eharmon
Well-known member
I find I keep running into this problem...when installing network peripherals on 8.1 somehow OpenTransport gets damaged and stops working. Applications report various errors, like "cannot open resolver", claiming too many network connections are open, or just outright failing.
AppleTalk works fine, but TCP/IP totally fails.
In the past I discovered one cause is conflicting 68k OpenTransport extensions in the Extensions folder (you apparently don't need those on 8.1, and installing them accidentally causes weirdness). But this time everything looks fine. I have only the generic extensions in the Extensions directory, exactly as installed by 8.1.
I tried trashing "MacTCP DNR" as it was reporting resolver errors, and while the system re-creates it on the next boot, that doesn't seem to help.
Roughly, it's like some part of OpenTransport has been corrupted, is conflicting, or part of MacTCP has been loaded at the same time.
It's annoying because the only way to fix it I've found is to get a fresh 8.1 system folder to reset everything. Any ideas?
AppleTalk works fine, but TCP/IP totally fails.
In the past I discovered one cause is conflicting 68k OpenTransport extensions in the Extensions folder (you apparently don't need those on 8.1, and installing them accidentally causes weirdness). But this time everything looks fine. I have only the generic extensions in the Extensions directory, exactly as installed by 8.1.
I tried trashing "MacTCP DNR" as it was reporting resolver errors, and while the system re-creates it on the next boot, that doesn't seem to help.
Roughly, it's like some part of OpenTransport has been corrupted, is conflicting, or part of MacTCP has been loaded at the same time.
It's annoying because the only way to fix it I've found is to get a fresh 8.1 system folder to reset everything. Any ideas?
