Did you do a custom install of OS 9? The ethernet port extension wasn't installed on any of my Macs using a standard OS 9 install. Check your AppleTalk control panel and see if ethernet is an option. You need that selected and the TCP/IP control panel also set to ethernet.
BTW: If you installed 9.0x, you should go to Apple's site and download the free 9.1 upgrade. Much more stable. David Allen Amber Rhea wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I just got a PowerMac 8500 the other day. I installed OS 9 on it and it's > running great. However, I'm having trouble accessing the internet. I have a > small network set up to share the cable modem; I recently got a Linksys > wireless router (also has 10BaseT ports for regular "wired" connections), > which connects my iBook, my husband's PC, my IIci, and my Performa 631CD to > the internet. However, so far no luck with the 8500. The TCP/IP settings are > all correct. The cable is good - I just tested it with my iBook and it works > fine. > > When I plug the cable from the router into the 8500's ethernet port, I do > get a link light - but only a link light. There are three lights on the > router for each port - link/act, full/col, and 100. All three are lit up for > the other computers, but only the first one is lit up for the 8500. > > I also tried connecting my iBook and the 8500 via a crossover cable and > turning on file sharing. They could not see each other. > > I would think that since I do get a link light, the ethernet port on the > 8500 must be good? The only other thing I can think of is that maybe it's > somehow confused because there is also an AAUI ethernet port? (I don't have > a transceiver to test with, unfortunately.) I've never heard of anything > like that, though. > > Ideas? Thanks in advance! > > -- > *** Amber Rhea *** > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.tangerinecs.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
