Sharing AirPort connection to modem

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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Can it be done?



My iBook has got a wireless AirPort connection, but can I share it with the modem port on the notebook?



I'm not quite sure where I'd go from there, but I want to try and hook my Dreamcast up through it as it only has dial-up.



Any ideas, please?

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  • Reply 1 of 4
    maccrazymaccrazy Posts: 2,658member
    The modem port ion your laptop is an output and not an input. You may be able to connect the dreamcast directly to the AirPort.
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    denmarudenmaru Posts: 208member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MacCrazy

    The modem port ion your laptop is an output and not an input.



    No, it´s not.

    Just think of all the software that sometimes acts as a server on your machine.



    Crunch: I know there is a pretty good tutorial on how to do this on windows

    (http://www.kinox.org/articles/windc.html), and I´m pretty sure it works on the Mac, too.



    About the only problem is that the graphical interface doesn´t seem to allow this, but since it´s a BSD System, I´m pretty sure you can fiddle with the command line and get what you want.
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    maccrazymaccrazy Posts: 2,658member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Denmaru

    No, it´s not.

    Just think of all the software that sometimes acts as a server on your machine.



    Crunch: I know there is a pretty good tutorial on how to do this on windows

    (http://www.kinox.org/articles/windc.html), and I´m pretty sure it works on the Mac, too.



    About the only problem is that the graphical interface doesn´t seem to allow this, but since it´s a BSD System, I´m pretty sure you can fiddle with the command line and get what you want.




    yeah you're right!
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    I don't have a clue what I'm doing if it means going into the Terminal. Does anyone perhaps know some commands, please?



    Getting the Dreamcast to dial-up the iBook should be no problem, as there are some tutorials on how to do it in Windows, so it should be fine.



    Just need to get past this first hurdle...
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