Internet Sharing a Breeze in
OS XDan Knight
- 2003.04.07
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We had ice storms here in Michigan over the weekend. A lot of
people lost power or phone service. We lost cable - including our
cable modem.
That meant using a modem to connect to the Internet - the first
time I've ever done it with Mac OS X. And it's easy.
Even nicer, I discovered that the Sharing system preferences let
an OS X machine share an Internet connection with other Macs.
After connecting to Earthlink, I tried it out. It works beautifully.
And, unlike classic Mac OS solutions, it's part of the operating
system, so it's free.
Here's what the Sharing screen looks like:
After you have your modem connected, click on the Internet tab.
Then click the Start button to turn Internet Sharing on.
You're done. It's as simple as that - and if you're using
AirPort, that's also supported.
Setting up my wife's iBook as a client was easy. Open Remote
Access (she's still using OS 9), duplicate her Earthlink
settings (since I'm connected via Earthlink), verify that DHCP is
selected, and change the connection type from modem to ethernet.
Voilà, we're sharing a dialup connection.
It worked beautifully on Sunday. I was able to connect with the
internal modem on my TiBook using the v.90 (56k modem) setting. We
could get and send email, browse the Web, and play in our euchre
league.
Bear in mind that you must have a live Internet connection to turn
on sharing, and the setting switches itself off every time you
disconnect from the Internet.
Glitch
I don't know why, but this morning I was unable to connect using
the v.90 modem setting. It worked just fine yesterday, but this
morning the only way I could connect was to scale back to the v.34
setting, which is the same as a 33.6k modem.
Other than that anomaly, everything is working fine. A second
phone line would make things better, but until Comcast restores cable
service, at least we're not limited to one person on the Internet at
a time.
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We had ice storms here in Michigan over the weekend. A lot of people lost power or phone service. We lost cable - including our cable modem.
That meant using a modem to connect to the Internet - the first time I've ever done it with Mac OS X. And it's easy.
Even nicer, I discovered that the Sharing system preferences let an OS X machine share an Internet connection with other Macs. After connecting to Earthlink, I tried it out. It works beautifully. And, unlike classic Mac OS solutions, it's part of the operating system, so it's free.
Here's what the Sharing screen looks like:
After you have your modem connected, click on the Internet tab. Then click the Start button to turn Internet Sharing on.
You're done. It's as simple as that - and if you're using AirPort, that's also supported.
Setting up my wife's iBook as a client was easy. Open Remote Access (she's still using OS 9), duplicate her Earthlink settings (since I'm connected via Earthlink), verify that DHCP is selected, and change the connection type from modem to ethernet.
Voilà, we're sharing a dialup connection.
It worked beautifully on Sunday. I was able to connect with the internal modem on my TiBook using the v.90 (56k modem) setting. We could get and send email, browse the Web, and play in our euchre league.
Bear in mind that you must have a live Internet connection to turn on sharing, and the setting switches itself off every time you disconnect from the Internet.
Glitch
I don't know why, but this morning I was unable to connect using the v.90 modem setting. It worked just fine yesterday, but this morning the only way I could connect was to scale back to the v.34 setting, which is the same as a 33.6k modem.
Other than that anomaly, everything is working fine. A second phone line would make things better, but until Comcast restores cable service, at least we're not limited to one person on the Internet at a time.
Recent X-Basics Columns
- Internet sharing a breeze in OS X, 04.07. Another OS X advantage -- sharing an Internet connection is very easy.
- Using Jaguar's Finder for FTP, 02.11. You don't need any special software to download files via FTP; it's already built into Jaguar.
- X Files, 07.24. How the Home folder in Mac OS X helps you better organize your work.
- More in the X-Basics index.
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- Mac of the Day: 15" 'TiBook' PowerBook G4, Jan. 2001 - A new 1" thin PowerBook design with a titanium case, 15" widescreen display.
- Group of the Day: ModBook List covers the Axiotronic ModBook tablet Mac.
- January 9 in LEM history: 01: Macworld keynote - 02: The new iMac - Redefining Apple's market - 03: Safari shows off the Apple difference - Impressions of Safari beta - 04: The colored iPod mini - 06: Installing 'Tiger' on unsupported Macs - Time to replace 5-year-old PowerBook - 07: iPhone and Apple TV - Axiotron Modbook - Mac vs. PC price comparisons are never fair - Backup to the rescue - 08: 2008 Mac Pro value equation
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- Lisa's DNA Is All Over Modern Computing, Ray Arachelian, Apple Seeds, 01.08. Those who label Apple's Lisa a failure are ignoring the computer's legacy that shows up in every personal computer sold today.
- The Innovative Lisa, Dan Knight, Online Tech Journal, 01.08. Apple's Lisa and how it paved the way for the Macintosh.
- The Lisa Legacy, Dan Knight, Mac Musings, 01.08. We should always remember how Apple's innovation paved the way for all future computers.
- Waterfield First with SleeveCase for New 17" Unibody MacBook Pro, Charles W. Moore, 'Book Value, 01.08. Waterfield has a reputation for top quality bags at appropriate prices, and it's already designed a sleeve for the new 17" Unibody MacBook Pro.
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