Does anyone know how to connect a G5 and a G4 to a BT infinity home hub at the same time via Ethernet?

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Does anyone know how to connect a G5 and a G4 to a BT infinity home hub at the same time via Ethernet?

Hi,

I have a G5 and a G4 (mirror door) both running Leopard. I have installed a BT Infinity home hub (UK) and want to connect both to the home hub so that I can use the G4 as a file server and for storage. However, no matter what I do I cannot get both connected at the same time! Either one or the other will connect! The home hub shows both as connected and I have file sharing set up and yet if both are switched on, the G5 accesses the internet but cannot see the G4!

Does anyone have any ideas? I can occasionally get both up together and even screen share the G4 from the G5 but as soon as I restart either, the G4 cannot be seen from the G5. Ive tried lots of things but frankly there seems to be no real pattern to get it working again. Both Macs have had their drives checked and so its tearing my hair out!

Please help as I cannot seem to find anything online about it

thanx in advance

Posted on Nov 7, 2013 3:04 AM

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Answer 1

BDAqua

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Nov 7, 2013 8:40 AM in response to Spooky

Are they both set to Using DHCP in the Network pref paane?

When they don't work, what are the IPs of the two?

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Nov 30, 2013 12:06 PM in response to Spooky

A hardware solution is to buy an Ethernet hub. Connect that to your BT hub and the you can connect your two computers. Netgear do some low cost 4 port hubs. I use one where I have Ethernet over powerline from the BT hub to my study where the ethernet hub then splits the connection to my Mac, an Apple Tv, the TV, and the off to another room to another ATV, a TV and a bluray recorder.

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