My Reply follows quote. On 13/12/2003 10:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> Ethernet via a crossover cable had been working very well until this >> week.The machine with the problem is a 9600 running OS 9.1. >> Somehow the Appletalk settings were changed. The connection which I >> had set at ethernet suddenly was changed to printer port. It does >> this every time the machine is booted. >> >> When I try to save the "active" setting an error panel says there is >> a problem with the connection. A change to regular cables and a hub >> has not helped. The PRAM is zapped . The control panel reinstalled. >> Finder prefs trashed. The desktop rebuilt., and all steps in setup >> retraced. >> > >My 9500 (9.2/G4-700) started doing that too, when I found that I had made a >change to the Extension Manager and and unchecked Appleshare and the >Ethernet extensions. Turned them back on and the ethernet started working >again. > >However, my Wallstreet powerbook does the same thing your 9600 does; each >time I turn it on (or wake it from sleep) the ethernet port in Appletalk has >reverted to the printer port, and I have to keep changing it back to >ethernet (it's not the RAM battery, since it retains date and time info >correctly). Still not sure why the Powerbook does that. ------------ Is the ethernet cable connected to an ethernet network when you start it or wake it? I believe that AppleTalk via ethernet "expects" an active connection upon activation or it reverts to the serial port.
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