Mac & PC Network help please

[nippinout]

Hello,

I have a Win2K box acting as a gateway using ICS DHCP to 2 client PCs through a hub. I am having difficulty sharing the internet connection with an iMac. The client PCs have no problem accessing the internet.

The iMac is being issued an IP, but are there any settings that I am forgetting?

I have set the iMac to use the ethernet to access the net and to use a proxy server using the server IP as the proxy server.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks everyone.

 

[bubba]

Set the Router/Gateway address in the TCP/IP control panel to the IP address of the ICS PC.

 

[nippinout]

I checked the settings on the iMac. The router address is the same as the IP address assigned to the iMac by the gateway server.

The only way to assigne the router address on the iMac to the gateway's address is to assign it manually, but we are running a DHCP server. Is there something that I am missing?

 

[BAMAVOO]

APPLE TALK

 

[nippinout]

It was to my initial impression that AppleTalk was a protocol for networking Mac and PC, but I recently read that it was for file and print sharing and not necessary for internet connection sharing. So is AppleTalk for both networking and sharing, or just file and print sharing, or something else.

This whole Mac and PC networking has been annoying me for a while, please help. Thanks everyone.

 

[bubba]

Try setting it manually. Give it a valid IP/netmask for your network. Then manually set the Gateway/Router IP to the IP address of the Win2k server (the one that is doing the ICS).

 

[nippinout]

Okay,

My roommate has tried setting it manually, but it still cannot access the internet. I am stumped. I know that Mac OSX.1 has NT style networking, but this is classic Mac style. I am lost.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Okay,My roommate has tried setting it manually, but it still cannot access the internet. I am stumped. I know that Mac OSX.1 has NT style networking, but this is classic Mac style. I am lost. >>



NT style networking?! WTF?! You mean NT has UNIX style networking

Anyhow, In Mac OS 9.2.2 (latest classic that I am aware of) there should not be anything special to add. I dont feel like booting up the iBook or I would look for specific information. Anyhow, the iMac is the only machine of the hundred or so you have that doesnt work? Thats wierd. Make sure it is getting a valid ip address, has the correct DNS ips and the ip address of the gateway is the correct ip address for your NT machine.

 

[nippinout]

"Make sure it is getting a valid ip address, has the correct DNS ips and the ip address of the gateway is the correct ip address for your NT machine. "

Well, the iMac is receiving IP addresses from the gateway. The DNS addresses should be issued automatically from the gateway. The gateway is using DHCP, so there is no way to manually set the DNS and the proxy settings are set to use the gateway IP as the proxy server. What am I still missing?

THanks for the help!

 

[bubba]

If it is not working automatically, switch your TCP/IP settings to manual.

Then just set them manually.

What n0c and I think is going on is that you have the wrong Gateway in your TCP/IP settings. Set it manually and see if that works.

 

[nippinout]

Okay, I have trouble fiddling with settings because the gateway is my roommates computer.

The present setup is an internal DSL modem into the gateway (PC) and then out to a hub. The client's connect through the hub. Would it screw up the network if I set my computer as another host?

 

[bubba]

You do not seem to be understanding....

All of the stuff I just said is to be done on the *MACINTOSH*, not the gateway itself.

Put the IP address of the Windows ICS computer into the gateway field of the TCP/IP control panel on the Mac.