>>Winipcfg makes this easy enough without the temptation to make >>changes. :) >> >> > >Being relatively uninformed about networks, I thought it best to >point him to where all of the protocols in use would be documented. >I'm not sure if I've even used Winipcfg, but my guess from the name >is that it only documents the setup of TCP/IP, and some other >protocol may need to be set up to get into the network, even if the >intention is only to use TCP/IP. But that's just a wild >guess--showing off my lack of network knowledge. >
Amazing how many people dont know to right click on"my computer" "network nieghborhood" or "internet explorer" to bring up the system, network and internet control panels. If your like me you tend to change things if these are open so winipcfg takes away the temptation. The Network CP doesn't tell you what ip address has been assigned to that machine making it less than useful when for checking compared to winipcfg. As we are talking macs and internet, tpc is what would be used if its going through a pc. Winipcfg is useful for lease renewal and for sorting multiple network cards, no real use for dial up users expect for finding your machines current address
> > > >>>I know there's a Mac software package called DAVE which enables one >>>to use a Mac to connect to Windows-based networks, but I don't know >>>how far back in Macs and OS's it supports, even the old versions of >>>DAVE. When you say "Quadra", I'm presuming a 68K machine--am I >>>right? And what version of the Mac OS is it running? It'd at least >>>be worthwhile looking into. DAVE is produced by Thursby Software; a >>>Google search should turn 'em up easily enough. >>> >>> >>Gamba's page is a good place to look for dave which is useful for >>file sharing but doesn't do much for web browsing, since there is a >>Netgear router thrown into the mix would it not be better to config >>the macs to suit the router or buy a hub and have the macs on a >>seperate plug from the router rather than fart around with ICS? >> >> >My head's spinning at this point; you're definitely out of my league. >Plus, since we're both talking about a network neither of us directly >knows, I think some more info from Terry's needed before I can >conjecture any further. >
Terry gave us info about the router, Asante ethernet cards may play a roll in this so may the type of dhcp the router uses. Macs where rather hard to configure with some servers before open transport 2.0x (os8.5)as there is no machine name in the same way as its handled on the pc which means a static address needed to be used with a name known to the server in the filesharing control panel to connect where pc's with dhcp set had no problem. I don't know if this could cause problems with a router, I do know it was the only way I could use the cable modem with OS8.1.
We do need more info from Terry to really know where the trouble might be, we can still throw around ideas on this list which hopefully dont need to use ICS and make use of the router.
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