how do I bridge internet out to ethernet port on MAC laptop

[pclaptop23hour]

Hi, got a friend with a mac book laptop who uses a USB wireless AT&T device for internet access.

He needs to get the internet out to the ethernet port to feed another device requiring internet access!

Not being an "Apple" person what is the procedure to do this, in "Apple for Dummies" language?

thanks chris

 

[runawayprisoner]

Connect the Ethernet cable from the MacBook to the other device. Then do this:

System Preferences (it's one of the icons to the far right in the dock) > Sharing > Internet Sharing > choose WIFI in the drop down menu, check the box next to Ethernet in the lower list. Click "Start".

Alternatively, if you don't see System Preferences in the dock (it's the icon that shows a gear inside a frame by the way), you can also access it by clicking the Apple logo in the upper left hand corner, and then select "System Preferences" in the drop down menu. It's the 4th option in any case.

 

[alfa147x]

Mac. Not MAC.

 

[pclaptop23hour]

thanks, Runaway, you too Mac! 8^)

 

[pclaptop23hour]

Everything was fine until I used the button in the upper right corner to disconnect from the internet and closed the lid of the mac book.

When I re-opened/turned on the mac book and used the button to CONNECT to the internet, the mac book connected fine but not my BRIDGED device, another laptop non-mac!

Now the device that was "bridged" out of the mac doesn't have access to the internet. I type "ipconfig" in a dos box, I get an ip address of 192.168.2.3 but if i try to ping "yahoo" one ping is sent/returned but the next 3 attempts say time out. it is as if the mac book has "firewalled" my connection.

When I open Firefox i can't get any connections to web sites.

How did closing the lid terminate internet connection?

I re-enabled "internet sharing" by way of system properties and selected the "ethernet port", and the mac still gives me the ip address, above but no access to the internet!!

how did this happen?

and how do I get my device(s) internet access again?

 

[runawayprisoner]

When you re-enable internet sharing, did you check "WIFI" on the drop down menu?

 

[pclaptop23hour]

I'll let you know later today as i am returning to my friends house this morning