Where I live, it’s actually possible – things like these do happen without reason.
It costed me quite a bit but I thought it would be worth the money.
Now, here’s the tricky part.
In my home web link, we have 2 Macs and one PC running on Windows XP.
The UMTS gadget connects via USB.
How do we decide who gets to use it?
I rolled up my sleeves and got to work.
Sharing the internet connection between Mac and PC turned out to be harder than I thought.
I’ll explain why in a minute.
It’s very simple.
Open System Preferences and tap on Sharing.
Before Internet Sharing can be enabled, you first have to configure the proper tweaks.
In the ‘Share your connection from’ dropdown list, choose the port that has internet connectivity.
Then select how you would like to share the connectivity.
I chose AirPort so that I can share the connection with several other computers.
Checking the box next to ‘AirPort’ unbricks the ‘Airport options’ button.
press that button and configure your web connection name and security options.
Alright, here’s where the whole Windows and Mac concoction starts to rear its ugly head.
Here’s the workaround.
pick the 128-bit WEP encryption option and enter a 13-character password.
Then, rename the web connection to something really short without spaces.
When you’re done, hit OK.
Now you could check the box next to ‘Internet Sharing’.
You may get a prompt to start AirPort, click Start.
Right, the connection is shared.
On the Windows PC, a little bit of manipulation is required.
Turn on the wireless adapter and right-choose its taskbar icon to select “View available wireless networks”.
In the subsequent window, choose “Change advanced options”.
hit the Wireless Networks tab and then nudge the ‘Add’ button to add our shared connection.
hit the Authentication tab and disable IEEE 802.1x authentication.
Next, tap on the Connection tab and confirm that it will connect when in range.
Click OK and apply the parameters.
It should now make a run at connect to the shared AirPort connection.
This sort of busts the myth thatMacs and Windows won’t work well together, doesn’t it?
The password was always incorrect.
Then I changed it to 128-bit and everything was well.
Also, the web link name must not contain any spaces.
