I have a Yikes! G4 that has two hard drives installed, one has OS 9.2 and the other has OS 8.6. I am using built in ethernet to access a small LAN via Appleshare in the Chooser. When I use the drive with OS 9.2 installed as the startup drive, I have no problems seeing all of the other classic OS computers on the network, and I can access their data. When I start up in OS 8.6, I can only see 1 other computer (which is running OS 9.2) and I can't access it. Trying to sign in brings up a status bar which spins for a while, and then tells me that "No response from server. Please try again." I can sometimes get in through the Network Browser via the IP addresses, but it's glitchy, and not real practical because we use DHCP and the IP addresses change every time we re-start our computers. Now I am pretty sure there are no hardware issues because everything works beautifully when I have booted up in OS 9.2, and when I am booted up in OS 8.6, the information in my TCP/IP panel comes up the way it should, getting an address via DHCP the way it should.
I have checked all of my settings, making sure Appletalk is turned on, and that TCP/IP was set up correctly. I've tried doing a clean install, using the original Apple Software CD that came with the computer. Someone suggested swiping the OS 9 ethernet extensions and replacing them in OS 8.6, and that just froze my computer. I am stumped as to why I can't access the other networked volumes, when I have 3 beige G3 PowerMacs (OS 8.6) and a Sawtooth G4 (OS 9.2.2) that can see and access each other access the network.
Does anyone know how I can solve this problem? I really need the G4 Yikes! to function on 8.6, because I need 8.6 AND USB to solve a problem we have here.
I have checked all of my settings, making sure Appletalk is turned on, and that TCP/IP was set up correctly. I've tried doing a clean install, using the original Apple Software CD that came with the computer. Someone suggested swiping the OS 9 ethernet extensions and replacing them in OS 8.6, and that just froze my computer. I am stumped as to why I can't access the other networked volumes, when I have 3 beige G3 PowerMacs (OS 8.6) and a Sawtooth G4 (OS 9.2.2) that can see and access each other access the network.
Does anyone know how I can solve this problem? I really need the G4 Yikes! to function on 8.6, because I need 8.6 AND USB to solve a problem we have here.