on 04/01/01 22:30, Mark A. Kippert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Frank Cornew on 1/4/01 9:21 PM wrote:
>
>> Thanks much makmac, the problem does occur with different 2300's in
>> the docks. Turns out that since this is a non-hub arrangement
>> connecting the docked duo to my PB G3, appletalk must be switched
>> over reasonably simultaneously in order for the duo to see the
>> ethernet. Forgot where this pearl of wisdom came from. Not sure that
>> it is restricted to the DuoDock ethernet. At any rate, it's working.
>>
> That sounds familiar now that you mention it.
>
> I remember my 8100 doing the same thing. If I attempted to selected ethernet
> in the AppleTalk control panel, and there was no other ethernet device at
> the other end of the cable (or the device was off), it would give me an
> error and switch back to LocalTalk.
>
> However, if my LaserWriter IIg were turned on (which I networked to directly
> via ethernet) then it would happily make an ethernet connection.
>
> It seems that the older Macs had to "see" another device on the ethernet
> network for ethernet to remain active. Since a hub is always active then
> there is no problem.
>
> Glad you caught that because I never would have remembered. It's been a long
> time since I connected to another Mac (or printer) directly.
>
> -makmac
>
Yes, AppleTalk is pretty nitpicky. I don't remember if I posted this problem
here, but with my PowerBook G3 (which is not that old), I had problems
switching from one location to the other. Basically, when I was switching
from one location to the other, my Ethernet connection wouldn't work
anymore, even if both location were using a simple Ethernet connection. I
haven't found the exact cause yet but I discovered that if I keep AppleTalk
mostly inactive, then I can switch over the 2 without any problem. Worse, if
I have AppleTalk active and my PB goes to sleep, whenever it's awaken, the
Ethernet connection is hosed. The only way I found to fix it, while
AppleTalk active, was to restart. Now, I keep AppleTalk inactive, can put
the PB to sleep and the connection still works when it awakes. It even works
when I go to work and switch my location to one that has a proxy server,
something I couldn't do when AppleTalk was active.
Like I said, I don't know why AppleTalk is doing this, but it works for me
when inactive... I've started learning with my 280c, then my 2300c and now
with my PB G3 that AppleTalk is very sensitive to the network environment
and when you're using a PB which has usually a volatile environment,
AppleTalk doesn't seem to like it too much...
-Laurent.
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