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Originally Posted by stripes
Having got that hopeful ether set of figures the first time, once I connected the iMac to the modem and rebooted everything, still 169.
I tried ifconfig at that point, and sure enough, the ether figures are no longer the ones I put in 45 mins ago for the G3, they are a different set entirely, which I don't recognise.
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OK, it might reset them when it reboots.
So, give it one more try (if you're not sick of it. )
This time, plug the ethernet cable into the iMac and power on the cable modem and then the iMac, let it boot. THEN, try the ifconfig command to change the id to the one on the G3.
Cheers,
Mark