For what little its worth, when we first had cable connected the poor installer person had trouble finding a DHCP connection using the version of Open Transport that ships with OS8.1. Seems the mac would have to be updated to 8.5 and make use of the OT version that ships with that before DHCP would work with our supplier. Sorry forgetting version numbers tonight. Anyway, the work round was to configure the connection manually.
The connected machine had to be called CO808658-1, yours would be different of course, to make connection, on a mac this is in the filesharing control panel or sharing setup. Then using "expert mode" in the tpc control panel fill out all of the fields by hand on the right hand side and make sure you had the correct starting domain name filled in correctly. If you have a pc connected to the cable at sometime, the settings should be easy enough to find. This worked with OS8.1 sorry I'm unsure whether this is much help with lower versions of OT or whether it helps you using MacTPC. The classic macs network as well as I expect them to using MacTPC and a dynamic address over the local network but thats through a localtalk connection and IPnetRouter. Good luck. Posted to the list as I dont wont to led you wrong with bad info. Fran Dollinger wrote: >I've been trying to get my Mac IIci online for a few days now with no >success. All I've been able to find in the FAQ is going through a >modem (dialup). I have a cable modem. I've entered the particulars >into MacTCP and NADA! I don't even know what questions to ask at this >point. I have an ethernet card installed that lights up and a good >working connection....what am I missing? >Any help? Contact me offlist. >Fran > > > -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
