Technology Services Help Desk

ETHERNET - MAC OS 8-9 DHCP

Manually configuring Mac OS 8-9 for DHCP Ethernet

Plug one end of your Ethernet Cable (CAT5) into the data jack on the wall and the other end into the data jack of your Ethernet card (This is located in the back of your computer).

The yellow cable below is an Ethernet cable and the cable to the right is a standard telephone cable. Take notice of size difference between the two. Ethernet cables are noticeably thicker and the clear plug end is also wider - it will not fit into a standard phone jack.

This guide will provide a way to fix any errors that occurred while running the Internet Setup Assistant. (If the Internet Setup Assistant hasn’t been run yet, stop now and run it first.) All control panels listed here in this guide are located under the Apple Menu->Control Panels.

Open the TCP/IP control panel under Apple Menu->Control Panels->TCP/IP.

Have the user click on the pop-up menu next to Configure: and select Using DHCP Server. In Search domains the user needs to type in "fsu.edu".
Click on the close box in the upper left corner. It will prompt user to save changes click Yes.

All questions can be directed to the Technology Services Help Desk (850) 644-HELP (4357). Our hours are Monday – Friday 7:30am-7:30pm, Saturday – Sunday 10am-6pm. You may also email us at help@otc.fsu.edu.