well I got it to work...I couldn't get it to work using the exact numbers below however.
What I did is plug the ehternet directly to my pc...then run ipconfig on the pc to get ip addresses. Then I unpluged the ethernet from the mac and put it in the WAN on the router. The router for whatever reason would not automatically pick up the IP config on its own like the PC did - go figure. So I just pluged in the IP addresses into the router setup manually - walla - it worked. Still very odd to me. and still the imac says that the ethernet port IP is 269.x.x.x yet the router's IP for the WAN is 192... etc, etc. So I really don't know why it works. Thanks Bruce/Kris. -Jeff > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Internet Connection Sharing Help > Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 14:18:59 -0700 > > > > On May 14, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: > > > > > On May 14, 2009, at 1:19 PM, Mac G4 wrote: > > > >> Yeah - Ethernet to WAN on the router didn't work. > > > > This is because you can only have one router, and when you use > > Internet Sharing, the Mac is acting as the router. > > Nope, you can have any number of routers, so long as they all behave > themselves. You can only have one router per network segment. > > [internet ---- Mac USB] Segment 1 routed to Segment 2 by Internet > Sharing > [Mac Ethernet ---- WAN port on router] Segment 2 routed to Segment 3 > by the WIFi box. > [Router --- rest of the network] Segment 3. > > The internet would be a very very small place if you could only have > one router. > > Ever do a 'traceroute'? Each step is a new router. > > I'm suspecting that either his Internet Sharing isn't working > correctly, or his WiFi Router is behaving poorly, needs to be reset, > or he didn't actually connect the cable to the WAN port after all. > > Your way would also work, because it turns the WiFi router into a > hybrid wired, wireless switch. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes with you. http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/Mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tutorial_Mobile1_052009 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
