on 29/08/05 17:41, Warwick L Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to connect a G3 266 tower running MacOS 8.6 to a G4 Powerbook > (using Tiger) through their ethernet ports over a small ethernet network. > > A call to Apple Support pointed me to "Macintosh: How to Create a Small > Ethernet Network" http://www.info.apple.com/kbnum/n106658 but the link is > obsolete. > > Can anyone give me a few clues, particularly at the 8.6 end ? > > Thanks > > Hi Warwick,
I'm relying on my sometimes faulty memory here but I remember when networking my museum macs running 7.6 and my Ti powerbook running 9.1 and my iMac running 10.1.5 (and later 10.2.8) that there was a problem with appletalk in that: - the OSX machine would see and connect to the OS9 machine OK. - the OS9 machine could see the OSX machine however trying to connect brought up the error message "The connection to this server has been unexpectedly broken" I had a workaround which worked under OSX 10.1 which involved connecting under classic and keeping classic running - however this ceased to work when I updated to 10.2. I then found that for the powerbook I could connect using TCP/IP (set TCP/IP to connect via ethernet) rather than appletalk however OS 7.6 wouldn't support that approach. I don't know where OS 8.6 sits here (other more knowledgeable mind may be able to help) - but if it supports networking over TCP/IP that may do it for you. I had some previous posts on my original problem/workaround which should be on the archives. I don't remember if my TCP/IP solution came before or after my postings but I seem to remember I found the info on some forum or other after Googling awhile! Hope that helps. Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
