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Networking

Aug 16, 2005 12:23AM PDT

We have three computers connected to a network. Mainly this is convenient for broad-band access. However, two of them were in a file sharing mode until one of them was upgraded to Tiger. Now it will not connect to the G4 running 9.2.2

The other computer is a G5 and until the upgrade was quite happily allowing the use of a drop box from the G4.

Trying to connect now brings up the following message:

CONNECTION FAILED
THIS FILE SERVER USES AN INCOMPATIBLE VERSION OF THE AFP PROTOCOL. YOU CANNOT CONNECT TO IT.

This facility is essential to my work

HELP!!!!

Peter

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Networking
Aug 16, 2005 4:34AM PDT

Unfortunately, it appears that the upgrade to Tiger removed the last of the support for OS 9 machines using AppleTalk. This also happened to me. The error message is not very helpful as it seems to indicate that there is a solution but is not forthcoming as to what it is. The obvious one is to install a later version of AppleTalk but I have seen no reference to it yet. Still looking. the other alternative is to upgrade the G4 to Panther or Tiger which will restore the File Sharing.
I'm still looking for anther solution

P

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Ok, try this
Aug 16, 2005 4:51AM PDT

As I said in my first post, AppleTalk is no longer supported in Tiger. It would have been nice if this was documented a little more clearly.
Try this procedure:
Step 1. set up the Mac running MacOS 9.x with an IP address. Easiest way to do this is:
1. Open the TCP/IP control panel.
2. Choose Built-in Ethernet from the Connect Via pop-up menu.
3. From the Configure pop-up menu, choose DHCP
4. Close the TCP/IP control panel.
5. Click Save when prompted.
You may already be doing the above part.
6. Open a Web browser to test the Mac's connection to the internet (if your network has internet access).
If you revisit the TCP/IP control panel, you will see several fields filled in with the notation "will be supplied by server". This is normal.
Step 2. Enable file sharing connections using TCP/IP. Open the File Sharing control panel, and check the box to enable the "Enable File Sharing clients to connect over TCP/IP" option.

I have not tried this at the house yet but I have seen reports about it working
Let me know

P

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More on this problem
Aug 16, 2005 10:30AM PDT

I just checked out my beige G3 running OS 9.2.2 with the "allow users to connect using TCP/IP" check box turned on.
I can connect to it with no problem at all from my Tiger G4.
I can also connect to the Tiger G4 from the beige G3.
Don't forget to turn on AppleTalk in the Network prefs of the Tiger machines.
Hope it works for you too.

P

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(NT) (NT) Did it work for you ???
Aug 17, 2005 10:55AM PDT
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Did it work?
Aug 23, 2005 11:31PM PDT

Not yet - very busy, but will try it later this week.
Many thanks for your help, and I will certainly let you know how it goes.
Peter

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Problem solved
Aug 24, 2005 11:54PM PDT

Many thanks. I had stared at this problem for hours, but it was the switch over to TCP/IP that did the trick.
So I am back in business.

There appears to be no mention of this with the upgrade to Tiger, and I can imagine a great many frustrated users.

I shall now try this with the much more distant third computer.

Regards

Peter