Connecting old Macintosh to the net using serial

[fsmith2003]

I installed open transport which removed MacTcp.  I would like to put Mactcp back on but when I try to place it into the control panel folder it says there is an invisible file with the same name already there.  Is there any way I can get a Mactcp reinstalled?

 

[gpz500]

Hello @fsmith2003, as far as I know, you didn't really remove MacTCP, but it's only hidden. You should now have an application called Network Software Selector to choose between classic networking (aka MacTCP) and Open Transport. It should be on your system volume (root directory or, maybe, in the Apple Extras directory).

 

[fsmith2003]

Hello @fsmith2003, as far as I know, you didn't really remove MacTCP, but it's only hidden. You should now have an application called Network Software Selector to choose between classic networking (aka MacTCP) and Open Transport. It should be on your system volume (root directory or, maybe, in the Apple Extras directory).

Thanks!  That was it.  It was in the Apple Extras folder.  But unfortunately,  following the tutorial from retroadventures.net step by step I was not able to get it working in the end.  Keep getting a Link Dead error.

 

[Tom2112]

You're welcome. I've subscribed to this thread, so I will be following along.

Jeff, if you're still around, I just wanted to say thanks! I'm definitely going to give this a go.

 

[Kaa]

I got the above ppp to work fine on a Raspberry Pi Zero W using the above instructions. Note that you have to start the service with:

sudo systemctl start rpippp.service


Now to make this all happen at boot up on the Pi.

Thanks for the instructions Jeff, if you are still around!!

 

[jefframsey]

Sorry I’ve been away a bit...

Jeff, if you're still around, I just wanted to say thanks! I'm definitely going to give this a go.

You’re welcome!

 

[jefframsey]

I got the above ppp to work fine on a Raspberry Pi Zero W using the above instructions. Note that you have to start the service with:

sudo systemctl start rpippp.service


Now to make this all happen at boot up on the Pi.

Thanks for the instructions Jeff, if you are still around!!

Glad to hear that it is working for you!

 

[Roberto]

One important thing is to enable ip forward by putting the following line in the file /etc/syslog.conf:
net.ipv4.ip_forward=1

on both Linux and Mac systems (e.g. iBook G4)