10.4: Create a Bluetooth Mac-to-Mac network

Dec 27, '05 05:17:00AM

Contributed by: lalcan

Tiger only hintThe following is based on a comment by sparcleosx on June 25th to this hint that explains how to share an Internet connection to a Palm. This new hint will explain how to connect (network) a Mac to another Mac via bluetooth. I hope it's a step forward to allow internet sharing to another Mac in Tiger, and, as usual, use at your own discretion...

In the "Server" Mac (I used a G4 iBook with 10.4.3):

Now your Mac should be able to receive packets over the pppdaemon (ethernet interface ppp0) and forward them to the default router, which might be your firewall, or your uplink to your ISP.

Next, on the client Mac (I used a G3 iBook running 10.4.3): Even at this point, the other Mac won't appear in the Finder under Network. You have to select the Go menu and then the Connect to Server option, write the other computer's IP, and voila! You have a Bluetooth PAN connection.

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