Apple 8600 appendix Connecting Your Computer to a Network

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IMPORTANT You can connect your Macintosh anywhere along a network; however, to do so requires that you temporarily disconnect the network, which could disrupt existing network services and other people using the network. Consult your network administrator before connecting your computer to the network.

To connect your Macintosh to a thin coaxial network:

Shut down your Macintosh.

Attach one end of a thin coaxial cable to the last thin coaxial transceiver on the network.

Attach the other end of the thin coaxial cable to one of the connectors on the thin coaxial transceiver.

Plug the connector on the transceiver into the AAUI Ethernet port on your Macintosh.

A thin coaxial network must be terminated at the endpoints to function. An Apple transceiver is self-terminating. A non-Apple transceiver may require a terminator; check the documentation that came with the transceiver.

Ethernet port (AAUI)

Ethernet thin coaxial transceiver

Thin coaxial cable

Next, see “Configuring Your Network Connection” later in this chapter for information on configuring your network connection.

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