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How do you get Internet Sharing work on Jaguar?
I have 2 computers. One is an iMac G4 and it is connected on the Internet through a cable model (PPPoE protocol). The other one is an iBook and it is connected to the iMac G4 through an ethernet hub.
I connect the iMac on the Internet and then activate Internet Sharing. I configure the iBook so that it uses the DHCP protocol. It gets its address from the iMac with no problem and consider it as its router.
Checking mail works fine but browsing the web works poorly on the iBook. When I enter the web addres, it finds the web site and start getting the different elements of the web page. This is where it gets stuck. Sometimes it manages to get one or two elements and gets stuck, but most of the times it doesn't display anything. It looks like the web requests are not answered. Oh by the way, it's not the web site having problem, because the iMac can access the web site with no problem at the same time.
Any suggestions?
I connect the iMac on the Internet and then activate Internet Sharing. I configure the iBook so that it uses the DHCP protocol. It gets its address from the iMac with no problem and consider it as its router.
Checking mail works fine but browsing the web works poorly on the iBook. When I enter the web addres, it finds the web site and start getting the different elements of the web page. This is where it gets stuck. Sometimes it manages to get one or two elements and gets stuck, but most of the times it doesn't display anything. It looks like the web requests are not answered. Oh by the way, it's not the web site having problem, because the iMac can access the web site with no problem at the same time.
Any suggestions?
I'm not too sure what the problem is, but a factor could be the single network card setup involved. Usually, Internet Connection Sharing (or Network Address Translation) best works with multiple network cards. Your iBook connects to one of your iMac's network cards (which is part of your "internal network"), then the connection goes out the network card which connects to your service provider's network.
Is performance sluggish even when the iMac isn't doing anything at all (that is, its just sitting there, not downloading, not running iTunes or whatever)?
Is performance sluggish even when the iMac isn't doing anything at all (that is, its just sitting there, not downloading, not running iTunes or whatever)?
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Originally posted by ginoledesma: I'm not too sure what the problem is, but a factor could be the single network card setup involved. Usually, Internet Connection Sharing (or Network Address Translation) best works with multiple network cards. Your iBook connects to one of your iMac's network cards (which is part of your "internal network"), then the connection goes out the network card which connects to your service provider's network. Is performance sluggish even when the iMac isn't doing anything at all (that is, its just sitting there, not downloading, not running iTunes or whatever)? |
I "found out" where the problem was and still is.
In my setup, Internet Sharing works fine for any protocol (mail, ftp, icq, aim, ...) except http.
Actually, HTTP (web browsing) works somewhat: for some web sites and they're always the same it works, for others it doesn't work. I can't explain the reason why for example www.altavista.com works and not www.yahoo.com, or why www.microsoft.com works and not www.apple.com....