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Mac Forum / General / Networking / August 2004Q650 won't accept an IP from Nexland router
I have an old M68K Q650 Mac with OS 7.5.5, TCP/IP 1.1, and it won't always accept an IP from my Nexland Pro 400 router. (Usually, it fails.) Using Ethereal on a PC, with the Mac and PC both connected to a hub I see the Mac requesting an IP (it's set up for DHCP), and I see the router returning an IP, but all the Mac does is re-request an IP from the router. Sometimes (rarely), it works. Most of the time, it doesn't. I see "Unable to establish a network socket connection." when starting Netscape, and a ping (MacPing) from the Mac to the PC yields "Unable to open resolver." 1) Does anyoneone know what might be wrong? 2) Is there some sort of Mac timeout I can change to make the Mac wait a bit longer for a response, or for it to look more quickly? 3) What can I do to fix this, or to troubleshoot it more? Please let me know. Phil Reinemann PReine998 at comcast dot net (modified appropriately for email). > I have an old M68K Q650 Mac with OS 7.5.5, TCP/IP 1.1, and it won't always > accept an IP from my Nexland Pro 400 router. (Usually, it fails.) [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Phil Reinemann > PReine998 at comcast dot net (modified appropriately for email). Upgrade the Open Transport to Version 1.2. 1.1 had DCHP Problems. Bruce in alaska  Signatureadd a <2> before @ Thanks Bruce, but I can't find OT1.2 on Apple's web site or on other web sites, much less for a Q650 (Moto 68040 processor). Does anyone out there have OpenTransport 1.2? Phil > > I have an old M68K Q650 Mac with OS 7.5.5, TCP/IP 1.1, and it won't always > > accept an IP from my Nexland Pro 400 router. (Usually, it fails.) [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > -- > add a <2> before @ Forget OT 1.2! After much searching around on Apple's web site, I found an article that says OT1.2 requires at least OS 8. Guess I'll try OT 1.1.2 to see if that solves my problem. Phil > Thanks Bruce, but I can't find OT1.2 on Apple's web site or on other web > sites, much less for a Q650 (Moto 68040 processor). > > Does anyone out there have OpenTransport 1.2? > > Phil > Using Ethereal on a PC, with the Mac and PC both connected to a hub I see > the Mac requesting an IP (it's set up for DHCP), and I see the router > returning an IP, but all the Mac does is re-request an IP from the router. Configure the Mac manually and give it a high number within the correct range so it won't conflict with any addresses the router hands out via DHCP on a small network. If your Mac doesn't ask for anything there should be no problems. Use something like 192.168.0.200 (use the correct format/range). Then just use it and don't worry about why DHCP doesn't work :) That's how we did it in the old days. Because it works. You could die of old age before you debug all the problems of System 7.5.x. |
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