Nah, I've been messing with this yesterday and today too and it's not too bad.
As long as you can use appletalk over the connection (I do that as a basic test of the Ethernet to another Ethernet mac running appletalk if you have one) then MacTCP should work fine (tests the basics of the link layers making sure the duplexes are matched up but all must be behind the same router on the layer 2 network). Basically I just hit More... then selected Manual (because MacTCP doesn't do DHCP I'm pretty sure). Enter in your gateway ie. 192.168.0.1 typically. Enter in some fake domain name on the DNS entry (because it can't stand having it blank for whatever reason so I use blah.net) and put in 192.168.0.1 for your DNS (if that's your routers IP address because it normally acts as DNS, or you can just use 208.63.222.222 which is OpenDNS etc). Then save that and now on the previous page you can enter your IP address. I just put in something close to what my router would assign like 192.168.0.109, just a little higher than what I think it's already assigned other machines. Just be careful that you don't pick an IP that's in use on your network of course (usually starts assigning at 100 so 109 is usually safe). Close that and you should be good to surf. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of netBEUI Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 2:30 PM To: Vintage Macs Subject: MacTCP and DNS/Gateway settings I have some basic questions about MacTCP that I'm hoping someone on this list can answer. I've never used MacTCP before yesterday so the only knowledge I have is what I've been able to find online. What am I supposed to put in the gateway and DNS fields? My setup is as follows: Mac Classic II --> Linksys WRT54G --> Dlink DIR-655 --> Cable Modem So the Classic II is wired by ethernet to an old Linksys router which is wired by ethernet to a new Dlink router which is connected directly to the cable modem. My reasoning for connecting to an old router is that I'll have better luck getting this working than if it's connected to the new router. 1. Is this a false assumption and should I connect directly to the newer router? 2. In the current configuration (above) am I supposed to use the Linksys's gateway and DNS info or the Dlink? They are both 192.168.. ip's or am I supposed to use the DNS from the cable modem (64.144.. ip)? 3. Would it be easier to just trash everything, reinstall system 7.1 or higher and use Open Transport instead of MacTCP? -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2839 - Release Date: 04/28/10 00:27:00 -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
