> At 07:00 PM -0400 06/09/2003, Jacob Tennant wrote: > >Is there any way to share a internet connection > between a Mac and a PC?
> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If the cable modem is connected to the Mac, run > IPNetRouter on the Mac. > Best to use a hub or switch to connect the > computers. Yes, as Dan recommended, IPNetRouter is rock solid and fairly easy to use. My method is a little different though. This is an LEM list right? Think of the exciting time your old 7100 can have as your NEW router box! Get a copy of IPNetRouter and install it on the Mac router box. A friend told me, a long time ago, that he'd seen benchmarks showing a Quadra 700 running IPNetRouter routing internet faster than a Cisco hardware router, so no speed problems. This may be OT but you can do the same thing with a Quadra or maybe even older Mac, Sustworks still has a 68k version which is cheaper than the PPC version. http://sustworks.com/site/downloads.html You need to get another nic (ethernet card) for your router box. This will be a PCI card in the 7100(etc) or a NewBus card for the older "OT" Mac. Probably have get a TwistedPair transceiver to go from the Mac's built in AAUI ethernet port. Now you will have two ethernet cards with RJ45 ports for the Cat5 wire. You'll also need a hub or a cheap switch and a couple ethernet cables. The Sustworks web site has docs to talk you through the set up. Very thorough. You'll plug the modem into built in ethernet and the routed signal will come out of the 2nd ethernet card into the "hub or switch". The two computers you want to hook up connect to the hub. Sustworks website has all the info you need about setting the LAN address' on the machines, the Mac anyway, you'll probably know what to do with the PC. If you get an old enough Mac (7100) for free the other stuff will cost you: IPNetRouter 68k - 49.00 nic - 5.00 transceiver - 15.00 old hub - 20.00 ? 2 cables - 7.00 Here in Seattle we've "Re-PC" a computer recycling shop. All this kind of old hardware is cheap and plentiful. YMMV getting this stuff depending on where live. If you get a larger hard drive for the router it can also stream mp3. Or set it up with a Carracho server so you can send files home from work. With my setup I can get speeds of 5meg+/sec using Carracho across the home LAN running OS 8.1 on the router. FWIW, HTH - Scott __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
