> Byron Q. Desnoyers Winmill wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 07:20:33PM +0100, Alexander Kaaling wrote: > > > >>I cant figure out which settings to use in 7.1 got get the SE to accept > >>an IP from the dhcp. > > > > I presume you are using MacTCP. AFAIK, it does not support DHCP > > so you will need to configure a static IP address. (The option to > > obtain an IP address from a server is based upon an older protocol.) > > Just make sure you know your w2k servers ip range (192.168.0.x) and > subnet (255.255.255.0), Mactcp should work fine, give the SE, say > 192.168.0.253 as its static address the click the "more" button. Input > the w2k servers address into the dns and Gateway/router fields else > all you may be able to do is ping. > > If your using Open Transport, input the servers address into the DNS > and Gateway/router fields and set the option to load tcp at startup. > > The domain name can be found on the w2k box using winipcfg under the > more button, remove the first part of the "host" name, which is the > machines name and enter the rest in the domain box of mactcp or as the > starting domain box of OT's TCP/IP control panel. Not very important > but very bit helps. > > I haven't used windows for ICS for some time, I'm pretty sure you > input the DNS addresses provided by your ISP into the DNS fields on > the client machines and leave the Gateway/router pointing at the w2k's > 192.168.0.1 address. It wont hurt to add your ISP's DNS addresses to > this field, leaving 192.168.0.1 as the "top or" default address. > > If you have a few machines including older macs use a static address > and allocate their address's to the upper end, 253,251,249 ect. This > makes it easier to both remember their addresses and for ICS to dole > out dhcp addresses to the lower end avoilding address conflicts when > turning on a static machine after all the dhcp machines have already > been started. > > ICS wont care if you use a static address if these fields are filled. > So in this case MacTCP is the better option over OT's bloat especially > for the SE. > Thanks for the replies, Kinda impressed that someone managed to decode my mixed up english in the email. Anyway, a follow up question, when I have a nic in the SE, do I need some special extensions to the system to get it to work? (7.1 & mactcp) (Been around the MS world to much so I dont remember how it works)
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