Hi there. I am having problems sharing my internet connection between my two computers. Allow me to explain:

I have an Apple PowerMac G4 running Mac OS X 10.3.8 (soon to be 10.3.9 when my download finishes), and have it connected to the internet via it's built-in 56k modem.

This Mac is linked to my PC running SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 via an Ethernet crossover cable.

I've given each a static IP address, and they can access each other fine.

My problem is getting the PC to access websites in a browser properly. I can get at sites if I enter their IP address in the address bar in Firefox (or any other browser on SUSE), but not if I enter their "proper" name. I'm naturally inclined to assume this is something to do with DNS, but I don't know what, as I don't know much about how DNS works.

Any help with this would be greately appreciated.

Hi lloyd_smart,

You are right. Your problem is with dns. You have to find the proper dns address on your Mac and copy it to your Suse. As the Mac is a BSD like, all you need is to copy "/etc/resolv.conf" from your Mac, which I suppose exists, to your Suse.

The best would be to setup a dns server on the Mac and point it as the dns resolver for Suse, as from time to time your ISP can change the ip addresses and you will get stuck with it on Suse again.

Osvaldo.

so you are sharing your internet trought the Mac OS, right?
Make sure what you have in /etc/resolv.conf is your ISP DNS server... otherwise, it won't resolve name.

Thanks for your help.

Any idea how I can do this on Mac OS X?

you dont have to use the most complex solution... why don't you just edit your resolv.conf? ISP DNS shouldn't change very often.

Half_Elf,

You are right. ISP DNS doesn't change very often but they change. In 6 months or one year, suddenly the internet sharing will hang. And you won't remember because, you will think that "yesterday" or "this morning" it worked and now it doesn't. You will check all the system because you are sure the DNS is Ok!

If you put an script in rc.local to always copy /etc/resolv.conf from the MAC to the linux, you will never have this problem, assuming the mac has the DNS updated at every connection.

Cheers,

Osvaldo.

actually my ISP has the same namserver since 3 years...

an ISP wouldn't just change it's dns's IP's it would make no sense, even if they did everyone would be alerted by a letter or at least an email for home users.

They could add a new dns perhaps, but take one away, nah.

Ok, thanks guys. I copied the resolv.conf, and it works like a charm.

Thanks!