Connecting a PC Laptop to the Internet via an iMac

hazjaz · 06-30-2009, 06:39 AM

Hey, well the title basically says it all, im trying to connect a HP Laptop to my iMac Shared Internet, the Laptop can detect the Mac shared internet but cannot connect, hopefully someone can help me out with this one.

Much appreciated

sinclair_tm · 06-30-2009, 08:25 PM

How are you doing this? You have the iMac sharing the internet from it's WIFI to the ethernet port? And you have Windows set up to obtain an IP address and DNS automatically?

hazjaz · 07-01-2009, 12:31 AM

Yeh that is correct, the iMac sharing is setup like this:

and i haven't setup the windows to do anything automatically, it just searchs for wifi points, finds the Mac but cannot connect to it, hope this information helps

hazjaz · 07-01-2009, 01:03 AM

Oh, also I havent mention the HP Lappy is running Windows XP home SP2

sinclair_tm · 07-01-2009, 06:40 PM

What do you have setup when you click the Airport Options button?

06-30-2009, 06:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
hazjaz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 15 OS: XP, OSx	Connecting a PC Laptop to the Internet via an iMac Hey, well the title basically says it all, im trying to connect a HP Laptop to my iMac Shared Internet, the Laptop can detect the Mac shared internet but cannot connect, hopefully someone can help me out with this one. Much appreciated

07-01-2009, 12:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
hazjaz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 15 OS: XP, OSx	Re: Connecting a PC Laptop to the Internet via an iMac Yeh that is correct, the iMac sharing is setup like this: and i haven't setup the windows to do anything automatically, it just searchs for wifi points, finds the Mac but cannot connect to it, hope this information helps

07-01-2009, 01:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
hazjaz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 15 OS: XP, OSx	Re: Connecting a PC Laptop to the Internet via an iMac Oh, also I havent mention the HP Lappy is running Windows XP home SP2