I'm not quite sure how to go about this networking setup

[thesandbox]

Hello all,

Usually I am pretty good with setting everything up, but I don't know it all.

Here's what I'm trying to do. Maybe someone can help.

I would like to have my MacBook connect to the internet using Wifi. From my mac I would like to share the airport internet connection to a wireless router through my Ethernet port, and allow devices like an iPhone or another laptop to connect to the router Wifi and use the internet provided from my mac. I am using a cheap d-link 615 to do this.

I have been playing around with the internet sharing options but it seems like what I configure on my router just isn't working correctly. Does anyone know of a way to set this up?

Thanks.

 

[jahala]

If your mac is connecting to the internet wirelessly, can your other devices connect to the same wireless network? Why do you want to route their connection through your mac first?

 

[GeekGuys]

So it sounds like you are using your mac as a wifi extender? Your phone would wifi connect to the extended router which would be on e same network as your mac Ethernet. However, you mac wifi is on the Internet connected router which would need to be on a second network.

I guess this is possible if your mac can bridge between wifi and Ethernet? I thought they shared the same bus so would be seen as a combined NiC but I could be wrong.

Is this what you are trying to do?

Check out this link. It might be what you are after

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20020914100451316

 

[rwwest7]

That's an awful expensive bridge! Why not just pick something up online that does the same thing for cheap and then your Mac won't be on 24/7?

I know you can create an ad-hoc network with your Airport. But as for what you're trying I doubt it is possible, because there are tons of other options that will work a ton better.

http://www.amazon.com/TRENDnet-Wire...I3DA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336826839&sr=8-1

Only $50.

 

[blacka4]

plus if I read this correctly, you can't connect your mac to 2 different wifi networks. You can't connect to one then expect to share the connection via wireless after you are already connected to a network.