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Router Setup/Connection Problems
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<blockquote data-quote="muso" data-source="post: 36701" data-attributes="member: 40"><p>You'll need your computer set to connect to the net through the ethernet port using DHCP (unless the router doesn't support DHCP, which is unlikely, or you're on a network with more than one router & internet connection, again unlikely). Then, you need to plug the modem into the router, and configure the router to use the modem via PPPoE. When you configure the router this way, it will (or should) do all the work connecting to your isp for you, you just have to make sure that you put the right data into the router.</p><p></p><p>MacOSX doesn't care about what type of cable you use. Unfotunately, I don't <em>think</em> OS9 is so friendly. A standard, or patch cable, is usually used to plug computers into a hub or switch (in your case, your router). Crossover cables are used for connections directly between two computers. So if the cables don't say anything on them, you could try connecting two computers and seeing if they can share data or not.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="muso, post: 36701, member: 40"] You'll need your computer set to connect to the net through the ethernet port using DHCP (unless the router doesn't support DHCP, which is unlikely, or you're on a network with more than one router & internet connection, again unlikely). Then, you need to plug the modem into the router, and configure the router to use the modem via PPPoE. When you configure the router this way, it will (or should) do all the work connecting to your isp for you, you just have to make sure that you put the right data into the router. MacOSX doesn't care about what type of cable you use. Unfotunately, I don't [i]think[/i] OS9 is so friendly. A standard, or patch cable, is usually used to plug computers into a hub or switch (in your case, your router). Crossover cables are used for connections directly between two computers. So if the cables don't say anything on them, you could try connecting two computers and seeing if they can share data or not. [/QUOTE]
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