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Authored by: dave@mmu on Jan 30, '03 10:55:43AM

Hi, rather than using that method, i think you could just create a duplicate of your network connection in System Prefs:Network:Show:Network Port Configurations by selecting your "Build-in Ethernet" (or whatever you use) and clicking the "Duplicate" button. This will then allow you to create a whole new set of IP details running off the same port as the original one. Easier than making a startup file anyway.
Dave



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Authored by: smeger on Feb 03, '03 01:58:12AM

This worked for me. I have a complicated setup with a desktop mac that has a static IP. It provides a dynamic IP for an airport basestation, which provides dynamic IPs for two wireless iBooks. I wanted to be able to print to a USB printer connected to the desktop machine.

I duplicated my built-in Ethernet entry in Sys Prefs -> Networking, gave the duplicated item (Built In LAN) a static IP in the same subnet as the ones provided by the Airport base station, and set the order of the network ports so that the static, outside-world IP was first, and then the internal subnet IP. Worked like a charm!

Thanks!



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Authored by: tenenb on Feb 03, '03 09:15:15PM

This seems right, but could you explain a bit more ?
I tried this, giving non-routable adresses to 2 macs, eg 192.168.0.x and 192.168.0.y, but then the conection was not shared any more, and I still couldn't print from one mac on the other's printer.
So, to summarize, how can you share a DSL conection on a local network and also share a USB printer?
many thanks in advance if you cna help.



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