Power Macintosh: SoftWindows TCP/IP and MacTCP Together (10/94)


Is there a way to run MacTCP at the same time as TCP/IP under SoftWindows?

Using only one Ethernet connection, it is not possible to run MacTCP and TCP/IP under SoftWindows at the same time. Network cards or on-board Ethernet cannot have identical communication protocols running simultaneously.

TCP/IP under SoftWindows will only work if MacTCP is turned off by removing it from the Control Panels Folder and restarting.

The only way to concurrently run MacTCP under the Macintosh OS and TCP/IP under SoftWindows is to have two Ethernet interfaces, one setup for MacTCP and one for SoftWindows.


Article Change History:
28 Oct 1994 - Added a solution for running both MacTCP and TCP/IP under
SoftWindows.

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Published Date: Feb 19, 2012