I put the question to the list because I think its related enough to
be of interest.
My wife just got a top-of-the-line iBook with OS X from school.
Connects to the network at school instantly as it should. (I am brand
new on OS X)
At home I run an network based on a RH7.0 box with IpMasq and some
servers going to a static-IP DSL line. About 10 machines, mixed Win
and Mac, mixed static and DHCP. When she starts up the iBook:
a) the DHCP server on the Linux box shows the normal DHCPREQUEST and
DHCPACK lines.
b) the Network panel on the iBook shows all the values I would expect
to have been handed off by DHCP, 192.168.1.x IP, 255.255.255.0 mask,
192.168.1.1 gateway
c) but unable to connect to the internet
I found "Terminal" and was able to:
d) ping the linux box
e) do a nslookup against the name server on the linux box, resolving
outside domain names
f) bring up web pages running on the Apache server on the linux box
But I don't seem to be able to get outside
I thought the first thing to try would be to disable the IP Firewall
that's being started on the iBook, but haven't been able to figure
out how (or where its files are). BTW I run a fairly strict firewall
on the linux box and the log shows no hits related to the iBook
attempting to get outside.
Or I could be totally off base, in which case I would be open to
other avenues towards fixing this.
Less related:
There is an Apple Select 360 appletalk laserwriter on the network,
connected thru an Asante appletalk/ethernet bridge which my wife has
used with her G3. She can select it through the chooser on the iBook,
and we can read and set printer config info, but although everything
appears normal when printing for an application in OS9 classic,
nothing gets to the printer (and no blinking green light indicating
data transfer).
Dick
