on being the lex for a day (<-- month moar laik)

[dubdobdee]

i: can haz nu mac book wahoo!
ii: need to access interweb via broadband
iii: old imac has broadband via landline (supplied by lovely problem-free nildram)
iv: what do i do to tap into it? (am checking with nildram if i need a router that's specific to their services)

i am in no tremendous hurry -- i want to do this all orderly and sensible for once, not just busk

Comments

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

it might be that the imac is already broadcasting a suitable named network.

on your macbook, system preferences > network. try a magic button. perhaps "Assist me" will work :-/

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

omigod i did it (but i don't quite understand how)

a: i moved the macbook right next to the imac
b: i picked an airport network to select (=g604t_w!reless) (ftb it didn't need a password)

and now i am posting from my macbook!

yikes yippee

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

so am i in fact kangarooing off a neighbour's router??

Re: yikes yippee

[(Anonymous)]

mark tht sounds like u r nicking yr neighbours webs :/

internet sharing on os x won't let u use the imac as a wireless router unfortunately ie it won't broadcast a signal via the aer

but it does allow you to use imac as a bridge ie internet goes into imac comes out and juices macbook. u would need an ethernet cable to connect the twocomps (ie internet sharing via etjernet en1) but it is a bit clunky ie turn on omac to usemacbook on net wtf

how much is airport these days??

cozen