needed OS 9 Guru's

[reddrag0n]

I have an issue...
I know, get with the times, but i like tinkering with old hardware.

I have an old iMac that i want to connect to the net, but i have a slight problem with that. The router is upstairs and it's wireless.
The iMac is downstairs and no wireless on it.

I have a PC laptop using that wireless, so here is my dilemma...

How do i connect OS 9 to XP for internet sharing using a firewire cable i have?

The laptop has a 4 pin firewire connection on it and the iMac has the 6 pin connection.

[B B]

Sorry I cannot help, the only way I conneceted PC's and Apple's has been via a router

[nikonnut]

Redd
Could you not connect the PC to the MAC via an ethernet cable and bridge the wired and wireless connection on the PC? I read into the process fairly deeply when I was trying to use a laptop to get a XBOX 360 connected to the net for the same reasons. While I never did get the Xbox to work (got a sweet deal on a microsoft wireless ethernet connector and abandoned the project) I would think the process would be similar. Here's a link;

www.avforums.com/forums/xbox-live/271175-help-connecting-xbox-live-via-pc.html
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcSsc23dhXc

It's for an Xbox but like I said I don't see why it wouldn't work for a Mac or any other computer for that matter.

Hope it helps,
Nik

[reddrag0n]

You know, it never dawned on me to use the ethernet bridge in XP nikonnut.
I think i'll try that and see if it does work with the 9 side. Maybe it might work.
Will try that today and see what the results are.

[reddrag0n]

Well, i tried the instructions from the youtube link, but to no avail. Instead, it decided to lock up my wireless when i hit apply. Maybe that only works with Vista, since in the video, that's what he is using. I might try bridging the 2 connections and seeing if that will help. If not, then i will wait until later this month and buy a wifi card and imac adapter.