Mac on broadband network

I currently have a BT voyager 2100 modem and have two wireless laptops
connected to it, they work fine. The thing is, I want my Mac to be
able be able to share this internet connection. The Mac is a desktop
PC so want to be able to connect this via network cable.

As I have no idea about Macs (especially the networking side) I was
wondering if anyone could help me?


Thanks in advance,

Will Bonner-May

Will Bonner-May <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I currently have a BT voyager 2100 modem and have two wireless laptops
> connected to it, they work fine. The thing is, I want my Mac to be
> able be able to share this internet connection. The Mac is a desktop
> PC so want to be able to connect this via network cable.
>
> As I have no idea about Macs (especially the networking side) I was
> wondering if anyone could help me?

Well, if you have a spaer Ethernet connector you should be able to just
plug it in and go. You might need to log out/in to reset the addresses,
but that's about it. Assuming you have OSX of course.

You don't say what Mac you have though, that could make a difference.
All later Macs have PCI slots, so a card is a possibility, and the G5's
have BlueTooth already installed.

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On 2004-10-05 21:50:52 +0100, (E-Mail Removed) (Will Bonner-May) said:

> I currently have a BT voyager 2100 modem and have two wireless laptops
> connected to it, they work fine. The thing is, I want my Mac to be
> able be able to share this internet connection. The Mac is a desktop
> PC so want to be able to connect this via network cable.
>
> As I have no idea about Macs (especially the networking side) I was
> wondering if anyone could help me?

Modern Macs (I have a couple of silver ones) all auto-detect whether
the network cable is cross-over or straight-through, but since you
don't state how old yours is, get a straight-through one to be on the
safe side.

IP address &c will be issued by the Voyager, and the easiest way to
configure the Mac is to switch it on.

If for some reason the Intarnet doesn't work, then check that
"Configure IPv4" in Applications > System Preferences > Network >
Built-In Ethernet is set to "Using DHCP". I can confirm no weird &
inexplicable issues running Mac OS X.3 against a wireless Voyager.

HTH,

Stroller.

On 5 Oct 2004 13:50:52 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Will Bonner-May)
wrote:

>I currently have a BT voyager 2100 modem and have two wireless laptops
>connected to it, they work fine. The thing is, I want my Mac to be
>able be able to share this internet connection. The Mac is a desktop
>PC so want to be able to connect this via network cable.

The simplest thing is to connect the mac's ethernet port to the router
in the usual way ie with a cable. If you want to go wireless, try to
find a wireless adapter that supports Macs (Belkin's USB ones
apparently do). I'm not aware of any PCI wireless cards that support
OS9 or OSX though its possible that the latter is now supported.

>As I have no idea about Macs (especially the networking side)

Its identical to everything else's networking, don't worry.

(E-Mail Removed) (Will Bonner-May) wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed). com>...
> I currently have a BT voyager 2100 modem and have two wireless laptops
> connected to it, they work fine. The thing is, I want my Mac to be
> able be able to share this internet connection. The Mac is a desktop
> PC so want to be able to connect this via network cable.
>
> As I have no idea about Macs (especially the networking side) I was
> wondering if anyone could help me?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Will Bonner-May

Cheers guys,

The Mac in question is a G4 I think. Does this cofigure automatically??

On 6 Oct 2004 07:09:14 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Will Bonner-May)
wrote:

>The Mac in question is a G4 I think. Does this cofigure automatically??

With both OS9 and OSX, all macs from the G3 upwards (ie about 10 years
ago...) are perfectly capable of automatic config. Just ensure they're
set to get their IP from the DHCP server.

Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On 6 Oct 2004 07:09:14 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Will Bonner-May)
> wrote:
>
> >The Mac in question is a G4 I think. Does this cofigure automatically??
>
> With both OS9 and OSX, all macs from the G3 upwards (ie about 10 years
> ago...) are perfectly capable of automatic config. Just ensure they're
> set to get their IP from the DHCP server.

On the subject of macs, I've connected two powerbooks (both on 10.3.5)
to a D-link hub, then to a zoom x3 router/modem. No problem sharing the
internet connection, but I can't get the macs to see each other, which
I'd have thought I could have. No problem if I just connect them
directly via ethernet cables- then they see each other fine. Any idea
what I'm doing wrong?

David

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On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 01:18:54 +0100, (E-Mail Removed)
(chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:

>to a D-link hub, then to a zoom x3 router/modem. No problem sharing the
>internet connection, but I can't get the macs to see each other, which
>I'd have thought I could have. No problem if I just connect them
>directly via ethernet cables- then they see each other fine. Any idea
>what I'm doing wrong?

Depends what you mean by "see each other". Can you ping from one to
the other? Is it just filesharing that doesn't work? Check that the IP
addresses are in the same subnet, that the subnet masks are correct
etc.

Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 01:18:54 +0100, (E-Mail Removed)
> (chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn) wrote:
>
> >to a D-link hub, then to a zoom x3 router/modem. No problem sharing the
> >internet connection, but I can't get the macs to see each other, which
> >I'd have thought I could have. No problem if I just connect them
> >directly via ethernet cables- then they see each other fine. Any idea
> >what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Depends what you mean by "see each other". Can you ping from one to
> the other? Is it just filesharing that doesn't work? Check that the IP
> addresses are in the same subnet, that the subnet masks are correct
> etc.

That all seems OK. When I just hook them up directly via ethernet cable,
I can file share fine, but they seem to be invisible to each other when
connected to the router. Searching for the computers via their IP
address etc. doesn't work.

David

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usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk

Mark McIntyre <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> On 6 Oct 2004 07:09:14 -0700, (E-Mail Removed) (Will Bonner-May)
> wrote:
>
> >The Mac in question is a G4 I think. Does this cofigure automatically??
>
> With both OS9 and OSX, all macs from the G3 upwards (ie about 10 years
> ago...) are perfectly capable of automatic config. Just ensure they're
> set to get their IP from the DHCP server.

Cheers Mark, will try this later then.