At 10:48 AM -0400 9/29/2002, Amber Rhea wrote: > > 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.
If you have the Ethernet selection in AT and TCP/IP then the correct driver is installed. They only are listed if their respective hardware is present. > >>> 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. So the lights were indicating normal connections. > >> 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. If it doesn't report an error upon switching to Ethernet then it is seeing the cable. It's still possible that the 10BaseT transceiver built into the 8500 is damaged. It could be seeing the signal from the switch (in the router) but unable to properly read 10BaseT data or it could be having trouble transmitting (even though the link light comes on on the switch). Try disconnecting all other devices including the WAN, connect the 8500, switch AT to Ethernet, close the AT control panel, open Chooser and select AppleShare. This should cause a periodic pulsing of the activity light for that port on the switch. > >> 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. The 169.x.x.x address is what happens when a Mac is set to DHCP but cannot find a DHCP server. It gets set to an address in this default range. -- 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
