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stripes · 21-02-2007, 11:37

Hello Chris T.

Not completely sure what you mean by cross-referencing. We (Apple and me) have tried connecting using 'ordinary' DHCP, and occasionally manual DHCP (where we did enter various IP, router, etc., addresses), all with no success.

The G3 is OS8.6, the iMac is OS10.4 (Intel), so the way they are set up is only similar, not the same.

No, I didn't use Migration Asst. on setting up the iMac. All I did was turn it on. There is a point in the turning on process where the Mac tries to connect to the internet to register; that was the point (with each iMac) where the message 'unable to connect to the internet' came up.

The iMac, typically of Macs, hasn't got much in the way of setting up. Basically all you do is go to System Preferences, make sure Built-in Ethernet is chosen, even deselect the other options like Airport to make sure they don't interfere, make sure 'DHCP' is chosen rather than the other options (manual DHCP, for example) and that SHOULD be that.

Just a notion (something one of the Apple guys mentioned). Would it be worth me getting a router to plug into the modem, the purpose of which would be (hopefully) that the incoming signal would only care about the modem and router, not what was connected to it. Or is that just another forty quid down the drain? If there is the FAINTEST chance that this would work, I shall be round to my local Maplin before you can say Internet...

Thanks for your interest.

Allen.

21-02-2007, 11:37	#13
stripes Inactive Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 211	Re: HELP! iMac, cable modem won't go. Hello Chris T. Not completely sure what you mean by cross-referencing. We (Apple and me) have tried connecting using 'ordinary' DHCP, and occasionally manual DHCP (where we did enter various IP, router, etc., addresses), all with no success. The G3 is OS8.6, the iMac is OS10.4 (Intel), so the way they are set up is only similar, not the same. No, I didn't use Migration Asst. on setting up the iMac. All I did was turn it on. There is a point in the turning on process where the Mac tries to connect to the internet to register; that was the point (with each iMac) where the message 'unable to connect to the internet' came up. The iMac, typically of Macs, hasn't got much in the way of setting up. Basically all you do is go to System Preferences, make sure Built-in Ethernet is chosen, even deselect the other options like Airport to make sure they don't interfere, make sure 'DHCP' is chosen rather than the other options (manual DHCP, for example) and that SHOULD be that. Just a notion (something one of the Apple guys mentioned). Would it be worth me getting a router to plug into the modem, the purpose of which would be (hopefully) that the incoming signal would only care about the modem and router, not what was connected to it. Or is that just another forty quid down the drain? If there is the FAINTEST chance that this would work, I shall be round to my local Maplin before you can say Internet... Thanks for your interest. Allen.