Hi James,
A link light flashing sometimes indicates that the Ethernet card and hub
cannot auto-negotiate. There is a tool available that might help you if this
is the problem.
http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=325&db=mac
Did you try a cable that works on the iMac with the G3?
on 8/30/01 9:45 AM, James Russell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I have a question: a non-profit that I'm doing a little work for has a
> B&W G3, a iMac, and a biege G3 DT ( all on OS 8.6 ). I'm networking
> them w/ 10BaseT but the B&W's port on the hub has a flashing link
> light and the B&W
> isn't seen ( and can't be seen ) by the rest of the boxes. All the
> other boxes' drives
> mount remotely at start up, file share, etc. normally. They are all
> on the same subnet: 192.168.0.xx, etc.
>
> I've swapped cables, installed OS 9.1, and swapped hub ports
> w/ no change. Since this is the first time I've ever worked on newer
> hardware ( NuBus PPC's are my usual fare ) I hope I am not missing
> something basic - if I am, I will
> go hide my face until the red fades...
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> Regards,
> James
>
> PS: Is modem sharing possible via Ethernet?
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