On Oct 5, 2009, at 4:15 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: > The on-board ethernet port being used by the DSL modem, leaves no > ethernet port without using a router of some kind to connect other > macs to a network. Yes, there are several "ways" to network two macs > together (Airport, firewire) but the nice thing about ethernet is that > all macs that I play with have it. Not all of them have firewire and/ > or airport.
Wired routers are super cheap, and would seem to provide lots more flexibility than a 2nd ethernet card. > and yes, though a nice Airport extreme base station would do the > trick, the ethernet card was considerably cheaper. If the G5 has an Airport card installed, then the G4 is equivalent to an Airport base station router. Turn on Internet Sharing in the Sharing System Preferences and share from the built-in ethernet to the Airport card, the G5 will assign the IP addresses and it's identical to an Airport base station in function. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
