How do I network my Mac?
Problems with your mac's network?
Look here.
Step: Correct hardware
For the sake of this document, I will assume:
- You have an ethernet connecion on your mac.
- Your blue cable point is active (IE. you got its to connect it)
Step: Select the ethernet
- Goto the Apple Menu
- Goto the Control panel
- select Network or appletalk.
- Switch the network to ethernet.
If this step fails refer to the step Failed
connection!!! at the end of this document.
Step: Checking the network
This step must work before any TCP related services (web
surfing, reading email) will work.
- Goto the Apple Menu
- click on "Chooser"
- click on 'appleshare'
- Verify you see a list of names.
If this step fails refer to the step Failed
connection!!! at the end of this document.
Step: Configure TCP/IP
- Goto the Control panel
- select MACTCP or TCP
- Switch the Configure via to DHCP
- Click OK then
- Restart your computer.
Step: Confirm connection
You should now be able to visit:
http://www.earth.monash.edu.au/cgi-bin/hostdb/ (If that fails you can try:
http://130.194.168.8/cgi-bin/hostdb/)
and see your IP number. If it isnt correct or it has dhcplease in the
name then you need to request a number.
Step: Failed connection!!!
If any of the steps above has failed, then follow these
steps.
- Check to you have ethernet selected in
your Control Panels menu in the item Network or Appletalk.
- Ensure your computer is connected to the network (IE
check the cables are connected firmly).
If not, reconnect
them.
- Check with other people who share your network
that there is no current network problem.
Ask the people in the surrounding offices on the same side
of the hall who are using the same type of cable as you.
- If you are using the new Blue network cable, check to
see that other people on the same floor as you are not
having problems.
- If you are using the old style brown/grey coax
network, then....
- Then check to see that other people using that
network on the same floor (and preferably same side of the
hall) as you are not having problems.
- If you are on the ground or 1st
floor then check the network box in Kirsten's office has
no RED lights on (orange are ok).
If it has red lights, there is a coax network break that must be fixed.
- If you are on the 2nd
floor then check the network box in our machine room has
no RED lights on solid.
If it has red lights, there is a coax network break that must be fixed.
- Try using a differnet network point that you know works
(IE try moving the machine to someone else's office that you
know works and connect your machine to their network point).
If your machine works now, then you are probably on the
blue cable network and your network point is
not active. You must contact ITS to get it
connected.
- If your machine still does not work in a network point
that you know works for someone else, then....
- Verify for cables are connected correctly
- Try swapping components (EG network cable, network
adaptor)
- Re install your operating system
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