how can I get my neighbor's iMac (8.6) to connect to his lan connection for broadband.  Other PCs DHCP fine?
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Check in the TCP/IP control panel and make sure that it is set up to use DHCP. After that, make sure that the ethernet cable is linking to the ethernet switch.
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Don't know if this will do any good, BUT, I experienced the same difficulty (and same messages)and I finally tracked it down to a hardware problem (at least in my case!) I was using an old (used and cheap) hub with a connectivity max of 10 meg. When I upgraded to a 100 meg hub the problem went away. And my LAN is now quick as a deer!
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If there's no router or network switch, the task is much harder to accomplish.  You could try to use a crossover cat5e cable to connect the two computers, but your friend's ethernet port most likely is being used by their broadband modem. If they are say, using a USB connection, then this connection is still available. Its possible that after your two computers are networked in this way, you can use Internet Connection Sharing to use his/her computer's internet connection. As for internet browsers, this should not matter, but compatible/same operating systems are a must. If I were you, I'd just suggest to your friend that he/she buy a relatively cheap 4 port router to facilitate your use as well as that of family members and other friends. In the sources block I provided a link to buying a decent one for under 50 dollars. A router will make this situation much more easy on both of you.
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if u have a network adapter card (LAN card on both the machines) then buy some cat-5 type cable get some one to crimp it for u with tow RJ-45 adaptors and make sure they are "crossed" not "strait" connection then join the two machines with the cable and then use a network wizard to configure the two systems together "create a small lan or bussness", folow the instructions
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and make sure the 2nd computer has some sort of wireless card to receive the signal from the router.\n\nI have a card in my wifes computer has a small antenna on it and they are about 15 ft. apart and receives the signal great.
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It's actually possible with some broadband routers. If it has both a usb and an ethernet connection, try installing the usb on one and the ethernet on the other.
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If it's a firewire external drive AND the Mac and PC are part of a network then read Sharing a FireWire drive over a network.\nhttp://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sharefwdrive.html
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The internet uses TCP/IP, which is platform independent. You're provider may not know where to look to set up the Mac's tcp/ip settings. It's in System Preferences, Network, but odds are that your office is using DHCP to distribute ip addresses, and the Mac will automatically detect that, so you might not need to do anything other than connect to the LAN. \n\nIf you have more questions, try the site below.
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Seems like that simple LAN setting was not that simple. You should check that there are not conflicts (like same IP, different subnet or gateway) are using DHCP or static configurations? also are you using a router or switch? What do you mean by server? \n\nAt any rate you should not have to restart your PC to reconnect.\nDid you try to disable and enable again the LAN connection. Also you can go on the command prompt and type : ipconfig/release  [hit enter]\nipconfig/renew    [hit enter]
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Make sure you are getting an ip address\ndo this\nStart..run..type cmd..when the command prompt comes up\ntype ipconfig /all\n\nsee what your default gateway is.. it might be a number like 192.168.1.1\n\nping your default gateway\n\nif you get a reply, it maybe your internet connection settings.\n\ndo you have encryption such as WEP / WPA on this connection?\n\nIf everything seems fine and you have set up the wep key and everything else properly. Run the connection wizard and say that you want to connect to the internet using a broadband connection that is always on.\n\nalso like shyla said make sure your LAN is disabled.
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if you are on diff ip networks, but same physical network, jumping a cable over will cause problems. try typing the ip adress of the other computer into your browser.\n\n&#92;&#92;10.0.x.x
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Very carefully.\n\nBasically You have internet connection plug into router.\n\nSecond: plug computers into router. It's most liekly setup for DHCP so the computers will get local IP addresses automatically. After that you should be good to go.
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first of all, the only reason you would want to do this is because you don't have a router (which you usually should have to share your connection when you have high speed internet). If you do, then you don't need the crossover cable. Just open your network connection and you should see the other computers if they have shared material.\n\nIf not, then you need 2 things: ethernet jack on both computers and a crossover cable. Supposing you're on windows XP, open the control panel and click on "Network Connections." Your ethernet adapter connection should show up there as probably "Local Area Connection". There shouldn't be many of them (generally somewhere between 1 and 3) so you try the following on all of them (or the ones that seem to look like the right ones).\n- Right click on the connection and choose properties.\n- In the list of options, choose "Internet Protocol TCP/IP" and click on properties\n- Choose to configure the IP yourself\n- On your desktop, put in 192.168.0.1 as the IP, 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask and 192.168.0.1 for the default gateway.\n- On the laptop, put in 192.168.0.2 as the IP, 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask and 192.168.0.2 for the default gateway.\n- Then disable the firewall if you have any (nothing will happen because you are connected to your own computer and not to the internet. There is no risk of hacking. Just remember to reactivate it before connecting to the internet).\n- XP shouldn't require a reboot after an IP change, but it might prompt you. If it does, then reboot both computers.\n\nFrom here they should be connected, so if you check your network connections, you should see the other computer's shared folders.\nTo connect back to the internet, reenable the IP auto-detect, reenable the firewalls and reconnect to the internet.\n\nThis should be or is really close to what you need to do. I've done this about 3 years ago, so the memory is a little fuzzy. I have never done this since I got a router.
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http://www.homepcnetwork.com/pcmacovrf.htm\nthis article has information on networking macs and pcs'.
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get another lan card.\n\nalthough i doubt it would work cause I've never tried it before but try having two lan connections to your hub and set different ip's for each connection.
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Use ISA Firewall Server and in there u can decide which user can access internet and which can't. ISA uses Actice Directiry user...
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Yes, absolutely you can do what you want.   If the computers are near each other, and near the cable modem, then the easiest way is with short Ethernet cables and a router.   The router connects to all 3:  to the modem, it looks like a computer, and to the computers it looks like an internet connection.\n\nYou can also do this with a wireless router.  It works the same way except that radio communication is used instead of cables between the router and the computers (The router is still connected to the cable modem with a cable).  However, you need to get a wireless card for each of the computers, the router you'd use is slightly more expensive, it's not quite as fast, and it raises potential security issues.   The security problems can be solve, but it's an additional thing to worry about.\n\nSo, assuming the distances are short, you should buy something like a 4-port router (made by Linksys, Netgear, and others).  Make sure it has a firewall built in (they pretty much all do).   Do NOT buy an Ethernet "hub" or "switch": make sure it's a router.\n\nIt'll probably come with a cable to attach it to your cable modem.  You probably already have one such cable, so may need to buy one more.   (You'll need 3 all together for this set-up.)\n\nThe fact that one machine is a PC and the other is a Mac shouldn't matter at all.