Internet Sharing On

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  1. peterj1967, May 19, 2003

    peterj1967 macrumors regular

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    There have been a number of posts about preferences not sticking, so I hope this isn't a redundant post. I couldn't find it with a search.

    I have a PM G4 with an airport extreme card, and a PB g3 with a good old airport card.

    I have internet sharing on, on my g4, works great, but internet sharing turns off if I restart or shut down. I need to turn it back on every time I turn the G4 back on.

    Is that a security feature, or a bug? Tried repairing disk permissions, but the problem stays. I am running 10.2.6 on both machines with that latest Airport updates.

    Any ideas? I can't seem to find anything.
     
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  2. ibookin', May 19, 2003

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    This seems to be a bug. I've never had this problem on any of my machines (iMac G4, iMac G3, iBook 800, iBook 500).
     
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  3. 5300cs, May 19, 2003

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    I've had the same problem on all my 10.2 machines. I haven't found a sollution either, so I just remember to turn it back on after any restarts.

    Anything on support.apple.com I wonder?
     
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  4. Thom_Edwards, May 19, 2003

    Thom_Edwards macrumors regular

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    Re: Internet Sharing On

    from my experience, if a service doesn't stay on after a restart it is because of a faulty configuration or some kind of conflict. i see it sometimes when i've change the config of apache and tomcat. i usually have several services trying to use the same port.
    you don't say too much about the configuration of you internet connection and network. if you are using high-speed and a router, i would turn the dhcp server on the router off. let the dhcp server on the mac handle the ip distribution. in my eyes, having a dhcp server look to a dhcp server for ip addresses is a little redundant. other than that, all i can say is tinker. there is probably some tiny little thing that is putty a monkey wrench in your gears.
    then, of course, it could be a bug! good luck!
     
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  5. peterj1967, May 20, 2003

    peterj1967 thread starter macrumors regular

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    No Fancy Network

    Nothing fancy about the config.

    G4 is plugged into my cable modem, gets an IP with DHCP. I run WEP Enabled Internet Sharing on the G4, 128 bit, firewall is off, file sharing is on.

    G3 PB is the one and only client and when the services is running, it all works great.

    In reply to a previous post I couldn't find anything on the apple support site, but I may follow up with a post there.

    Isn't a huge problem, just one of those little annoyances that are only supposed to happen in the windows world

    Thanks
     
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  6. cosmicsoftceo, May 20, 2003

    cosmicsoftceo macrumors newbie

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    MacOSXHints

    Go to MacOSXHints.com, and search for Internet Sharing Startup. You'll find a hint for everything there. :)

    In particular, this hint tells you how.

    If you don't mind editing system files. ;)
     
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