directly attach the empeg via ethernet to the mac, on its ethernet port. when you go to the about screen, you should get a 169.254 address on the empeg. enter that address into jemplode's field for a direct address, check only that box. click cancel and then try again to open an empeg. you should get there.

i recommend plugging the ethernet cable into the empeg, *then* into the mac, so the autosense on the normal versus crossover and on the link speed will happen then. it shouldn't matter but sometimes the negotiation seems to fail if you do it the other way.