Network Indigo with Performa

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Network Indigo with Performa

I successfully networked my Indigo with a Performa 6300 using OS 8.1 and an Ethernet crossover cable when I had OS 9.2 on the ibook, but now that I have upgraded to 10.3.9 it will not work. I can see the Indigo from the Performa, but when I log on, I get an error message that says, “the connection to this server has been unexpectedly broken”. There must be other clamshell users trying to network older macs.

Indigo ibook Mac OS X (10.3.9) Performa 6300CD, OS 8.1

Posted on Apr 3, 2006 12:42 AM

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Duane

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Apr 3, 2006 7:47 AM in response to Chronic fatigue

Chronic, Welcome to the discussion area!

Unfortunately OS 8 does not use TCP/IP for file sharing but OS X does. You probably want to read the macosxhints.com article " Sharing files with older Macs".

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Answer 2

Apr 3, 2006 4:40 PM in response to Chronic fatigue

Uh gee thanks, but I’m not using TCP/IP; I’m using AppleTalk which is how I am able to see the iBook in the Performa’s chooser.
I came across this fix for 10.1 and 10.2: “Open NetInfo Manager and navigate to config/AppleFileServer/ and on the line for use_appletalk, change the 0 to a 1”. Apparently 10.3.9 is built different because this option is no longer available. Any ideas?

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Niel

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Apr 3, 2006 8:11 PM in response to Chronic fatigue

Try assigning an IP address to the Performa.

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Answer 4

Apr 4, 2006 12:02 AM in response to Chronic fatigue

Thank you so much. How very non-intuitive. According to Apple Document number 106461;
“Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9, and Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.3.9 support file sharing (AFP) connections over AppleTalk. However, Mac OS X versions 10.0 to 10.0.4 and 10.4 and later can only connect to AppleShare over TCP/IP.” So who would have thought that an IP address was necessary?

Indigo ibook 576 MB Mac OS X (10.3.9) Performa 6300CD 64MB OS 8.1

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