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December 20, 2011 06:27 AM

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POGOB01V3_DEC2011

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I have tried and tried, and Googled, but it won't work.

I want to have my POGO directly plugged into my Mac via an ethernet cable, to use the wifi connection that my Mac is using, for internet access. I have already enabled my POGO device on the website.

What I have done so far:

Tried both a network cross cable, and a regular network cable

Ensured that my firewall is off

Airport is listed first in the list under "Network"

Sharing "Airport" over "Ethernet", and "Internet sharing" is on.

I never get a green light once booted up - just yellow. The irony is that if I try this on a PC, I get a green light - but I am a Mac user...

Can anyone offer up any help?

Mac OS 10.6.8 and POGOPLUG B01 ( V. 3 )

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December 20, 2011 1:29 PM updated: December 20, 2011 1:30 PM

I read that wrong. You want ICS to grant your Pogoplug internet access?

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December 20, 2011 8:04 PM

I'm sorry. I don't understand what "ICS" stands for.

I don't always have direct access to the router to plug the POGO directly into. I have read that XBOX users do the same. They plug the device into the LAN port of the computer, which is then wirelessly connected to the intenet. In this way, the ethernet attached device can share the WIFI connection.

This did work for me on a friends PC two days ago, but I use a Mac. I know that this can be done, I just must be missing a step...

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December 24, 2011 5:51 AM updated: December 24, 2011 5:57 AM

I Googled and experimented some more, and finally got it to work :) Finally a solid green light!

I found this youtube guide ( ‪Using Mac as a WiFi adapter for XBOX 360‬ - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV4qd1RHmH8 ) and this forum thread ( http://www.pogoplugged.com/forum/thread/11966/Static-IP/?highlight=static+ip )

On my Mac, I assigned the ethernet connection of 10.1.1.1 ( which becomes the gateway ), and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

I assigned the POGO the address of 10.1.1.2

Nameserver is the router ( 192.168.1.1 )

~ # mount / -o remount,rw,noatime
~ # echo 'ifconfig eth0:3 10.1.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0' >> /etc/init.d/rcS
~ # echo 'route add default gw 10.1.1.1' >> /etc/init.d/rcS
~ # echo 'echo "nameserver 192.168.1.1" > /etc/resolv.conf' >> /etc/init.d/rcS
~ # mount / -o remount,ro

I unpluged the POGO, then plugged it back in to reboot it, and voila...

BTW, I used a regular network cable, as opposed to a cross over cable.

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