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Connecting NeXT to mixed network

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From: Michael O'Henly
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 19:03
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	I'm in the process of installing a NeXTstation and one of the
first things I need to do is connect it to the university's Ethernet.

	An Ethernet line has been installed at the location of the
machine but I suspect it's not properly wired. (I'm in the process of
finding a laptop with an Ethernet adapter to check it.)

	Part of the reason I think the line is NFG is that - according
to the Network and System Administration manual (pg. 134), I should...

	1. Press the Power key to start up the computer you want to
	add. If it's already physically connected to the network, a
	window appears with the message: "No response from network
	configuration server. Type 'c' to start up computer without a
	network connection."

	I haven't seen this message. 

	From the above, I gather that the NeXT "senses" whether it is
physically connected to the net and, if it is but is not locally
configured, it produces this message.

	Is this sufficient information to conclude that the line is
not active?

	Thanks for your help.

	Michael.
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Michael O'Henly                 
McPherson Library                Internet:  lux@sol.uvic.ca
University of Victoria                      lux@uvvm.uvic.ca
Victoria, B.C., Canada             BITNET:  lux@uvvm
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