Cant network OS9 and OSX macs together!
I got instructions to do so by a friend, but its simply not working.
On the OSX Mac
IP Address: 10.0.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 10.0.0.1
Apple is made active
On the OS9 Mac
IP Address: 10.0.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 10.0.0.2
? Apple talk is made active.
? Gave file sharing permission to my hard drive.
? Enabled file sharing and allow TCP/IP connections.
? Changed the Appletalk control panel from modem/printer port to ethernet.
I connect both macs via ethernet, but when I try to connect to the OS9 machine from my G4, I get an error of -36. Presumably it doesnt even know it is there.
What could be wrong? What could I have missed?
thanks,
Matt
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On the OSX Mac
IP Address: 10.0.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 10.0.0.1
Apple is made active
On the OS9 Mac
IP Address: 10.0.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Router: 10.0.0.2
? Apple talk is made active.
? Gave file sharing permission to my hard drive.
? Enabled file sharing and allow TCP/IP connections.
? Changed the Appletalk control panel from modem/printer port to ethernet.
I connect both macs via ethernet, but when I try to connect to the OS9 machine from my G4, I get an error of -36. Presumably it doesnt even know it is there.
What could be wrong? What could I have missed?
thanks,
Matt
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Comments
On the OS X machine open Terminal, type [code]ping 10.0.0.1</pre><hr></blockquote> and hit return. If you get a timeout, then they can't see each other at all, so networking isn't going to happen.
When you go to Connect to Server, OS X has a hunt around the network for other machines, and seems pretty reliable in experiments I've done with two Macs and a Win 95 laptop...
Im connecting my Gigabit ethernet G4 tower to a Powerbook 3400c (1997 model)
Perhaps I need a cross-over cable instead of the ethernet cable that is connected to my modem?
OS 9 likes to have it's appletalk prefs trashed too.
<strong>if your hooking up 2 computers together without a router in between them then you need a crossover cable.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Not so: newer Macs (including Gigabit G4s) have MDI-X, which means they configure themselves appropriately regardless of whether the cable is straight-through or crossover.