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Connecting a Powermac to the Internet through a laptop
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Connecting a Powermac to the Internet through a laptop
I recently got an old Power Mac G4 from my school, since they were going to recycle it, and I am trying to get it to connect to the internet through my netbook, since it does not have a wireless adapter. Here are the specs:
Power Mac G4 Mirror Drive Door 1.25 Ghz PPC G4 1.5 Gb Ram Geforce2 MX 80 Gb HDD OS X Leopard Server Edition Following some instructions online, I have converted an Ethernet cable to a crossover cable, but all the instructions I have seen have been for sharing the network to another PC, not a mac. Thanks for any help, TC |
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If your netbook is running XP just set up ICS. Then you don't need to do anything on your mac (or even if it was a PC) because they just see the netbook as the real internet connection.
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You will be happier with a router connection where the PC and the Mac attach to it.
Each system will then be independent of the other. Use a regular cable (not cross-over) from the router to each system. This will immediately give Internet access to all system. Perform normal File/Sharing on the PC. Accessing Mac => PC is via \\pcname\sharename Accessing PC => Mac is via \\macname\macUserName |
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When I try to enable ICS, I get an IP conflict. ICS wants me to use the adress 192.168.0.1, which is the same as my router.
I can not hook the system directly to the router, because I would have to run a cable through a few walls to do so. |
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The mac does not support wifi. I could buy an airport card for it, but I have not as of yet. Is is possible to change the IP of the ICS host so that it does not conflict with the router?
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no. changing the router is trivial however; be sure to use a wired connection to the PC
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