Mac internet sharing to non computer device (Slingbox)

Hi I can't figure out how to share the internet on the mac with a non computer device (e.g Xbox 360/Slingbox). It works fine with say another computer but that isn't that useful.

How do I set it up with a slingbox? On the PC just the bridge connection deal would make it so that the X360 had internet but I can't figure it out on the MAC>

 

depends how your hooked up... are you plugging the slingbox into the Mac's nic, then using wifi to connect to the internet? do you have 2 nics?

you normally can just go to System Preferences -> Sharing and turn on internet sharing. You'll have to select where your sharing the internet connection from (whats connected to the internet on the Mac), then select what connection type computers you are going to share to have. The problem is making a network, as last time I tried it, it doesn't seem to run DHCP... I had to go into my Macs network device the other computer connected to and set it up for 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0, then set up the other machine to connect with a manual address of 192.168.0.2 with the same netmask, with the default gateway set to 192.168.0.1... but I haven't tried it in a long time, they may have made it easier.

 

I'm plugging the Slinbox ethernet into the Mac and then I'm connection shraing with the ethernet, but it isn't giving the Slingbox internet.

 

so the Mac is connected to the internet on WIFI, and your plugging the sling box into the Mac with an ethernet cable?

Not sure how easy that will be to set up... the Slingbox will probably have to have itself configured first before it would work, and its expecting DHCP. its much much easier if you use a router.... or your going to have to get the Slingbox working on another machine and get it configured for the "network" with your Mac first.

 

So I'm in a college dorm room where they don't allow wireless access points.

All I know is in Windows there is a way to "bridge" connections ~ this makes it so that the computer outputs the same thing as a router basically.

I'm wondering how to do this on a MAC.

Hmm....so if I borrowed a Windows PC could I get the Slingbox working?

 

just for easy of use... cuz of SlingBox... I'd go buy a cheapo router (like $25 - $30 USD) and use it (not a wireless router). You could set up internet sharing, and connect the router to the Mac, then anything you want to plug into the router should be easy to get to work.... other computers... Xbox... Slingbox... whatever... wont have to run one thing at a time.

But yes.. you can do exactly what you want to do, they just call it Internet Sharing in Mac OS X.

Mac OS X 10.6 Help: Sharing your Internet connection