Re: [NTLK] Ne(w)tworking assistance - I have checked the FAQ!!!!

From: Paul Guyot (pguyot_at_kallisys.net)
Date: Tue Sep 02 2003 - 13:51:39 PDT


Il me semble que le 2/09/03 à 21:40 +0100, David Mills nous racontait:
>I have a cable modem. It is connected to my iMac directly. I also have a
>Newton that connects to the internet the same way, but not at the same time.
>
>What do I need to keep the iMac plugged into the internet all the time and
>occaisionaly plug in the Newton to share this connection without the hassle
>of unplugging/plugging in?

Apparently, your iMac is running MacOS X.
I think you can do this: go in Preferences, Sharing, Internet and
activate the sharing of your Internet access. You may then connect
with your Newton with a DHCP setting.

Note: I'm not completely sure that it would work since I didn't test
it, I just know that if you have two separate interfaces, like you
try to share your Internet access via Ethernet with Airport clients,
it does work.

Note #2: the setting goes away everytime you log out/restart your
iMac. There are tools on the web to automatically start the internet
sharing.

If this doesn't work, there are free Unix-like tools and applications
based thereof that will let you share your Internet access just as
described. Versiontracker reveals this one:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11908

The drawback is that your iMac needs to be connected on the Internet
to surf with your Newton. If you don't want this, you'll need a
hardware router (sorry to not advise you for this kind of hardware, I
only have personal experiences with Airport base stations).

Paul

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