connecting my mac to the internet via my pc

[mollymoo]

Hi I have a mac (OS 10) and a laptop (win XP). The PC connects to the internet via woreless...however the mac does not seem to be able to recieve a signal in the next room...so I wanted to connect my mac to the internet via the pc....i have tried setting up an internet conenction but have had no luck...any idea about how to do this...thanks

[Pat Flanel]

Seems strange. Does the mac get a signal if it's in the same room as the wireless router?

[mollymoo]

nope.....nothing listed in the airport...so we thought try to connect the mac to the internet via the pc

[Pat Flanel]

Do you have the router broadcast it's SSID? If that is switched off then you won't see it and will have to join it manually. What mac have you got?

[mollymoo]

it is a powerbook g4...it picks up other wireless connections that are secured but not the one we need....it has airport extreme

[Pat Flanel]

can you check your router to see if it's got SSID broadcast enabled and the channel it's on. What type of router is it?