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Configuring your network connection – Apple Macintosh 6500 User Manual

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Plug the adapter’s power cord into an electrical power outlet.

5

Plug the connector on the Apple Ethernet AUI Adapter into the AAUI Ethernet port on

your Macintosh.

6

Configure your network connection following the advice of your network administrator

and the instructions in “Configuring Your Network Connection” next.

Configuring your network connection

After you physically connect your computer to a LocalTalk or Ethernet
network, you need to configure your network connection in the AppleTalk
control panel, the TCP/IP control panel, or both.

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You use the AppleTalk control panel to set up your connection to an
AppleTalk network (that is, a network using the AppleTalk protocol).

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You use the TCP/IP control panel to set up your connection to the Internet
and to a TCP/IP network. (TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol. It is the set of data communication rules
followed by networks to communicate with each other on the Internet.)

You may need additional information about the network to which your
computer is connected, or about the service through which your computer is
connected to the Internet. To get this information, you may need to contact
your network administrator or your Internet service provider (ISP).

AAUI Ethernet port

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Connecting Your Computer to a Network

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