Re: [WinMac] Re: MacTCP (slightly off-topic)

John Santora(bbstenor[at]home.com)
Sun, 2 May 1999 13:06:53 -0500

Alex Dearden wrote:
>
> I can't use TCP/IP because we can't load OPen Transport on this machine
> due to a hardware limitation (needs replacemente of the cache/rom DIMM).
> We might get around to doing that, but for now he wants to surf. I can't
> remember if there is a way to run Classic Networking on system 7.6.1 and
> above, right now we're on 7.5.1.

Why not get the machine fixed, for free, under the extended warranty from
Apple?

In the interim, can you hard-wire the IP address that the DHCP server is
supplying (call tech support for it) and work that way? Unless the cable
company has a very short lease life, you could work this way for a while. I
did when I first signed up about 8 months ago, and just lost my first IP
address about a month ago, and switched to DHCP. Of course, I leave my cable
modem Mac on 24/7.

I don't have an answer why Classic Networking doesn't work, but OT sure
works fine on this machine for me.

I have a 5200, upgraded to 48MB RAM and a 2GB hard drive, running MacOS
8.5.1, OT 2.0.1 and Sustworks IPNetRouter with DHCP to a cable modem, with 2
NICs, serving 2 PowerBooks and 2 Wintel Pentium laptops. The only quirk is
that I use static IP addresses for the local (192.168.x.x) side of the
fence, and I have to hard-wire the numeric IP addresses of the cable
company's (Shaw) Proxy and Name Servers in each machine.

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John Santora
Toronto, Canada
mailto:bbstenor@home.com


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