I gather that IP is working.
This should allow you to use an FTP client on the Classic II and run the built in FTP server on the Macbook to share its files at least.

Regards,

Macdownunder

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That sounds promising. I'll search for such a client. If it answers the mail, I'll post about it.

In answer to the network software question, the Asante disk came with EtherTalk Installer with SNMP MacAgent (v. 5.6.1). Going to Ethernet Built-In, you get three methods of obtaining an address:

• Manually
  Server
  Dynamically

Assuming you select Server, here is a snapshot of what that looks like.