PM 6500 with OS 8.6 TCP/IP Settings - How To Activate it to configure it

I am trying to setup friends OS 8.6 based PM 6500 box to be able to connect to the network , but I am having problems even starting that process. I am trying to open TCP/IP preferences via TCP/IP Control Panel and each time I try I get: "The file "TCP/IP Preferences" could not be opened because it is locked or being used by another application"
Now, I am not experienced with OS 8.6, but I do know that the TCP/IP is not active (info obtained via system info), thus my questions are:
- How do I activate TCP/IP ?
- Does OS 8.6 has terminal app and how do I activate it ?
- I have OS 9 on DVD which I got when I purchased my PowerBook (why they had this in I have no idea since I am using 10.4.4 upgraded from 10.4.0), is there anywhere OS 9 on CD's or a download somewhere ?
Any info will be highly appreciate it!

SIPAnkh
I am trying to setup friends OS 8.6 based PM 6500 box to be able to connect to the network ...You didn't mention whether the network in question was local (a LAN) or the WWW (a WAN), but you are certainly on the path by considering TCP/IP to be central to either. Faced with the messages that you have been, your most probable difficulty is corruption of the preference file.
As Grant and Niel have suggested, trashing the TCP/IP preference file is a first and easier course. That can be followed by a clean install of OS 8.6 as a second, if the first is ineffectual. The second course will necessitate some further time spent in restoration of other (third-party and optional Apple) extensions, control panels and (perhaps) preference files from Previous System Folder to the new System Folder. It's either that or reinstallation of all third-party and optional Apple applications from scratch, if you wish to be ultra-safe.
OS X, by and large, has all the applications/control panels to do with networking in one place in System Preferences, rather than dotted about under different heads as Sharing Setup, AppleTalk, Users and Guests, TCP/IP, File Sharing, Network, Sharing, and many other names as they are in OS 9 and earlier. The OS X panels show their origins in their pre-X antecedents, which are no more onerous to set up, but admittedly not centralized. Your misfortune has been to meet a (probably) corrupt file, and unilluminating screen messages showing that the OS was as mystified as you were. The advice that you have already been given should, nonetheless, get you out of the corner.
You mentioned OS 9 as if you were considering it for the 6500. Certainly the Mac can cope with OS 9.1, but 128MB of RAM (max.) and 300MHz (max.) do not together promise more than a few improvements over OS 8.6.

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Early 08 MBPro-TCP/IP settings are not saved

On my home wireless network I have MAC address filtering enabled and broadcast SSID disabled. All MAC addresses are entered in the router's filter. An early 08 MBPro does not retain network settings for Verizon router on the network. When I look at the TCP/IP settings in network prefs I see they are nothing like other computers on my home network. If I click "assist me" then "diagnostics" in Airport setup I get walked through a process which allows me to choose the network I want to join. There is a list of available networks which does not include mine (since SSID is disabled) and a button which allows me to choose closed network, which I take. After entering my network's ID and WEP password I finally get connected and get a message that my connection is OK. Problem is, when I put the computer to sleep or restart I can't reconnect and the old settings which don't work reappear. It appears that the TCP/IP settings are not being saved. Could this be some corrupted preference of does it sound like a hardware problem? Thanks for any insights.
Message was edited by: Thomas Camilleri

Odd. You may be able to repair this with the 10.5.7 Combo Update This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
Oh, and please be sure to re-boot your modem and router.
-mj
Message was edited by: macjack

Missing TCP/IP settings for iPhone tethering (Bluetooth and USB)

Is it just me or Apple has completely disabled the TCP/IP settings for BT and USB connections for iPhone tethering (and possibly any other mobile devices)?
I can now only set the IP addresses and DNS server. No Proxies or WINS settings tabs.
I have also noticed that if you setup a USB tethering connection in Leopard and upgrade to Snow Leopard, the settings are still available, but NOT if you make a clean install of Snow Leopard and create a new iPhone USB tethering connection.
I always use a SOCKS5 when I'm using my tethering connection for security and better/faster connection with my manual proxy server setup. I find the new "options" in SL very limited, not only for my usage.
Screenshot here:
http://macblog.sk/files/pictures/snowleopardiphone_tethering_connectointcp.png
Message was edited by: DominikB

I got this to work again (in fact, I'm tethered right now
Here are the steps I followed:
1) Upgraded to iTunes 9
2) Upgraded iPhone to OS 3.1
3) Removed device from Bluetooth Devices list on my MBP
4) Removed Bluetooth PAN from Network preferences
5) Restarted iPhone and MBP
6) Set-up iPhone as a Bluetooth Device on MBP
7) Enabled tethering on iPhone
8) Connected to iPhone network via the Bluetooth icon on my MBP menu bar
9) Verified that the blue "Internet Tethering" bar was on the iPhone
10) Manually added Bluetooth PAN to my MBP network preferences (connect show as yellow, "IP cannot be assigned" message)
11) Opened the Advanced pane and clicked the "Renew DHCP Lease" button
12) IP was assigned!
I'm not sure if the first two steps contributed to the solution or not, but these are the steps that worked for me.
Good luck to you all...

Configure DNS & Search Domains in TCP/IP Settings via Terminal?

HI Folks,
I've been having a long standing battle trying to find out what is wrong with my machine, it's been running like a dog for a while and having recently added 2 new Macs to our network i recall that there was a setting missing - namely within the TCP/IP settings for the Built In Ethernet, the DNS Servers and Search Domains are not configured on my machine, but are on the new ones i've added (mine was my new foray into Macs so i maybe set it up wrong!)
However the main problem occurs when i try to edit the settings for the above from within System Preferences -> Network, i get a spinning beach ball of doom and have to Force Quit. Yet oddly i can access the setting fine when i am at home and not connected to the AD of the Windows Server Environment... which makes me think the events could be linked.... i thought it may have been Parallels and it's NAT settings, but given that all works perfectly at home i'm not so sure. Hence, as a process of elimination i'd like to try and get the correct settings for Search Domain etc to see if it helps, before i flatten the machine and reinstall Tiger completely!
The main issues i've been having with the machine can be found here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=854009&tstart=0
Thanks
Scott
MBP 2.0Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 100Gb 7200rpm Mac OS X (10.4.9) Parallels

Hi Phil (and others!)
I opted for the easy choice, which did work... and have added the Search Domain info etc whilst at home... and touch wood today things seem to be working better, i can easily access network preferences etc and have had no hanging apps as yet...
I did try and use different locations for work and home, but sadly i ended up with a spinning beach ball of doom when i tried to change the location at work, so it was a slightly pointless exercise!!!
The lookupd -configuration printout is as follows (no idea if it's useful in any way!)
ConfigSource: default
LookupOrder: Cache NI DS
MaxIdleServers: 4
MaxIdleThreads: 2
MaxThreads: 64
TimeToLive: 43200
Timeout: 30
ValidateCache: YES
ValidationLatency: 15
configname: Global Configuration
LookupOrder: Cache FF DNS NI DS
configname: Host Configuration
LookupOrder: Cache FF NI DS
configname: Service Configuration
LookupOrder: Cache FF NI DS
configname: Protocol Configuration
LookupOrder: Cache FF NI DS
configname: Rpc Configuration
TimeToLive: 60
ValidateCache: NO
configname: Group Configuration
TimeToLive: 300
ValidateCache: NO
configname: Initgroup Configuration
LookupOrder: Cache FF DNS NI DS
configname: Network Configuration
Thanks
Scott
MBP 2.0Ghz, 2Gb RAM, 100Gb 7200rpm Mac OS X (10.4.9) Parallels

PM 6500 with OS 8.6 TCP/IP Settings - How To Activate it to configure it

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