How to share internet via ethernet between two laptops

[chuletilla]

Hi guys, im trying to share my modem internet between a powerbook and an ibook, so i clicked the share internet on the one connected, then i plugged the ethernet cable to the other, but i tried to navigate and seems that im not conected,

can someone please tell me how do i set the two computers to get them going,

txs for you time

:)

[encro]

Yummo, how about sharing over FireWire instead :)

Panther Internet Sharing (http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2003/11/11/panther_internet.html)

[davebl]

Make sure you are using a cross over networking cable if you are going from book to book. If you do not have a crossover cable, then you need to go to from the sharing computer to a hub/switch via a regular networking cable, and then from the hub/switch to the non-sharing computer via regular cable.

A crossover cable is simply a regular networking cable but with one connector "backwards" as to omit a hub or switch.

Dave

[chuletilla]

Hi, txs for the response i tried using the powerbook to conect to the internet,
and the ibook to get the shared one. so i repeat the steps, and it worked instantly, i was reading about IP over firewire but i dont have one of those at the time, i have this ethernet cable only.


:)

[kwajo.com]

Originally posted by davebl
Make sure you are using a cross over networking cable if you are going from book to book. If you do not have a crossover cable, then you need to go to from the sharing computer to a hub/switch via a regular networking cable, and then from the hub/switch to the non-sharing computer via regular cable.

A crossover cable is simply a regular networking cable but with one connector "backwards" as to omit a hub or switch.

Dave

I thought most modern powerbooks had autosensing ethernet so you didn't have to use a cross over cable. my 17" is able to do this, but I don't remember when the ability was added to the line