Re: Sharing the internet connection with XP
On (27/07/05 13:57), Christian Henz wrote:
> On 7/27/05, Björn Johansson <bjorn.johansson@4a-consulting.com> wrote:
> > At 00:03 2005-07-27, you wrote:
> > >On 7/26/05, Björn Johansson <bjorn.johansson@4a-consulting.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I can't afford to buy a router right now, so that's out of the question.
> > > > I have made progress! Now I can transfer files
> > > > through ftp from the pc to mac at the
> > > > same time as the pc has access to the internet.
> > > >
> > > > To make the mac share the internet through
> > > the pc, to make that work, people
> > > > have told me that I should use the pc as a gateway. So perhaps I need to
> > > > create an static ip for gateway on the pc and
> > > then I tell the mac to use that
> > > > gateway address in the network.
> > > >
> > >
> > >What IP does the network card in the PC have now?
> > >
> > > From your previous mail I see that the Mac is on 192.168.0.246 with
> > >netmask 255.255.255.0. Since you can already "talk" to the PC, that
> > >means the PC's card is on 192.168.0.???. That is the IP you want to
> > >set as the gateway on your Mac! To test this, use "route":
> > >
> > >route add default gw 192.168.0.??? dev eth0
> > >
> > >Now you should be able to reach the Internet... try:
> > >
> > >ping 194.109.137.218
> > >
> > >which is www.debian.org.
> > >
> > >If it doesn't work, check the connection sharing options in Windows XP.
> > >
> > >Once this basic connection works, you can set it all up proper in
> > >/etc/network/interfaces.
> > >
> > >cheers,
> > >Christian
> >
> > Since I can ftp both ways. Right now I know that I can't access the pc through
> > the mac because I don't have an ftp server running on the pc, but that's easy
> > to fix, so I assume this is working also. Ftp from the pc to the mac, there I
> > am 100% sure it works!
> >
>
> This is good, it means that your local network is configured right.
> Now "all" that
> is left to do is to set up propper routing...
>
> > Do I haveto install a special program or something so that the WindowsXP
> > system can allow the mac to use the PC modem to access the internet? :-/
> >
>
> Technically, you don't want to allow the Mac to use the PC modem, you want
> your Mac to use the PC as a router. The Mac doesn't care at all about the modem.
>
> This functionality is included in Windows XP. I can't tell you exactly
> how to set it up since I don't have Windows here, but I remember it
> was easy to find and use. Just look around some more... I'll see my
> brother next Tuesday, if it is still an issue then i'll check his
> computer to see how exactly it was done...
Rt click on My Network Places - select Properties
Rt Click on Local Area Connection - select Properties
Click Advanced Tab and tick Allow other network users ..... etc
Regards
Clive
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