At 1:05 AM -0400 9/29/2002, 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.
For ALL the other computers? The iBook and probably the PC would activate all three but a IIci or a P631 are unlikely to light up the Full Duplex and 100 lights, the typical interface for those machines are 10Base only, as is 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. Unfortunately the 8500 doesn't have a link light on it to verify the connection both ways. The AAUI port is automatically selected if you connect a transceiver, otherwise it uses the 10BaseT port. What happens if you connect the cable and switch AppleTalk to Ethernet. Does the AppleTalk CP have an Ethernet setting? Does it report an error when you switch the connection? Can you see other machines in Chooser (assuming you have a machine on the network with File Sharing active)? -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- 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
