Help needed- getting on the Internet (lan card)

[mraroid]

uniserver - If I could get on line, I would down load opean transport.  I will boot the color classic and see if open transport is installed.  I did install a 10 disk set called "Apple Internet Connect Kit".  Maybe that installed Open Transport in my color classic???

raoulduke.....

Your post was very helpful.  I am getting closer to getting my color classic on line.
Running 7.5.3, I do not have a Apple talk icon in the control panel, but I do have a Network icon.  In it I can choose between "local talk built in" or "ethertalk".  I changed my setting to "ethertalk".  After a reboot, I did verify that the selection was saved correctly.

In my MacTCP icon in control panel, I have a choice between three things:

1) Ethertalk
2) Ethernet
3) PPP

I selected Ethernet.  When I select the "More" button after my selection, I come to a screen with many settings.  On the left, I can choose between:

1) Obtain Address Manually
2) Server
3) Dynamically

I have selected Dynamically.  When I do this, it populates correctly the left hand side of that screen with the correct gateway IP address of 192.168.1.1

On the right hand side of the screen are many selections.  The top part of the right hand screen says:

IP Address

Class (I can choose between A, B, and C) [if I choose C, the correct subnet mask IP address shown up under it]

1) Net= 12582912  and a check mark for Lock or not.  It is not locked.  I tried to type in a IP address in this box, but it would not take it.
2) Subnet = nothing in the box
3) Node = nothing in the box

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Also on the right hand side of the screen, below the above it says:

Domain Name Server Info

Netscape  205.217.255.0

I have maybe 5 or 6 more boxes for domain name and server info, and they are all blank.

I have made selections, and rebooted to be sure my selection stay.  I tried A, B, and C.  No matter what I do, when I launch Netscape, I receive the same error message no matter which URL I type in.  It says:

"Netscape in unable to locate server http://alck.apple.com.  The server does not have a DNS entry.  Check the server name and location (URL) and try again"

I can upgrade to 7.5.5 if need be.  Maybe that has more ethernet support?

Thanks for the help.  Can you see anything I am setting up incorrectly?

jack



 

 

[raoulduke]

How did you install the OS?

 

[mraroid]

Hello all....

I think I may be on line.  I took Uniserver's suggestion and installed Open Transport.  It changed my network and tcp icons in control panel.  I do not have a Network icon any more - I have a Local Talk icon.  It is set for Ethernet.  I do not have a MacTCP icon any more.  I have a TCP/IP icon.  It is also set to Ethernet and DHCP. 

I launched Netscape, and entered in the URL of http://www.google.com

It tried to find it, and I think it did, but I received countless java errors which were on top of the screen, so I can't say for sure. 

Can someone give me a URL that Netscape 3.0 can connect to?  Maybe someone is running a very old web page someplace? 

I think I am on line...... But would sure like to find out for sure.

Perhaps someone knows of a web page I can go to that lists web sites that are OS version 7. something friendly?

jack
 

 

[raoulduke]

Sounds like it. Congrats

 

[mraroid]

I used 16 floppies to install 7.5.3.  It went well.  But my OS is about all that is on my color classic at the moment.  I just happen to have a floppy with open transport so tried it.

Now if I can only get Eudora to work with gmail.......

Thanks for all the help everyone. 

jack

 

[uniserver]

netscape 2.02 is my favorite,   install then go in and disable css. 

http://macgui.com/downloads/?file_id=13321&keywords=netscape

its fast and works as good as possible.