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Complicated wifi networking?

I am just to move to a new house. Unfortunately there is no telephone line and will not be for another 4-5 weeks.

A neighbor that has internet are kind enough to let me connect to he's wifi during this time. But there are some problems that I'm not sure how or if they can be solved.

1, I need and have a USB Adapter 6DBI Antenna that enables me to pick up the neighbors signal.

2. But still the booster with antenna needs to be at a exact point in the house.

3. I have an old Powerbook G4 with OS X 10.5.8 that I was thinking to use with the USB antenna.

So what I'm trying to find out how (and if) I could then connect my Linksys router to the PB so I could use my Macbook Pro and other stuff from the router? I know I should be able to configure the PB as a router, but then with few ports and not as good signal as my router.

(Sorry that I can not explain my self shorter)

Thanks!

Macbook Pro 2.4GHz, 3Gb RAM 500Gb HD, Mac OS X (10.6.6), Powerbook G4 Alu 1.5 Ghz and G4 Quicksilver 867MHz

Posted on May 27, 2011 12:14 PM

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Ralph-Johns-UK

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Posted on May 27, 2011 3:01 PM

Hi,

You would normally do two computers like this.

Set the First to use Wifi and set that up so it has Internet Connection.

Then plug in an Ethernet Cable between two Macs

Open System Preferences > Sharing and turn On Internet Sharing and set the out put to be Ethernet. (and the Input (From) the Wifi card

In System Preferences > Network the Ethernet connection would then normally show a Self Assigned IP.

I see no reason why the Ethernet connection cannot be given an Address via DHCP from the router.

(I have not ever tried it this far removed from the direct connection)

11:01 PM Friday; May 27, 2011

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mailking

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Aug 25, 2011 8:25 AM in response to BobHarris

Hello Bob,

Thank you for replying. Actually I am having problems and I am do not seem to get them solved. I did start my own post and I pointed to it in my previous reply. I just was reading your helpful answers and then I saw an old post where somebody was saying it was not possible to have multiple NAT routers between me and the internet. But I learned the hard way that one person stating something mustn't always be true, or might be only true in certain cases, so all I wanted was to have an opionion on that. Thank you for answering that. One trouble less on my mind and sorry for interfering with this post. I am not used to this forum I always solved and got my problems solved on the Dutch "OneMoreThing" forum, but I can't seem to get it solved over there, So I thought to post it here. If you could have a peak over at my post and help out, that would be most generous!

Adventurous greetings,

Coen

Complicated wifi networking?