Help configuring ethernet settings on imac!
Hi guys,
I'll be honest, I'm more of a pc guy, but my roomate's powerbook recently stop functioning so I bought her a older IMAC off craigslist for now. It's currently running OS9.1.
So I have a belkin router that 5 wireless computers are on, and one wired. I connected an ethernet cord to the imac but it's not working.
When I have it automatically detect dhcp settings, the numbers for the ip, router all seem very... "wrong" like, my computer is 192.168.2.3 , the numbers that the computer had detected were way off. So I'm wondering is that an apple thing?
Pretty much I'm wondering if I manually set it, what should I put in the fields:
dhcp client ID?
ip address?
router address?
server ID?
I use to have a powerbook, but OSX was a bit easier... I have never put in the dhcp client ID in any computer so I"m not sure what it is. Below is a screen shot, can you guys figure it out from it?
I'm pretty sure the ipaddress to the mac is the .17 one.
I'll be honest, I'm more of a pc guy, but my roomate's powerbook recently stop functioning so I bought her a older IMAC off craigslist for now. It's currently running OS9.1.
So I have a belkin router that 5 wireless computers are on, and one wired. I connected an ethernet cord to the imac but it's not working.
When I have it automatically detect dhcp settings, the numbers for the ip, router all seem very... "wrong" like, my computer is 192.168.2.3 , the numbers that the computer had detected were way off. So I'm wondering is that an apple thing?
Pretty much I'm wondering if I manually set it, what should I put in the fields:
dhcp client ID?
ip address?
router address?
server ID?
I use to have a powerbook, but OSX was a bit easier... I have never put in the dhcp client ID in any computer so I"m not sure what it is. Below is a screen shot, can you guys figure it out from it?
I'm pretty sure the ipaddress to the mac is the .17 one.
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So I have a belkin router that 5 wireless computers are on, and one wired. I connected an ethernet cord to the imac but it's not working.
Do other computers work with the same ethernet cable and internet connection?
When I have it automatically detect dhcp settings, the numbers for the ip, router all seem very... "wrong"
How do you set it to automatically detect dhcp settings? I suppose through the TCP/IP control panel, right?
Pretty much I'm wondering if I manually set it, what should I put in the fields:
dhcp client ID?
ip address?
router address?
server ID?
I use to have a powerbook, but OSX was a bit easier... I have never put in the dhcp client ID in any computer so I"m not sure what it is.
And you should not. Even Mac OS 9 can handle DHCP automatically.
I'm pretty sure the ipaddress to the mac is the .17 one.
I am perhaps mistaken, but does not the Apple System Profiler provide you the hardware addresses of the machine and its components?
PS: please try either to reduce the size of your picture or make it just a link.
There really isn't anything else you can troubleshoot on a mac. I'm unaware of any consumer router that isn't plug-n-play for a Mac. If it isn't working, there is a 99% chance it is a setting in the router or bad cables.