Alexander MacLeod wrote: > Hi All, > > A friend of mine sent me his iMac DV/400/OS 9.03 (the > one with two FireWire ports) because he was no longer > able to connect to his cable internet service in > Florida. I had tried to talk him through the usual > procedures (rebooting, throwing out preferences, > zapping PRAM multiple times, etc.) over the phone with no joy. > > The machine boots fine, but when you check the TCP/IP > settings you always get an IP address that starts with > 169, which I know is bogus. All our IP addresses on > Optimum Online here in NY start with a 24.
Have you tried a hardware reset on the cable modem? And powering down the Mac and the cable modem, disconnecting the Ethernet cable between them, then turning on the cable modem, then connect the Ethernet cable, and turn on the Mac to allow the cable modem to see it again? And in the TCP/IP cp switching to another connection method (with writing down the settings!) and switching back? * * -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
