To provide some feedback on topic I am willing to bet you have a link light but the router is not able to correctly negotiate a speed and doesn't provide a connection. On Nov 10, 2010 7:51 PM, "Britt Dodd" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've recently ran across a alternate firmware for routers called ddwrt. This > provides many many more options for configuration including the ability to > force 10mbit connections on a specific port. I have a old router with this > installed if you are interested or just Google ddwrt and there's tons of > info on the software,supported devices,etc. I have a wrt54g working with it > and a newer router as well > On Nov 10, 2010 7:42 PM, "hartonj" <[email protected]> wrote: >> You can get/have Open Transport on 7.5.5 according to wiki ( >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Transport, can't remember if it's >> available as default or need installing), but MacTCP is a little >> easier to work with if I recall. Less of a pain in the ass somehow. I >> never could get the ethernet card in my LC II to work right (had to >> reseat the rom to get the card to work) because it needed a 10mbps >> connection or something (lack of auto-negotiation). Maybe try running >> NetPresenz (web/ftp server software for Mac OS 7-9) >> http://www.stairways.com/main/netpresenz and see if you can get to a >> webpage it's hosting? Is the address you set in the dhcp range or the >> manual range? (are those options on your router?) >> >> On Nov 10, 9:53 am, Brian Deuel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Nov 10, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Joshua Juran wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> > On Nov 10, 2010, at 5:19 AM, Brian Deuel wrote: >>> >>> >> I recently snagged a LC-PDS ethernet card for my LC. I figured I would > get it on my network and use it as an IRC channel bot. For some odd reason, > I can ping the other machines on my network, and ping the AT&T name servers > FROM the LC, but I can't ping the LC from any other machine, nor will > Appleshare networking work with my OS 9 Pismo (neither machine shows up in > their respective Choosers) or connect via IP from the Pismo. The LC is > running System 7.5.5, with MacTCP as the networking software (I can't use > Open Transport on this machine). All of my machines are connected through a > Netgear DSL modem/router, and the LC shows up in my router "Connected > Devices" window. My MacTCP settings are all manual, with 192.168.0.9 set as > the LC's IP address, Class C settings, AT&T's name servers and my router > gateway address (192.168.0.1) as the name server settings, and 255.255.255.0 > for the network mask, which matches my router setting. >>> >>> >> Any ideas as to what could be stopping the LC from being seen by the > other machines? >>> >>> > "For the ping to succeed you must first start up some Internet > application on the Mac." >>> >>> > MacTCP and related Macintosh software >>> >http://www.math.niu.edu/~behr/docs/mactcp.html >>> >>> > MacTCP is implemented as a driver, and it sounds like it won't do > anything unless an application has the driver open. This may be a red > herring, but I'm mentioning it just in case. >>> >>> > What version of MacTCP do you have? The last is 2.0.6. (I'm betting > that's not the issue, either.) >>> >>> > Double check that your router configuration allows manually-configured > clients. Any device packaged for consumer use will ship supporting DHCP > clients; manually-configured clients might have to be explicitly enabled. > MacTCP doesn't support DHCP at all, so you'll have to stick with manual. > Make sure that MacTCP is set to use Ethernet, not EtherTalk. The latter is > some kind of encapsulation; you don't want it. >>> >>> > Make sure that AppleTalk is enabled in the Chooser and that the Network > control panel is set to EtherTalk, not LocalTalk. Be warned that if you > boot up without a network connected, Mac OS will helpfully switch AppleTalk > to the Printer Port. (At least, Open Transport does that.) >>> >>> > I hope that helps. >>> >>> Thanks for your suggestions. Everything you've mentioned has been done, > with the exception of double-checking my router for manual configuration. > I'm willing to bet that this is the issue. >>> >>> I tried running both MacIRC and iCab when trying to ping the LC from my > Pismo, as I read about the driver issue elsewhere. I'll have to go into my > router and see if I can enable manual configurations. >>> >>> Brian >> >> -- >> ----- >> 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]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> <vintage-macs%[email protected]<vintage-macs%[email protected]> > >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
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