I have a friend that has an older Mac G4 from around 1999, running Mac
OS 9.2. She was using this Mac at another location with a DSL Earthlink
account. At that time she would connect and disconnect her Mac from the
DSL connection with an application called MacPoET.

She has moved with the computer and her roommate has a cable connection
with a OnQ router and is using a Dell PC. In addition my friend has a
newer Mac Powerbook which is also connected to the earthlink account
via the router. I tried a few simple steps with the Mac G4 after
plugging a Cat5 cable from the ethernet port to the router, but could
not get it to communicate with the internet.

I am primarily a PC person and am usually 99% successful at getting
those boxes up and running on the internet. I have no idea where to
start as to what I should install, uninstall or whatever to make this
Mac work. I did find a web link that shows how to un-install the
MacPoET program but I am not sure if this is what I need to do.

Can anyone suggest the necessary steps that I might pursue to get this
Mac working through the existing connections.
Thanks in advance!

Grace and peace.

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:40:56 -0500, redwingc@hotmail.com wrote
(in article <1106696456.344919.208910@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups .com>):

Ick.

Very few cable setups use PPPoE. And those which do can usually be handled
from the router. Turn off MacPoET. Trash it if possible, restart if
necessary. Check the TCP/IP control panel and make sure it's set
ethernet/DHCP. You might have to put in the IP of the local ISP. Make sure
that AppleTalk is set to use ethernet.



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I will give that a try around friday and report back. Thank you for
your helpful reply.

Grace and peace.