I have a very similar setup: a 7200/120 running 8.1, a Pismo PowerBook (usually 9.2 but I booted up in OS X to verify what I'm about to tell you, and an old PowerCenter, all connected using an Asante router which also connects to a DSL modem.
Everything talks to everything else, and the 7200 appears to get the same download speeds (up to about 90 KB/sec) as the other computers. The browser is somewhat slower to render, but that's to be expected. Make sure, on the 7200, that: 1. file sharing is on 2. the hard drive (and contents) is set to be shared (select the hard drive icon, and then go to "sharing..." under the file menu. 3. appletalk is set to use ethernet, and is active 4. the tcp/ip control panel is set to use built-in ethernet, and configured to use DHCP server (assuming your SMC router has a built-in DHCP server). On the OS X machine: under preferences, go to network; choose "built-in ethernet" under the "show" drop-down menu; under the TCP/IP tab, choose configure "using DHCP"; under the appletalk tab, click on the checkbox to make appletalk active. Finally, at the top of one of your finder windows, click on the "connect" icon (looks like a world globe with a question mark) (if the icons are not showing, click on the little oval button near the top righthand corner of the window). When the "connect to server" window opens, select "appletalk", and when your 7200 hard drive appears, click on it and then on the button marked "connect". You will be asked for the password that you specified when you set up file sharing on your 7200. Good luck! Henry Claudio DiCenzo wrote: > > Hi, Hopefully someone can provide some directon. > Problem 1: I have an old 7200/120 Power Mac and a new iMac 600. I have a > lot of old files on the 7200 that I want to access and still be able to use > the computer itself. I set up a network (using cable) with an SMC Barricade > router, but the old Mac is so slow the pages on the internet and my email > won't finish loading. I thought that maybe if it's upgraded with a cheap > 7300 motherboard (I don't want to get into processor upgrade cards because > they are too expensive) and new ehternet card it might help. Any > suggestions? > > Problem 2: Although I have the network set up, I can't access one computer > from the other. I'm running OS X on the new machine and OS 8.1 on the older > one. Do you think this might be causing the problem? > I would appreciate any guidance. Thanks, Claudio -- Mac Canada is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Shop Canadian, visit Mantek Services <http://www.mantek.mb.ca> Low Prices That Will Keep YOU and Your MAC Smiling Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.shtml> 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/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
