Using an ADSL connection under Mac os 9

filipetolhuizen · Post by **filipetolhuizen** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:57 am

I'm having trouble using this kind of connection under os 9. I've already configured my ADSL modem in router mode (so it won't need a dialer), but I still can't use the internet (Internet Explorer 5 can't open any website). I've also tried using manual and automatic mode in the TCP/IP configuration (manual entering the addresses shown windows's ipconfig). What could I be doing wrong or missing?
Regards,
Filipe

Post by **Cat_7** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:04 am

Hi,

I guess this is on your G3? How do you connect to the ADSL router? Have you got a NIC in that machine?

Best,
Cat_7

Stephen Coates · Post by **Stephen Coates** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:07 pm

I have had no problem using ADSL in OS 8 and 9 via ethernet.

I just conect the computer to the network, and select ethernet in the TCP/IP control panel, and set it to use the DHCP server.

I have never used a USB modem in OS9 though. These might require an install CD.

filipetolhuizen · Post by **filipetolhuizen** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:30 am

Have you got a NIC in that machine?

Sorry, but what would a NIC be?

kikkoman · Post by **kikkoman** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 3:10 am

network interface card (sometimes called an ethernet card)

filipetolhuizen · Post by **filipetolhuizen** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:13 am

Oh yes, it has one. That's how I tried my connection

Post by **Cat_7** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 6:50 am

Hi,

Have you got any indication that the connection between the mac and the router is made correctly? Can you connect to the routers interface from the mac?

If not, are there some lights at the router and the mac that show there is a low level connection? This would be the first thing to check, as it might be your mac supports only 10mbit connections, while the router tries to connect with 100mbit.

Are there any control panels in Mac OS, or an interface on the router that allow you to play with those settings?

Cat_7

kikkoman · Post by **kikkoman** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:24 am

Before you read any further down below this line, have you tried taking a look at your M.A.C. address and assigning it to your router's IP reservation section? If you have your router acting as a DHCP server, you may need to make sure that the router assigns an IP address to your Macintosh's specific M.A.C address. To see what your Macintosh's M.A.C. address, do the the following:

1) Apple Menu
2) Control Panels
3) TCP/IP
4) "File" menu
5) "Get Info"
6) take a look at the "Hardware Address:" section and copy the information down.

With that information, you should go into your router's configuration section and wherever it lets you assign MAC addresses (normally in the section that talks about "DHCP" stuff), just input the info you copied down. After doing so, the router should start communicating with your Macintosh.

Does your network look something like this?

Or something like this??

In any case, if your Mac just isn't able to detect the router or bonded modem/router, then you'll have to turn of the router portion of your DSL modem (if possible) and just get a stand-alone router that works with Macintosh computers.

If that ends up being the case, then I'd recommend any of the recent Netgear routers as they are designed to work with 10Mbps and 100Mbps connections and have different LED's built into each port to determine the kind of connection established between the router and the computer(s). Green for 100Mbps....... orange for 10Mbps....... "no color" for disabled, damaged, or no computer detected.

Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:34 am

kikkoman wrote:Before you read any further down below this line, have you tried taking a look at your M.A.C. address and assigning it to your router's IP reservation section? If you have your router acting as a DHCP server, you may need to make sure that the router assigns an IP address to your Macintosh's specific M.A.C address. To see what your Macintosh's M.A.C. address, do the the following:

This is not usually needed at all! This is only needed if you wish to configure the router to assign fixed addresses to specific network devices. In a average home-network this is not the usual configuration. The router's DHCP server distributes addresses from a range of addresses to devices it finds, or one can choose in the device to pick a fixed address, usually a address just outside the range that the router distributes by itself.

Stephen Coates · Post by **Stephen Coates** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:07 am

filipetolhuizen, what Macintosh are you using?

All the Macs that I have used with built in ethernet have worked as soon as I plugged it in ad selected ethernet in the TCP/IP control panel.

I don;t know wether the speed is a problem. My router supports both 10mbps and 100mbps and both 100mbps PCs work and 10mbps Macs work at the same time.

filipetolhuizen · Post by **filipetolhuizen** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 1:15 pm

I'm using a G3 B&W but without sharing the connection with other computer.

Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:59 pm

It should be very simple. Connect Mac to the router with ethernet cable and set control panel "TCP/IP" to "Ethernet" and "DHCP Server". That is all that is needed. Provided, of course, that the modem is correctly configured to act as router with DHCP server.

Can you connect to the web-interface of the router? Enter the router's IP-address (see router manual) in your web-browser's address bar and hit enter.

filipetolhuizen · Post by **filipetolhuizen** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:17 pm

Can you connect to the web-interface of the router?

It does work in windows but not in Mac OS. I changed it from router mode to brigde mode to see if it can connect. Let's see what happens