router)) I call up my ISP and the guy tells me that when my Mac shares the internet connection, my laptop's IP is internal thus making the server that it's running invisible to others. My question is:
How do I share the Mac's connection via WiFi so that the laptop gets external (visible to the public) IP?
I really hope I made my problem clear.
Thanks.

Get a router.
The internet is a dangerous place for a computer without a properly configured firewall.
Also, when you get said router, look at the Logmein Hamachi VPN. It provides a point to point vpn connection which should resolve your minecraft issues.

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