Jude If the G3 is getting an IP address from the modem using DHCP you will see this in the network preference in system preferences. It should be 192.168.xxx.xxx. If it is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx then it's not getting an IP address. You can check by pinging the modem using the Network Utility.
If the G3 isn't getting an IP address then you can assign one manually. It just has to be in the same IP subnet as the modem so, somehow, you need to find out the IP address of the modem. You could do this by checking what IP address you get on your laptop and also note down the address of the default gateway - this will be the modem's address. Then choose an address in the same range eg. if the modem's address is 192.168.1.1 then choose something like 192.168.1.180 - the subnet mask will be 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway would be the modem's address, in this case 192.168.1.1. Then try pinging the modem and then try connecting to a web site etc. Once you've got all this working you can apply the 10.2.8 update. Hope that helps. Cheers Greg > From: Jude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:38:39 +0800 > To: WAMUG Mailing List <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Blue G3 Blues > > HI All > > A friend of mine has a blue G3 happily (well, almost happily) running > OS 10.2.0. Everything is going great except we can't get it to use > the DSL modem that Optusnet supplied. > > We have troubleshot the whole house and can now get our laptop > running 10.4.2 to use the modem in the same room, on the same line, > with all the relevant filters and phones and foxtel etc running. This > is almost seamless, Just plug the laptop into the modem and off you > go. > > But on the G3, we just can't get it to work. I think it recognises > the modem, because it automatically adds all the relevant numbers in > the Ethernet section of the Network setup, but using DHCP produces no > result - we can't get web or email to work. > > I tried 'using pppoe', but this won't connect either. > > Is there a known issue with this combination, or something that > someone can think of that might get us one step further? > > The 56k internal modem works fine. The upgrade to 10.2.8 is a 100mb > download, which on 56k would be a bit daunting. I could download it > here though, if it would help. > > cheers > Jude > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
