> From: "Eden - Lawrence D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > As this List is home to many a computer maven, I want to pose an OT > question about ethernet. > > We have an older Mac at one of my elementary schools. It is a 5260/100 > PowerPC. It has an ethernet port on the back and we are running OS 8.6. > > The problem is: when I try to configure this computer so that it can join > the school's network, ETHERNET is not an available choice in the TCP/IP > window. I have PPP or AppleTalk PPP, but no ethernet. > > I did a clean install of OS 8, bumped it to OS 8.5 and then to 8.6, but > there was no change. > > What am I leaving out? If this Mac has built in ethernet, shouldn't I be > able to use it for the school's network? Why is it not available in the > TCP/IP window?
First of all: Turn Apple Talk inactive in the Chooser (or your computer will crash during the following procedure). Unplugging connections is not necessary. Go to the control panel AppleTalk. A prompting box pops up. You can safely click on Yes. Choose Ethernet from the menu on top of the box now coming up. Close the box. Click on Save in the box coming up. Close the Chooser window and plug an ethernet cord into the computer, and you should be up and running. Klaus _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
