On 06/07/2005, at 9:56 AM, Yvonne Harrison wrote:
Hi everyone
I am hoping that a technically minded person might be able to point me
in the right direction.
I am attempting to connect my PowerMac to a NetComm Ethernet ADSL
Modem Router. I already have achieved this with my trusty PowerBook
running OS X.3 so I know the router is okay.
The PowerMac I am trying to connect via ethernet was okay when I was
using a dial-up connection but I want to use it on ADSL as a standby
machine. I can't afford to update this old banger but it has 80Mb
memory. Even though it may be slow, I'm quite happy with that! The
rest of the story follows.......
I have a PowerMac 5500/225 running Mac OS 8.1.
Is there a specific reason why you are running 8.1
This Mac is supposed to be able to handle 9.1
which is a much better OS to deal with
Bob
The machine now has a PCI ethernet card installed, Realtek 8139
chipset.
I have updated Apple System Profiler to version 2.1.2 and can now see
the PCI device in the Volumes and Devices listing.
The Realtek site supplied the driver for the Realtek 8139 chipset but
I'm thinking the driver is not compatible with MacOS 8.1.
I cannot find the card listed in Appletalk and TCP/IP. Current
versions of these are Appletalk 1.1 (though the listing in the
Appletalk Info dialogue box suggests Appletalk 1.3 and the Appletalk
Driver 60.2 together with Open Transport 1.3). TCP/IP version 1.3.1.
I have attempted to follow the directions given with the card but to
no avail.
Could anyone suggest other extensions/drivers that I may need to
update in order to find the following happening:
1. In the control panels Appletalk dropdown list - a slot where the
ethernet adapter is listed.
At present I still see only Printer Port and Modem Port.
2. In the Control panels TCP/IP dropdown list box showing available
connections again a slot where the ethernet adapter is listed.
At present I see only PPP and AppleTalk (MacIP).
Your help and advice would be gratefully received.
Regards
Yvonne Harrison
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