Weird Problem

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Hi, as some of you might know, I installed Mac OS X yesterday. Now the problem:
In the very beginning, they want to know my LAN settings, but I don't know them right out of the top of my head. So I couldn't register any further, and just skipped the registering in waiting to do it another time. Luckily, we (my dad and me) have already had such a problem, so a year ago, we made a pic of all the settings, and stored them on the HD. So we thought we would just open the picture (In OS X), but it was made with a 9.1 program, so it had to boot "Classic". Before I installed OS X, I had 9.1, and the Classic program requires 9.1 and higher. So the Classic program booted, and it asked if I wanted to upgrade to 9.2 after it had booted up Classic completey. So i thought, sure, whatever, I have the cd. But then it said "You have 9.1, can't run Classic", so while it says YOU NEED 9.1 TO OPEN, THEY WON'T LET ME OPEN IT UNLESS I HAVE 9.2, which cannot be done, because: While it said a few minutes before that, that it was for 9.1 and up. Also, I can only upgrade to 9.2, when I'm in 9.1. So basicly, they want me to do this:

Go to 9.1, and install 9.2.
But I can't go to 9.1, cause I need 9.2 to open Classic mode. So there's no way.

Although, about that pic of my LAN settings, my dad found a way to view it. He has a G4 with 9.2, and just put a Zip into my Mac OS X, and put that pic (without opening it, cause it can't) on the Zip, took the zip out, and opened the zip in his computer in order to view/print the pic.


So now I have all the settings, and no classic mode. But, I can't even register & come online, because when I enter my settings, It says:
Wrong IP and Router Adress.

I REALLY don't know what to do, I have NO internet access, and I'll never be able to access Classic mode since it needs 9.2, and in order to get 9.2, I;ve got to have access to Classic Mode.




****HELP!!***
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no, you need to do a fresh boot into os 9 to do the system install. you will probably need the security updates and firmware updates first if you haven't been updating regularly. use your startup disk system pref to choose your os 9 for the reboot.

once in os 9, go to your control panels and choose software update and update now. after each install of something it tells you it needs, run it again until it tells you that you are up to date. then go to your startup disk control panel and choose your os x to boot from. again run software update and let it install what it needs to. again run it until it tells you are up to date. also, there is no reason to install things you don't need - like maybe airport updates, extended language pacakages, etc. . if in rel doubt as to whether you need it or not, either go ahead or come back here and ask.

getting caught up on updates is the most tedious part of making the switch at this point in the game. and installing certain things in a particular order is crucial.

and hey, upgrade your ram before too long, and your imac should work nicely for most tasks.;)
 
oh, and about the ip and router info. you should still be ok in os 9. when entering the info in os x, give only the info absolutely necessary and let it do the rest. less is better here. too specific and it hangs. you might also need to set up a new location called router to get all your settings right.
 
Well thanks for the tips, and the software update worked in 9.1. Not in OS X, though, cause we set up a modem connection, and it worked fine cause we checked it on IE. But when the software update launched in OS X, it said it couldn't get online and that we should check our configurations.
We've checked apple.com's faqs and some were in fact about the classic problem, but they haven't helped us one bit. It still says we need 9.2. We could upgrade to 9.2 while in 9.1, ans we did, but now it says we're installing in a different language than the language of 9.1, which is NOT true.
So we're back where we started you could say.
 
dialup or broad band connection? since you are using a router i will assume broadband.

boot in os x. go to system prefs network. create a new location ( i call mine router). choose 'built in ethernet' under show. choose 'using DHCP' under configure. type your isp name in search domains.

if you want you can now go to system prefs internet and complete that info if you haven't already.

give ie a try and see how it works. if it does, use your software update.

also rps, please include all 3 numbers when referring to version numbers ex: 9.2.1 or 9.2.2

the latest versions are os x 10.1.5 and os 9.2.2. these 2 together work the most efficiently.
 
Broadband.

I just did anything you said, but about that ISP name..
At the box where it says Search domains, it says optional, and as a example, they say "apple.com". So it doesn't really have anything to do with a username of mine, does it?
 
no, it doesn't have anything to do with your user name or password (which should be in your router config i think)- just the spelled out name of your isp - like i connect thru pacbell.net, so i type pacbell.net there. you may not need to do this, but my router company had me do it when i set up. they said it was the only one of those optional things that might help. the router should already be configured with the rest of the necessary info. anything you type in might just confuse it.

try it with and without if you want or need to. i'm hoping you are getting close at this point.
 
I'm sorry I really don't know what the problem is. I've done everything you told me, and more. It still didn't work. When you go to TCP/IP, that IP adress, it's already there, but does this have to be my own IP adress? Cause the one listed there, isn't. I'm getting pretty fed up with this problem, cause everytime I want to try something, I have to boot Mac OS X, and when it doesn't work, I have to go back to 9 to come here, this is pretty louzy... I don't know what to do/try anymore..:(
 
yes, it should be your isp address, not one that is already there.

did you get my pm?
 
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