how do i connect my os9 to broadband?

[nottman]

how do i connect my os 9 dinosaur to broadband?

 

[nottman]

Thanks nottman

 

[nottman]

thanks nottman

 

[Ric]

Hi there and welcome !

What type of Mac have you got ?

If it has an Ethernet port, that could be cabled up to a Router/switch to your broadband connection...

regards

Ric

 

[nottman]

Thank you as you can see I am new at this site and working my way around how it works but my mac is a imac the old blue desktop style.

It has the ether port and i have got as far as switching the TCP/IP to "Ethernet" and the Configure to "Using DHCP Server" it almost looks like is going to work and the tells me the login has failed? Regards Rachel

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

What other devices have you got on your network ?

What type of router modem have you got ?

What IP address is your router ?
(I don't need to know this but you do ;-))


Plug an ethernet cable into the iMac, plug the other end into the router/modem.

Then as you have done go to the TCP/IP Control panel,set using ethernet and select DHCP, then set the name server as the 'Router' IP address.

That should be it...

regards

Ric

 

[nottman]

my modem router is a iconnectaccess621 i have the ip address and no other devices that i know of on my network? will try again. regards nottman

 

[Ric]

Hi there,

from what I can see the default IP address of that router is 192.168.1.254 from this document

So that should be the Nameserver and Gateway IP address.

regards

Ric

 

[nottman]

thanks ric i got it set up needed to change the user mode in the TCP/IP to advanced and then added in the name server address.