Hi there,

I've purchased myself a Mac Mini Server for home testing, and my first problem is internet. Let me explain how I currently have things set up:

- Internet comes in wirelessly via a wireless hub to the Macs/server due to their distance from this hub.
- The Macs are all connected together via a switch over ethernet.
- The Mac Mini Server is connected to this switch to provide the services, which I don't want provided over the wireless.

I have DNS resolving as it should be on the server correctly, which has allowed me to enable Podcast Producer, Kerberos etc. However I can only get it working on the clients if I disable the wireless connection on a client, or bump ethernet to the top of the Network settings service list. Which then disables my internet connection over wireless.

So what I've tried next on the clients is have the wireless at the top Network setting service list and give it the Mac Mini Server DNS and Search Domains which seems to be working.

On the Mac Mini Server I'm having problems though, Ethernet has to be the top service of course, but then it won't get its internet connection from the wireless.. or is there a way to get it to?

Basically if possible, the clients and sever get their internet over the wireless (due to wireless hubs distance from the Macs), and the clients communicate to the server over ethernet - with DNS still working.

Thanks for any help in advance.

tough one, you could try setting up a proxy server.

There are two solutions I can think of:

1. Have the wireless interface below ethernet in system prefs and use a login script to create a static route. This has worked for me previously as a work around.

2. Buy some "Ethernet over Power" adaptors which use the power sockets in your house for ethernet. I have a couple of these at home and they work like a charm.

(Option 2 would be my preferred choice in this situation).

Cheers

Dave

Hi there

What you should be using is the gateway services.

This service is designed just for this situation.

It will allow you to specify the internal private network (ie Ethernet) and the internet connection (ie Wireless)

This works quite well.

Best of luck

Richard