wireless access point problems, mac - adsl usb modem

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On 17 Jul 2004 01:29:42 -0700, in alt.internet.wireless ,
eddy@istanvalley.com (edwin van gorp) wrote:

>Hi guys,
>
>I'm trying to connect a wireless access point via ethernet to a mac.
>The mac is connected to the net through a dsl modem and works fine.
>I just don't get my wireless device (dell axim) connected to the net
>somehow.

you need to have some software on the mac which routes between its ethernet
card and the dsl modem. This is often called a proxy server. Windows has
something called Internet connection Sharing which achieves this.
Undoubtedly there's a similar product for the mac.

Assuming you're running OSX. you can possibly even do it with the standard
unix routing commands but I forget how to set up routes, and in any events
you really need a firewall there too.

A simpler answer is to get a router you can plug into your dsl modem.

--
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>
CLC readme: <http://www.angelfire.com/ms3/bchambless0/welcome_to_clc.html>


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