If you are direct connecting two computers without a router, hub or switch you must use crossover cables. Of course appletalk must be set to ethernet. If that is the case it should be a breeze. All of the Apple OS are backwards compatible using appletalk. I have 7.5, 8.6, 9.2 and X machines on the same network. All sharing files, no problems. --- "Goodwin, Greg" <GoodwinG at aafes.com> wrote: > For the past month I have been a 250 user. > Last weekend I found a 280c at the First Saturday > Sidewalk sale. I saw it last month, and there it > was this month. The battery, suprisingly is good > too. > > (Is there any reason a 280 would not use a > recently rebuilt 250 battery BTW)?? > > Here is the big question... > > ... I have the Duo Dock II and Duo Dock plus. > I found the dongle adaptors that adapt the little > mini-network port to the regular ethernet lan port. > Been playing with this under system 7.5.x with no > luck getting ethernet and appletalk to work. > > Trying to get this 7.5 computer to talk to a > 9.22 system. > > So I have a billion questions on this. I've > gotten 9.22 and system x Appletalk systems to work > through a Linksys router. (I would connect this up > again, but I forgot the IP address to talk to that > thing... maybe find the instructions tonight). I > have yet to get a 7.5 system to talk to a appletalk > network. > > Hopefully getting this Duo 280c to talk to the > 9.22 system will be easier than my Newton 2000 has > been. :) > > Take care! > > Greg Goodwin ===== Brian Personal Email briang113 at yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com