Power Mac 5260/100 Open Transport

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Craigwd_2000 Author

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Power Mac 5260/100 Open Transport

I can't get Open Transport to work on my Power Mac 5260/100 with 64 MB of RAM running Mac OS 9.1. I have the TCP/IP control panel set to get the IP address using DHCP using the Farallon LC PDS EtherMac NSC 10-Base T ethernet card & I checked use 802.3 framing. I have also installed the TCP/IP Options control panel & I checked all three check boxes. I also upgraded Open Transport to 2.7.6. What do I need to do to get my Mac online?

refurbished 17 iMac G5 1.8 GHz & refurbished 12 PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.10), 512 & 768 MBs of RAM

Posted on Jul 24, 2007 6:15 PM

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Answer 1

myaka

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Jul 25, 2007 6:37 AM in response to Craigwd_2000

Have you selected the card in the Appletalk control panel?

You may need to reinstall the Farallon software:
http://proximtechnicalservice.com/support/farallon/cards/download/59xv23.sit.hqx

I'm not at all sure you need to check the 802.3 box, but it's been a while since I worked with such a combination of equipment/software.

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Craigwd_2000 Author

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Jul 25, 2007 4:39 PM in response to myaka

No. I haven't configured the AppleTalk control panel. The only thing I've ever used AppleTalk for is to print to my Personal LaserWriter NTR over LocalTalk. I managed to get Open Transport working in Mac OS 8.6 but I forget what exactly I did to get it working. It worked for a while with the Apple PDS Ethernet card driver & then it stopped working. I remember I had to install the TCP/IP Options control panel & check Disable MTU IP Path Discovery to get it working. I also had to install the latest version of Apple's Remote Access Client. Before upgrading to Mac OS 9.1 I did a clean reinstall of Mac OS 8.6 but I've kind of forgotten what exactly else I did to get online. I've never used the Farallon drivers & I'm not sure if I trust the installer either since it installs a outdated version of the EtherTalk Phase 2 extension.

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Answer 3

Jul 27, 2007 3:51 PM in response to Craigwd_2000

You have to have "MacTCP DNR" present, "loose" in the System Folder.

Apple Remote Access client has nothing to do with it.

Use the Internet Setup Assistant.
The assistant will help you set up your networking software

50517- Mac OS 9: How to Connect to the Internet

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Craigwd_2000 Author

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Jul 29, 2007 5:49 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

The MacTCP DNR file is present & loose in my Mac OS 9.1 System Folder. Even with it present I'm still unable to get online. I would install the Farallon drivers but they mess with the System Folder in bad ways.

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Craigwd_2000 Author

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Aug 2, 2007 1:30 PM in response to Craigwd_2000

Update: I forgot to mention something previously. Whenever I try to select DHCP in the TCP/IP control panel, close it & reopen it the Mac appears to be using the Farallon EtherMac NSC card's hardware IP address. How do I prevent this from happening?

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Answer 6

Aug 2, 2007 5:52 PM in response to Craigwd_2000

By design, the Mac will use the M.A.C. Address of the Hardware Interface it uses to connect.

Why is this a problem?

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Craigwd_2000 Author

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Aug 2, 2007 6:08 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I'm trying to get it to connect to our network using DHCP. I managed to get it working in Mac OS 8.6 once. I'm starting to think I may need to do a custom install of Open Transport too. If I remember right 8.5.1's installer failed to install all of the necessary files when I first did a custom clean install of Mac OS 8.5.1. Unless I manage to coax it into using DHCP to get a Dynamic IP address I'm unable to get online with this Mac.

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Answer 8

Aug 3, 2007 11:38 AM in response to Craigwd_2000

Third-party Ethernet cards almost never work without the third-party driver installed. You refuse to install the third-party driver.

I suggest you get your self a genuine Apple card and put this to rest.

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Answer 9

Craigwd_2000 Author

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Aug 4, 2007 3:29 PM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

I think I'll try a custom reinstall of Open Transport from the Mac OS 9.1 CD-ROM. Then update to Open Transport 2.7.6. If that doesn't work I found a Asante MacCon CS-10T Comm Slot ethernet card on Amazon for 14.99 plus shipping. Are the Comm Slot or LC PDS ethernet cards more reliable? Which is a better buy?

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