If it's running MacOS 8.1, that means it has Open Transport.
(At least I *think* that's what it means... it certainly means that on my MacOS 8.1-bootable machines but they are both PowerPC-based which might, conceivably, make a difference...if someone posts that 68K Macs still run "Classic" networking, i.e, MacTCP and Network Control Panels instead of TCP and AppleTalk Control Panels, I'll defer to their wisdom).
The TCP Control Panel should let you specify Ethernet from the dropdown list of hardware options, and the AppleTalk Control Panel should do likewise (it will have defaulted to Printer Port (LocalTalk). If Ethernet doesn't appear as an option, check your Extensions folder for the following items (and if you don't have them, try reinstalling MacOS 8.1, although I doubt if all of them are necessary and some may install only PowerPC machines anyhow):
* Apple Built-in Ethernet * Apple Enet * Apple Ethernet CS * Apple Ethernet CS II * Apple Ethernet NB * Ethernet (Built-In) * EtherPeek OT Module * EtherTalk Phase 2 * Open Tpt AppleTalk Library * Open Tpt Internet Library * Open Transport Library * OpenTpt Modem * OpenTpt Remote Access * OpenTptAppleTalkLib * OpenTptInternetLib * OpenTransportLib
At 10:27 PM +0000 3/16/05, Liam Proven wrote:
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:01:24 -0500, Allan Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:You shouldn't need any drivers, other than the OS itself. I popped one in my LC (original LC) and got it working with no 3rd-party drivers under System 6.
Check all your control panels and indicate that relevant networking protocols are to use ethernet.
Oh really? That's odd. The machine has 36MB of RAM and is running MacOS 8.1 but as far as I could tell there was no sign it knew it had Ethernet. I'll try again! Thanks for the tip!
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