Hello - I have a PowerBook G3/333 (Bronze/Lombard), and am trying to connect to the Internet at home. I have a typical Comcast setup, where I'm using a wi-fi router that includes Ethernet ports on the back (where I connected one of those ports to the PowerBook).
I proceeded to follow the OS 9 Internet setup wizard, and created a profile for connecting on an Ethernet network. This ultimately led me to inputting settings on the TCP/IP control panel, and I figured I could enter the same settings as my MacBook Pro (running OS X) ...
So on the MBP, I went into System Preferences > Network > Advanced... > TCP/IP and viewed the info there. I also used Google to tell me the public IP address for this MacBook Pro. Using this info, I entered the same values in the PowerBook's TCP/IP control panel for IP Address, Subnet mask, and Router address.
Unfortunately, after saving (and attempting to connect to the Internet), it's not working and I'm seeing these messages:
"Your router (192.168.0.1) is not on your subnet (73.185.158.0). You may not be able to communicate with devices on other subnets."
"Another device on your TCP/IP Internet, which has the physical address 84 16 F9 5E 5D 72, is currently using the same IP address. Your TCP/IP network interface has been shut down."
I tried editing the 'IP Address' field to give it slightly different number (changing the last digit), but that didn't work. I also tried removing everything in the 'Router address' field (since the wizard said I could leave it blank) and saved the form, but it didn't help either.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I assume it should be possible to use the Internet on this computer ... So any assistance or advice will be much appreciated!
- Jim