--- On Sat, 3/13/10, Dr. Wolfgang Daum <[email protected]> wrote:
> I just got an Asante Mini EN/SC 10T adapter for my
> MAC SE/30 running OS 6.0.8.
>
> How do I set it up to both connect locally within
> my home network and go on the internet?
>
> I have downloaded the Asante 5.6.1 installation
> files.
Hmmm, with 6.0.8 you don't have OpenTransport so it's using classic networking,
which I don't think does DHCP. You'll need to use manually assigned IP
addresses for everything on your private network, or add another router that
gets a DHCP assigned IP from your broadband modem/router then has its own
subnet with manually assigned IPs.
Internet/WAN
|
|-->modem/router-->assigned IPs to your private LAN.
Internet/WAN
|
|-->modem/router-->DHCP to your private LAN
|
|-->router-->assigned IPs to SE/30 and other things without DHCP
support.
Another issue you may run into is many of Asante's 10 megabit Macintosh
products don't work with 10/100 auto negotiating switches, hubs and routers.
Prior to the 100 megabit ethernet standard, it wasn't a requirement for devices
to transmit their speed and duplex capabilities. Most ethernet gear ran at 10
megabit, half duplex so there wasn't much of a need for sending capability
information. Full duplex was rarely used with 10 megabit.
Many auto negotiating devices refuse to connect to anything that doesn't
transmit its capabilities. The cure for that is to insert a 10 megabit only hub
between your old Macintosh(es) and the 10/100 LAN. Almost all 10 megabit hubs
will work for this.
The better cure is a managed 10/100 switch or router where you login to it and
manually set the speed and duplex of each port.
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