Using an Ad-hoc wireless network

[gaspero1]

Hello,

I've got a 770 and a Mac Mini running OS X 10.4. I'm trying to set up a wireless ad-hoc network with Internet sharing enabled so that I can access the Internet at home without using a formal wireless router. The 770 can successfully connect to the ad-hoc network, but Opera cannot access any web pages using that network. I can connect to any standard wi-fi connections with the 770 to surf the web without any trouble. Any ideas on what settings I may have missed on either the Mac or the 770?

Thanks in Advance.
Brian.

[bac522]

Well not sure how a Mac works with internet sharing, but if you don't have dhcp server running somewhere, I'm assuming you need to put an IP address into the 770.

[Odin]

Hello,

I've got a 770 and a Mac Mini running OS X 10.4. I'm trying to set up a wireless ad-hoc network with Internet sharing enabled so that I can access the Internet at home without using a formal wireless router. The 770 can successfully connect to the ad-hoc network, but Opera cannot access any web pages using that network. I can connect to any standard wi-fi connections with the 770 to surf the web without any trouble. Any ideas on what settings I may have missed on either the Mac or the 770?

Thanks in Advance.
Brian.

It looks like you are not getting DNS service. Try the following: since the 770 is connecting, go to Connection Manager, pull down the IP address details and see if you have DNS addresses--most likely not since all the Mac is doing is providing a connect, not a DHCP service.

If you have blanks where DNS should be, go to the Connectivity Settings and type some in (look on your Mac for those).

Hope this helps.