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Share files and internet connection between 10.4 and XP
Authored by: DistantThunder on Nov 16, '06 08:36:54PM

I am trying to get this to work on my system. I am trying to share a dial-up connection on my PowerBook with a Dell running XP over ethernet.

What I have in Network settings on my Mac (all manual settings):
IP Address: 192.168.2.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: (blank or 192.168.2.1—same results either way)
DNS Servers: blank

TCP/IP Properties on my Dell:
- Obtain an IP address automatically
- Obtain DNS server address automatically
which automatically yields:
Address Type: Assigned by DHCP
IP Address: 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server: 192.168.2.1
DNS Server: 192.168.2.1

Mac firewall is temporarily OFF

It all looks right to me ... but it doesn't work. The Mac's internet access works fine, of course. But on the Windows computer nothing will open in a browser. If I ping, for example, apple.com I get:

Pinging apple.com [17.254.3.183] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out. (repeats)

From the ping results, it appears that somehow the DNS name is getting resolved into an IP address, but that's as far as it gets for the Windows machine. Typing an IP address into the Windows browser brings up nothing but an error (cannot find server). Other interesting facts: File networking works both ways; I can access both computer's shares from both computers. From the Windows computer I can ping the Mac, but if I try to ping itself (192.168.2.2) it doesn't work. On the Mac I can ping both the Windows computer and the Mac (192.168.2.1) successfully.

I had previously set this up the other way around: the Windows computer was sharing its dial-up connection with the Mac over ethernet. And perversely that setup was a cakewalk. It worked like a charm and never gave me any trouble. But now my Windows modem has apparently died, and so I thought I'd just try it the other way around. No dice. What is wrong?

I am using OS X Tiger 10.4.8, and Windows XP.



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