Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Set Up Your Connection With OS 9
- Set Up Your Connection With OS 10
- Troubleshooting
I. Introduction
These instructions will walk you through how to set up your Macintosh
to connect to DHNet's Ethernet Service.
If you have Operating System 9, please follow Step 2.
If you have Operating System 10, please follow Step 3.
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II. Set Up Your Connection Using OS 9
For your computer to be able to connect to the Internet, some settings
must be specified. Please follow the steps below to set up your ethernet
connection for OS 9:
- Click on the Apple menu, and open Control
Panels.
- Open TCP/IP. In this new window, select Ethernet,
built-in in the Connect via pull
down menu.
- In this window, select Configure
using DHCP Server in the Configure using
pull down menu.
- Finally, In the Search Domain space, enter ufl.edu
and clas.ufl.edu
. Close the TCP/IP window, saving
changes. Also, close the Control Panels window.
- These instructions should enable you to connect to the Ethernet.
If you have trouble after using these instructions, please see Troubleshooting.
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III. Set Up Your Connection Using OS 10
For your computer to be able to connect to DHNet's Ethernet Service,
some settings must be specified. Please follow the steps below to
set up dial-up for OS 10:
- Click on the Apple menu, and open System
Preferences. You can also access System Preferences
through the docking bar.
- Click on the Network Icon. In the Location
pull-down menu, select Automatic.
In the Show pull-down menu, select Built-In-Ethernet.
- On the TCP/IP tab, in the Configure pull-down menu, select Using
DHCP. Below these settings, two boxes should appear.
Leave the DNS Servers box blank.
In the Search Domain box, enter ufl.edu.
- These settings should enable your computer to connect to the
Internet.
If you have trouble after using these instructions, please see Troubleshooting.
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IV. Troubleshooting
If you continue to have difficulties, please contact the UF Computing
Helpdesk at (352)-392-4357.
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