On Jun 26, 2017, at 10:01 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:
> On 26 June 2017 at 16:44, Tapley, Mark via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
>> All,
>> having problems with my iMac G3. Ethernet stopped working, but still
>> shows some signs of life. Any suggestions welcome!
Liam,
thanks for the response! Note, ethernet *was* working and then stopped,
with no obvious action on my part. That said, answers in-line below.
> Some superficially odd questions...
>
> What OS is it running?
Mac OS 10.4.11, classic installed.
> Is the firmware up to date?
I don’t know the answer to that. I got it used, and don’t think I have updated
it.Is there a good way to tell?
> If the firmware isn't, you *will* experience problems with OS X. If it
> is running OS X, you can't update the firmware -- you need Classic
> MacOS 9 to do that. :-(
I probably can still have my 9.x install dask - I’ll look - and my 10.4 disk.
I”m pretty sure there are things I’ll lose doing 2 re-installs, but maybe I can
back them up to a USB memory to restore.
> Have you tried a different hub?
Not yet, but will do, hopefully tonight. Does direct (ethernet) connection to
another Mac, sharing its wi-fi to computers using ethernet, count in this
context? But I also have a hub built into a retired (DSL) modem which I’m
thinking about installing there to free up the 8-port hub; this can motivate me
to do that sooner.
One other thing I forgot to mention: iPv6 broke this machine’s internet a few
months back; so I disabled it through the System Preferences check-box, and it
came back up immediately on ipV4. Same thing happened at the same time to the
PowerBook G4 (also on 10.4.11) so I attributed that to the service provider
(and they actually notified us that they were changing to v6).
