If you haven't installed the appropriate driver software for your Ethernet
adapter, do so now. Descriptions to perform this task is beyond the scope of
this document.
Open the MacTCP control panel. Select the
appropriate network driver (Ethernet, NOT EtherTalk) and click on the
'More...' button.
Under 'Obtain Address:', click
'Manually'.
Under 'IP Address:', select
class C from the popup menu. Ignore the
rest of the dialog box sections.
Fill in the appropriate information under 'Domain
Name Server Information:'.
Under 'Gateway Address:', enter 192.168.0.1
Click 'OK' to save the settings. In the
main window of the MacTCP control panel,
enter the IP address of your Mac (192.168.0.x, 1 < x < 255) in the
'IP Address:' box.
Close the MacTCP control panel. If a
dialog box pops up, notifying you to do so, then restart the system.
You may optionally ping the Linux box to test the network connection. If
you have the freeware program MacTCP Watcher
, click on the 'Ping' button, and enter
the address of your Linux box (192.168.0.1) in the dialog window that pops up.
(This is only an INTERNAL LAN connection test, you can't ping the outside world
yet.) If you don't see "replies" to your PINGs, please verify your network
configuration.
You can optionally create a Hosts file in your System Folder
so that you can use the hostnames of the machines on your LAN. The file should
already exist in your System Folder, and should contain some (commented-out)
sample entries which you can modify according to your needs.
