Re: Problems connecting PowerMac G5 to Windows 2003 network
- From: Ed Heagle <eheagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 19:37:17 -0600
In article <nospam.News.Bob-D24067.20142615112005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Bob Harris <nospam.News.Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In article
> <1132052937.439563.78820@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Galahad" <simon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I'm having problems getting a PowerMac G5 running Mac OS X onto a
> > Windows 2003 domain, or indeed able to see anything on the network.
> > This is just a standard Ethernet LAN running TCP/IP.
> >
What kind of networking hardware? Hubs, Switches? Define standard.
10baseT, 100baseT?
> >
> > The Ethernet hardware is working and is connected. However we can't
> > connect to the Internet despite my having added the correct IP address
> > / subnet mask / router IP / DNS server addresses. The Network Setup
> > Utility and Network Diagnostics aren't any help at all.
> >
The terminal application (Applications --> Utilities) is going to be
your friend when trying to troubleshoot network connections (using ping,
traceroute and others). For the less CLI enabled folks, the Network
Utility app does the same function but with a easy to use GUI.
> >
> > How can this machine be made to "join" the network? I've tried setting
> > it to half-duplex 10Mb as someone suggested on another forum, but still
> > no joy.
> >
Setting it to half-duplex 10Mb isn't really going to do anything
productive. Unless you have very old networking hardware (very old
hubs), dropping down to that is just stupid.
Now for a question. Are you going to have the machine work within an
Active Directory Domain at some point? If so, the settings to allow you
to do that are set in the Directory Access program (which is also in
Applications --> Utilities).
> First question is, can you 'ping' your router? If this is home
> network, then your router most likely has an IP address something
> like 192.168.1.1 (or 192.168.2.1, etc...).
>
> Can you 'ping' the physical IP address of any of the other local
> systems?
>
> Can you 'ping' the physical address of any systems on the
> internet:
>
> 17.254.3.183 apple.com
> 72.14.207.99 google.com
> 66.35.250.150 slashdot.org
>
Also a good tip is to start pinging things closest to you and work your
way out. Ping yourself, then a nearby machine, the router, and finally
some thing outside the network.
> Is the ethernet cable a good ethernet cable?
>
> Have you used this cable successfully with any other system?
>
Or just simply try another cable.
> How old is your PowerMac. Is it possible the ethernet port is
> defective (years ago, I lost an ethernet port due to lightening).
>
> If this is a corporate network, are you sure that ethernet jack is
> live. I've been in companies that have multiple jacks, but not
> all of them are live.
>
Or the jack is live but the switch has the port disabled. Sometimes
switches are configured this way for security (don't activate ports
unless authorized by the network administrator or the port is tied to a
specific MAC address allowing only one machine to use that port).
--
Ed Heagle
"Funny how just when you think life can't possibly get any worse it
suddenly does." -- Marvin, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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