Suddenly can't get online using another laptop as a router
Here's the scenario:
I have a Windows laptop with a Verizon PC air card, which is how I connect to the Internet. I have enabled Internet Sharing on my Verizon card. Having done so, I connected my Windows laptop to my iBook G4 via an ethernet cable, and after doing so, I was able to successfully connect to the Internet with my iBook.
However - recently, this has stopped working! I can no longer connect to the Web on my iBook in this manner. The network properties window shows that I am being assigned an IP address.......however, I cannot pull up any web pages.
I have tried nearly everything: rebooting my iBook, rebooting my Windows laptop, disconnecting and re-connecting my Verizon card, clicking the "renew DHCP lease" button, but I still can't get back online. Any suggestions?
As I mentioned before - this was working successfully at one time.
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I have a Windows laptop with a Verizon PC air card, which is how I connect to the Internet. I have enabled Internet Sharing on my Verizon card. Having done so, I connected my Windows laptop to my iBook G4 via an ethernet cable, and after doing so, I was able to successfully connect to the Internet with my iBook.
However - recently, this has stopped working! I can no longer connect to the Web on my iBook in this manner. The network properties window shows that I am being assigned an IP address.......however, I cannot pull up any web pages.
I have tried nearly everything: rebooting my iBook, rebooting my Windows laptop, disconnecting and re-connecting my Verizon card, clicking the "renew DHCP lease" button, but I still can't get back online. Any suggestions?
As I mentioned before - this was working successfully at one time.
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Comments
Is there anything filled out in your DNS servers field? See if you can pull up http://17.254.0.91 . Also if that doesn't work you can try trashing or renaming your /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration folder, restart your computer and set it up how you had it before.
Thanks for the response. The DNS Server field is empty. I tried trashing the contents of that folder, and now all that has happened is that when I check Network Status in System Prefs, it's all blank. When I check Ethernet, all the fields are blank.
What's odd is that it randomly worked for me again last night, but today is back to not working. I thought it might be a cable issue, but have checked that repeatedly, and anyway my PC gives an alert when the cable is loose or disconnected.