how to route internet traffic between wifi and ethernet port on macbook pro

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giovanni1961 Author

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how to route internet traffic between wifi and ethernet port on macbook pro

I want to set up routing trafic between the wifi and the ethernet port on my macbook pro. The scenario is like this I have a wifi internet poit to which i connect using the macbook. Then I have an old computer without wifi but with ethernet port wich i will wire into the macbook. Once I have set up the routing on my macbook i should be able to access internet on both computers.

How can i achieve this?

Thanks

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)

Posted on Jan 31, 2014 5:16 AM

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Answer 1

BobRz

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Jan 31, 2014 5:32 AM in response to giovanni1961

A far easier way to do what you want is to add a USB wifi dongle. They're only $10.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003MTTJOY/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&p sc=1

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giovanni1961 Author

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Jan 31, 2014 5:45 AM in response to BobRz

Thanks but thst was not my question.

However I already have done some initial set up as follow

1) open ssystem preference

2) click on sharing

3) on the left of the pop up window select Internet sharing AND on the right make sure that the Share your connection from has wifi selected AND on the section below select Ethernet

and so far so good.

Now I need to enable my macbook pro as DHCP server so the client gets an IP automatically.

How can I enable DHCP server on macbook?

Thanks

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