Ah, the GoodOleDays of OpenTransport... You need to configure the OS9 machine to TCP/IP and DHCP. Check under Control Panels. The Linksys then should give it an IP address and you should be good to go. It's been a while since I've had to do anything in OS9. On 7/19/03 10:11 AM, "Bill Reburn" <billreburn at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I finally found a way to keep my wife from having to kill all my running > apps, so that she can check her own email in OSX (and yes I know Panther > will fix this - as demonstrated by S. Jobs). I polished off an older machine > that can run 9.1 - and put it in her own room (we each have an extra room > for our own shtuff in our house). Problem is, I bought a router to use with > my cable modem and I am absolutely lost over how to configure this thing. > Networking is one bad area for me, right up there with Unix. I love the > stuff, but know nothing about it. > > Could anyone provide me with some help? Don't mind if you respond offlist or > whatever. My wife's computer doesn't seem to be gaining any access. > Basically I have the cable modem with signal coming in, sent to the router, > then plugged into the back I have 4 outlets - #1 to my Ti, which has access > to the internet. # 2 to my wife's machine running 9.1, no access to > anything. It's a Linksys router.. Umm any more details? > > Help! :-)