Like me you're a cheapskate and you don't want to drop $180 for an Airport Extreme Base Station (or even $50+ for a third-party 802.11 base station). Now before we begin, you might ask: why would I want to do this? Here's a few possible answers: However, what if you want to do something a little bit more complicated? In this tutorial I'll cover some other ways for turning your Mac into a router, including over FireWire and adding a second ethernet port via USB (which can be really tricky). with a cable or DSL modem plugged into the built-in ethernet port), all you have to do is go to the Sharing pane of your System Preferences select it and hit start. For instance, if want to turn any Mac with a built-in Airport card into a wireless router (e.g. No doubt you know that sharing your internet connection on your Mac is easy.
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