On Dec 6, 5:28 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > At 6:09 PM -0800 12/5/2009, epic93 wrote: > > >I have a g3 350mhz imac. I have had it for about a year now running > >linux, and just recently (as my emac had gone down) I re installed OS > >9. > > Mac OS 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.2.1, or 9.2.2? 9.0 when I had it > > >For some reason, I was not able to get on the network. We have a > >lan with a wireless router and I plugged it into an ethernet port on > >the router (It has a few on back for a small wired workgroup) I tried > >everything I could with the settings for OS 9 > > TCP/IP control panel, set it for DHCP. Save the settings. Then > either wait up to 5 minutes for the DHCP cycle to trigger or reboot. Tried that. It failed. > > >and eventually, believing that perhaps Linux was a more network > >oriented operating > >system, installed kubuntu. This failed to get on the LAN as well > > Open Transport uses a port of Mentat/TCP. In its day it was the > superior networking stack. As I recall, it even outperformed the > implementations in Unix and Linux. > > >and now I have no idea what to do. > > Check the router's log to see why it's not connecting. > Check the log in Linux to see why it's not connecting. > > Make sure your router is configured to accept a DHCP client on that > ethernet port. It is. > > >I even tried plugging it into another ethernet switch, which failed > >to see it as well. > > Perhaps the ethernet port is blown? See if you can start AppleTalk. > It won't start if the NIC doesn't talk back correctly. When I had OS 9 on it it started. Now it seems linux can recognize it, but something isn't right. I'm beginning to think this is a software issue, rather than a hardware issue. And considering that it used to work on a wired only LAN (with an emac on a five port workgroup switch, which went itself into this very same router). I'm suspecting something is up with the router or my network configurations > > Perhaps the ethernet cable is foo? tested it. it's good. > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
How would I go about configuring DHCP in the terminal? I want to use the terminal with linux for speed and fun, no gui, but network configuration is one of those things I only learned how to do in the GUI. And KDE won't initialize. P.S. I seem to now recall having this work on the LAN before, but I am pretty certain that was before we got High speed internet. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
