> 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.
Yes, the ethernet extension is there. Both Appletalk and TCP/IP are 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. Would love to, if I could get online. > Have you tested it with any other OS? You might consider trying the > Network Install Disk, which is a tiny 7.5.3 system on a floppy, > available from Apple's ftp site. It does ethertalk, so it could rule > out a hardware problem. I tested it with 8.0 (the OS that was on it when I got it), 8.5, and 8.6. No luck with any of them. I think I have a copy of the Network Install Disk somewhere, so I can try that later. >> 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. Sorry, should have been more specific. The IIci and Performa were not plugged in last night. So it was indeed just the iBook and PC. > 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)? No errors when I switched AppleTalk to ethernet. (It was originally set to the printer port, but switching it was one of the first things I did.) I am going to reconnect the IIci and Performa to the network and see if I can see them in the Chooser, but I must admit I'm not optimistic after the experience with the crossover cable. > Make sure your TCP/IP settings are correct, you're using the ethernet > port, the addressing is set correctly manual or DHCP probably, as the > case may be, and that TCP/IP is turned on! > > If it's manual, make sure you have a unique address on your subnet. Yes, I have tried it both ways. Also, TCP/IP is not set to "Load Only When Needed." One thing I noticed when I set it to DHCP is that it's getting the wrong subnet - 255.255.0.0 instead of 255.255.255.0 - and a 169 IP address (instead of 192). Which explains things, although I don't know WHY it's happening or how to fix it. Thanks, Amber > 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
