I'm fairly certain that the 'dynamic' option is BOOTP - most DHCP
servers will service BOOTP requests, but there is often significant
information missing (like DNS server[s]).
The Pickle is right (as usual), though. A lot will depend upon what
is running underneath MacTCP.
I've only used MacPPP under MacTCP ... it does dynamic addressing
beautifully. If I recall correctly it still needed DNS servers
statically assigned to function correctly. In your environment,
you'll probably want to specify the default gateway statically as well ...
What is running under MacTCP? MacIP? Is there another [working]
machine on the circuit that can provide more information, i.e. How it
got its address?
There are other items to consider as well. Is the router serving as a
proxy server? Is it using NAT? Cable modems are a little out of my
field ... I presume that the Mac is connected via 10Base-T Ethernet to
the cable modem/router? -d
PS: Even older than BOOTP would be RARP ... but I don't even want to
go there ... that would probably be vintage even for vintage Macs. -d
the pickle wrote:
>
> At 02:31 +0200 on 24/07/01, Marten van de Kraats wrote:
>
> >I'm not sure about mactcp needing a fixed ip address... Obtain
> >address dynamically is an option in the system 6 compatible mactcp
> >control panel.
>
> Right, but that's not DHCP. I think that's MacIP, and it might be
> something else.
>
> Regardless, the problem is likely at the router end in this case - it
> sounds like the router isn't supplying the SE with the proper type of IP
> address. If a fixed IP addy can be given, go with that and see if it works.
>
> p
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