networking help

[timholtz]

I'm having a problem I think with the internet sharing feature in snow leopard. Here's what I'm trying to do. I have a cable modem plugged into a time capsule in another room, and I use a mac mini to connect to that via wifi. I am trying to share that internet connection with a couple of devices from the mini's ethernet port. I have the mini plugged into a dlink switch along with the other devices, but none of those devices can connect. The mini works fine, and I made sure in sys prefs I have internet sharing checked and it says from airport to ethernet.

Can the mini only provide connection to one device? Should I be using something other than a switch?

Thanks,

Tim

 

[timholtz]

I'm having a problem I think with the internet sharing feature in snow leopard. Here's what I'm trying to do. I have a cable modem plugged into a time capsule in another room, and I use a mac mini to connect to that via wifi. I am trying to share that internet connection with a couple of devices from the mini's ethernet port. I have the mini plugged into a dlink switch along with the other devices, but none of those devices can connect. The mini works fine, and I made sure in sys prefs I have internet sharing checked and it says from airport to ethernet.

Can the mini only provide connection to one device? Should I be using something other than a switch?

Thanks,

Tim

Anyone?

 

[timholtz]

Anyone?

Bueller?

 

[daflake]

The only thing that I can think of is make sure that the IP's on the connected devices are on the same network as the Mac Mini adapter. I find it is better to static the IP's on a small network. Try pinging the devices that are connected to that mini from the mini.