9   Troubleshooting

• I am using a direct connection through {Airport / Ethernet } with my Newton and they never see each other
  That comes from the way Mac OS X handles connection status. For an Ethernet connection, it requires the other end of the wire (ie the Newton) to have an UP status before activating its own interface. For Airport users, we have experienced several problems with the new Airport Extreme hardware, which we hope Apple will fix soon. Check your SSID (network name) carefully and make sure your WEP settings are correct.
   
  
• The connection seems to take forever to launch
  If you are using AppleTalk, this can be normal: a name lookup for connection takes sometimes up to 10 seconds. Also, be aware that if you have firewalls or routers between the desktop and the Newton (eg an airport base station), there might be settings that prevent packets from arriving.
   
  
• I can see the Macintosh in the AppleTalk browser but I cannot connect, the Newton tells me no MacOS computer could be found.
  If you are using an Airport Extreme Base Station, we are aware of the problem. Paul lost nearly all his hair on this problem. The only workaround was to either replace the Airport Extreme Base Station with the good old Graphite one or run tcpdump on the Mac (!). He will perform more tests and try to contact Apple if the origin of the problem is confirmed. In the meanwhile, you can use TCP/IP with RendezVous.