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jt august - 13 Feb 2005 23:40 GMT

I have a beige g3 on osx 10.2.8 and a blueberry iBook on os 9.2.2. I
have them linked with a crossover cable. I have followed the directions
graciously given by several in these forums, and yet when I try to link,
I get:

Connecting to afp://192.168.1.101 ...

An error has occurred (error = -36)

Searching on the net using Google and searching Apple support, the only
references to this error number relate to Airport. Can anyone tell me
what this code means, and what I need to do to correct the error and
link the two machines?

jt

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jt august - 14 Feb 2005 01:02 GMT

> I have a beige g3 on osx 10.2.8 and a blueberry iBook on os 9.2.2. I
> have them linked with a crossover cable. I have followed the directions
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> what this code means, and what I need to do to correct the error and
> link the two machines?

All I could find on the net was that -36 meant an IO error, which in all
the reference info I found said nothing about AFP, appletalk, ethernet
connections or anything networking oriented. So, I decided to return my
crossover cable to the Laserwriter Pro and move on to other projects.
When I tried to disconnect the iBook, I found the socket was loose, so I
decided to try a little experiment. I turned the book on its side with
the plug face up, nestled the plug down in the socket, and tried
command-k. It connected!

So, all these people I found had posted a similar error = -36, try
checking the ethernet connection's physical integrity. If the
connection is loose, the connection will not communicate.

Thanks to those who replied in my previous thread on this issue. Once I
got a solid connection, their responses were still quite valuable in
establishing a successful connection on the protocol side.

jt august
starsabre@att.net

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