Re: TCP/IP: Ethernet option missing

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Carlos Featherston wrote:

> Machine: Power Mac G3
> OS: 9
>
> I am totally new to Macs and their OS.

That would explain then, why you are not using the correct newsgroup. This
newsgroup Carl, is for the Apple II, the computer that made Apple a company, and
that paid for the development and underwrote the first three years of life for
the Macintosh. You need to find a newsgroup with the word "mac" in it for the
help you are looking for.

Roy

> I am trying to set up a DSL
> connection through a DSL modem and a DSL modem router. When accessing the
> TCP/IP box to set up my connection, I see that the choice that I am looking
> for is not there. I currently have, in the "connect via..." drop-down box,
> either "PPP" or "AppleTalk". Since I need to make a connection using PPPoE,
> I need the "ethernet" option. Unfortunately it is missing in this machine.
> However, I know it exists because I friend of mine with the same machine and
> OS has that option. How do I install it?
>
> Help please