Connecting a Powermac to the Internet through a laptop

[Technochicken]

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

 

[SNGX1275]

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.

 

[DelJo63]

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

 

[Technochicken]

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.

 

[DelJo63]

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.

That's correct; ICS demands this address. Two choices; change the IP address of the router or cable directly ... but

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.

can you use a wifi connection; the router and 2nd system needs to have WiFi.

 

[Technochicken]

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?

 

[DelJo63]

no. changing the router is trivial however; be sure to use a wired connection to the PC