1. Is AppleTalk ON (in control panels) 2. Does AppleTalk give an ethernet choice? Select if it does. You don't have the proper card support software if it doesn't. 3. Does TCP/IP (in control panels) give an ethernet choice? Select if it does. 4. Is AppleShare available in your Chooser? Some basic OS installs don't add all of the parts needed for networking. (Had that problem in a 9.1 install.) I had to do a custom install and check the remote access box to get everything needed to network. 5. Is your ethernet card 8.1 friendly or does it require a newer OS? Some need at least 8.5, others need at least 9.1. Info should be available in the card's docs or at the Asante site.
Note: My router required that I open the AppleTalk and TCP/IP control panels to check them. After closing them on each Mac, that Mac was recognized by the router. If I didn't do that step, they weren't recognized. Must be some sort of ID ping required by the router. (My Asante FR3004LC router only or all? ) http://www.download.com may have an older Stuffit. You might also try downloading the free carbon lib 1.6 extension from Apple. Put it in your extensions folder and restart. (won't hurt anything in your older OS and allows many newer programs to run on 8.1.) The download is at: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120047 The difference between older software and some of the newer versions is the requirement for carbon support. (My newer stuffit version works on both 9.1 and 8.1. (My OS 8.1 has carbonlib added.) Coincidence? Same answer on the same day to 2 lists! David Allen Jeff Hewitt wrote: > Hi. > > I finally sat down last night to set my 5300 for use on my home network, > only to realize that I don't know what I'm doing. > > This is a bit embarrassing, as I have set up hundreds of pc's for this same > thing, and had no trouble at all doing so with my eMac, in both classic and > ten. > > I found the tcp/ip control panel pretty easily, set it to dhcp server. the > ip address doesn't display, although it says it's getting it from the dhcp > server, in this case, the router? > > I set the router address. Still nothing. The little lights on my asante > ethernet card are blinking, so i don't think thats the problem. > > I'm running 8.1. I have a copy of 8.5 and the updater for 8.6, but it's on > cd and i need the ethernet connection to get it on the hard drive. > > I went from System 6 to Win 9X to OS X, and quite honestly, i feel a bit > lost in 8.1. Much of this stuff I only vaguely recognise. Can't seem to find > a version of stuffit that will run on 8.1. Gah! > > Any help you guys might be able to offer is of course, vastly appreciated! > > Thanks! > > -jeff hewitt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
