Gents, I am using OS9.1 on a PCP210 with original processor, and the upgrade from 8.6 went without a hitch, as far as internet access went. I don't use a cable modem, though, I have dsl. And I have a dsl router between the modem and computers (there's also a PC150/8.6 and a WinAthlon 98se/XP box on my home network).
Originally my dsl modem & service came with Enternet300 software as PPPoE client, which I disabled after getting the router in place, as it was no longer needed. Do you have something like that, that might need upgrading? Could the firmware of the cable modem need updating? You might want to try a dsl/cable router, to see if it solves your problem. It would handle the interaction with the modem, and you should have no problem seeing the router if your network works OK. As a plus it would provide some firewall protection by network address translation. I access my router's setup via my browser, so it is easy to see if a problem is my computer not finding the router, or if the router is not finding the internet. That knowledge would help you troubleshoot. But first of all, have you tried getting help from your cable company? I have had very good luck with being walked through setup over the phone by my dsl provider's tech support people. I don't know if I helped at all. Cheers, Kenji >> Did you ever find a solution to this? I just upgraded to 9.1 on my PTP 200, >> and >> am unable to access the internet, at all. My only access is by starting up >> with >> 8.1, on a seperate hard drive. I'm using a cable modem, and it doesn't matter >> if I use the original processor, or the G4 upgrade irecently installed. > > Nope. Deafining silence. > > I have since installed 9.1 from scratch a couple more times, verified that > the settings are identical to 8.6 (where TCP/IP works), tried an older > version of TCP/IP (which hung the system), tried to install from my > wife's IMac CD (it runs 9.0 and does TCP/IP correctly, but won't install > on my PTP), all to no avail. Using any ping, telnet, ftp, www tool > return error -3213, which is not documented in Apple's OT book. Until > today, I haven't heard of any success, but I see that one poster reports > success. > > Sigh. I hate computers. If I didn't make my living writing software > for them, I ... I guess I'd still have one anyway. > >> anyone have ideas? >> >> Bill Stadler >> >> Carl Kreider wrote: >> >>> I have the strangest thing going on, so I thought I'd check and >>> see if anyone else has heard of anything like this ... >>> >>> I just put Mac OS 9.1 and 10.1 on my PTP 200 w/ G3/500. >>> >>> Mac OS 8.6 networking works fine - I print to a laser hung off >>> my linux box, mount a shared drive from my linux box, and can >>> surf the web through a linux firewall. >>> >>> However, Mac OS 9.1 won't surf. I can print to the laser and >>> mount the share drive. That means ethernet is working, so it >>> must be TCP/IP that is the problem. It is set up just like >>> on 8.6 as best as I can tell, but all attempts to use TCP/IP, >>> from netscape to fetch to ping, return -3213 error. The >>> TCP/IP extension is there. In fact, it still doesn't work if >>> I tell conflict catcher to use only the mac extensions. I thought >>> that perhaps loading 10.1 screwed it up as I couldn't mount >>> the shared drive afterwords. So I reloaded 9.1 to a clean >>> partition. Still no luck. >>> >>> Has anyone see this wierdness before? >>> >>> TIA. > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
