k42

Mohammed, 21, Kuwait. I play videogames regularly, I watch movies casually and I drink coffee constantly. To extend upon this, my favorite game of all time is Super Metroid, my favorite movie is 2001: A Space Odyssey (directed by Stanley Kubrick) and my favorite type of coffee is Nescafe. When I'm bored of life and games I'm usually reading in my bed, sipping through my own cup of misery. I work in a very dull environment surrounded by some very dangerous equipments that could blow the country to pieces. I dream of creating an 8-bit game with some interesting gameplay mechanics in which I already planned. But that's not gonna happen. That's why it's called a dream.

Feel free to contact me anytime regarding any subject; colorization [at] gmail [dot] com (this is to prevent spam).
May 04
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Sharing Mac connection (through AirPort) to a PS3

I’ve been going around through this for almost two weeks, and I finally got it to work. As you may have known, when sharing your Mac connection to a PS3/Xbox 360 it will give either an IP Address error, or a DNS error. I searched google and couldn’t come up with a solution. So there goes the ancient way of solving things: prematurely messing around with the system. Conclusion? it worked.

Note that for the following tutorial, I was using VIVA USB modem (hence the need for sharing the connection), a PS3 updated to the latest firmware, Mac OS X version 10.5.6, and a cup of hot chocolate.

Mac

  • Open “System Preferences” window
  • Under “Internet & Networking” click on “Sharing”
  • Check the box near “Internet Sharing”, and then “AirPort”
  • Go back to “System Preferences” and click on “Network”
  • Click on your network’s name (mine was “HUAWEI Mobile”) and click on “Advanced”
  • Click on the DNS tab. In here you will see two set of numbers, grayed out. Type them down on a piece of paper (or better, in a text editor). We will need them later

PS3

  • From the “Settings” tab, go to “Network Settings”, and choose “Internet Connection Settings”. For a setting method, choose “Custom” and then “Wireless”
  • Let the PS3 scan for an access point, and choose your Mac SSID (make sure to turn on “AirPort” on your Mac)
  • When asked for a security setting, choose “None” (the PS3 won’t identify a WEP key from a Mac, as far as I know, so don’t bother creating one on your Mac)
  • When asked for an IP address setting, choose “Manual” and enter the following:

IP Address: 10.0.2.210
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Router: 10.0.2.1
Primary DNS: the first number we noted down from the DNS tab
Secondary DNS: the second number we noted down from the DNS tab

  • When asked for MTU, choose “Automatic”
  • When asked for a proxy server, choose “Do Not Use”
  • When asked for UPnP, choose “Disable”

Test your connection, everything should be working fine now. If you have any questions regarding this subject feel free to e-mail me anytime. (colorization at gmail dot com)

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