Share Internet connection from mac to pc?

[seabasse]

I'm running Microsoft Remote Desktop from my mac to screenshare into my pc. This works great, but I'd also like to share the internet connection to the PC. Is this possible? The PC doesn't have wifi and the ethernet cable has to go straight from the mac to the pc.

I tried to turn on Internet sharing under sharing, but that kills the connection to the PC completely and I can no longer screenshare.

Ideas?

 

[Flint Ironstag]

Definitely possible.

- on the Mac enable internet sharing from wifi to ethernet
- connect the PC & Mac via ethernet
- ensure the PC is able to connect to the internet
- on the PC, get the IP address (command prompt ipconfig/all)
- on the Mac, in MS remote desktop, use that IP address to connect to the PC

Have a beer.

 

[seabasse]

Thanks! Is it possible to choose what the IP will be for the WIFI sharing? I already have the IP set up on the PC side that I use for a lot of other applications and would rather not change it. Thanks again

 

[Flint Ironstag]

Not from the GUI that I'm aware of. Probably possible via terminal if you feel like tinkering. Personally, I'd change all the other apps and manually assign the PC that IP address.

 

[seabasse]

Yeah, I'd do that if I wasn't sharing files with a bunch of other people with the exact same IP set up on their machines. I'll see if there is a way to do it.

Or can I find out what the IP will be on the PC ahead of time, set it, lose connection and log in again with the new IP? And when I'm done updating I can just switch the IP back on the PC and turn off internet sharing.

 

[Flint Ironstag]

You don't want to be messing around with IP lookups, turning sharing on and off, etc. Just fix it properly once and forget about it.