ScoobyDoo555

Need some help about networking.

Got my G4 running OSX 10.2.6 and it's networked to my ADSL router (ASR-8400)

Now I've also got this PC, an XBox & my PowerBook (running OS8.6) on this network, and they've all got internet access.

The G4 is connected via CAT5 cable (tested as operational)

I can't get it to connect to the net. I've set the buil-in Ethernet to DHCP settings, yet it still can't find a free IP address, even if I tell it the router's IP address.

The PowerBook gets its connection thru DHCP, and works fine (now )

I've tried Ping'ing the IP of the router from OSX - no joy, yet the cable is OK.... I'm now running out of ideas.

Any ideas as to what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Dan

boomer

Could there be a limit to the number of DHCP addresses that the router serves?

Is the CAT5 cable a crossover, rather than a patch?

Have you tried swapping ports, just in case one is faulty?

mb

SwissTony

iTrader: (19)

OK..if you have the powerbook working fine then the simple solution would be to mirror the settings on the G4.But since TCP/IP is handled diffrently in OSX, you need to do a few basic tests.
1.Make sure the ethernet cable is straight thru and not cross over.Use the same cable that the powerbook is using to eliminate that potential issue.
2.next you need to make sure that the default connector on the G4 is Built in ethernet.Go to Network Port configuration, show all ports and make sure ethernet is the default one by dragging it up to the top of the list.You can delete the others if you wish.
3.then set the location to something susch as HOME, and choose ethernet.Click on TCP/IP tab and set to DHCP.And remember to fill in the DNS entries.Macs are not always that clever in picking up alocated DNS entries, even if there is a DNS server running.So you need both DNS entries.
4.Hit apply changes. come out of pref pane and then back in again to see if the mac has picked up the DHCP range.TIP.if it is picking up something like 169.*.*.* then that is wrong.Obviously it should be close to what the other computers are picking up.
5.If it all works fine then bingo.
6.If not you may need to configure the router to have fixed IP ranges
7.If all that fails then me thinks a delete of the network preferences is in order.

Hope that all helps

Swiss

ScoobyDoo555

Boomer,

Deffo a patch cable (albeit a bl00dy long one )
I haven't tried swapping ports, but will try it.

Swiss - I'll have to try your stuff tomorrow - gonna get some shut-eye in a bit!
But there's a fair bit of info there that I haven't looked at yet

Watch this space.

Thanks for both of your help though

Dan