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Tim Bridge <bridgeband@bluewin.ch> wrote:

> I have got a G3 and a Performa 5300, both running on 8.1.  I bought
> myself a Ethernet CS card for the Performa and an Ethernet cable. I
> think I've installed all the necessary software. When I access Appletalk
> to set the "Connect via:" to Ethernet I get an Error message. I
> discovered, that the Network Control Panel was invisible and that it's
> Type was missing. So I fixed that. But when I tried to open it, it said
> it couldn't open because Open Transport was active...sooo I deactivated
> Open Transport and restarted only to discover then, that the Network
> Control Panel doesn't work, when Appletalk was deactivated. And Appltalk
> was only deactivated 'cos Open Transport wasn't on. WOW! Now that's what
> I call areal Catch 22.
> 
> Can anybody help?
> 
> Ta

You've broken it horribly. The network control panel is part of classic
networking, and if 8.1 is installed, you must be running Open transport.
I suspect you've run network software intaller on the machine. Under OT,
the network CP is meant to be either invisible with an odd type or not
present at all, to stop it being used. I suspect you'll have to
reinstall 8.1, possibly as a clean install and hope that installs a
driver for your coms slot card. Whatever you do, don't install anything
which installs a network control panel, it won't work under 7.6 onwards.
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'ric