[WinMac] Re: NetBios problem?

Alex Dearden(pata[at]tampabay.rr.com)
Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:31:05 -0500

>I have problems launching VirtualPC/Win95 (VPC ver 2.1.1) if I have
>DAVE 2.0 installed. VPC launches, starts Win95 but after a while it
>freezes and I can't force VPC to quit, I have to restart the Mac the
>hard way. If I restart without DAVE it's no problem. Could it be a
>NetBios conflict?
>I'm runnning on a PB1400c/166 with MacOS 8.5.1.
>Any suggestions any one?

I have a similar situation with DAVE 2.0 on mac OS 8.5.1:

I have a cbale modem and use DHCP to obtain an IP address from my ISP to
surf. I have DAVE turned on all the time so that I can share stuff with
the PC I have here without having to reboot. The kicker is that while I
don't obtain an IP address everything behaves normally (obviously I can't
use DAVE since it provides NetBIOS over TCP/IP, but when I need to use it
and I'm not surfing, I just assign an address to the card). When I obtain
an address, and try to disconnect from my ISP I get errors because DAVE
doesn't want to let go of the address (even though there are no open
sessions with anyone). I used to be able to go into my TCP/IP control
panel and change the configuration to release the lease from the ISP (or
as close as you can get on a Mac).

My rantings here are all to say this: I wish DAVE had a feature that
wuold allow you to manage leases, release, renew, etc. Thursby???

BTW the only way I've found I can disconnect when DAVE is on is by force
quitting DAVE after I disconnect from my ISP.

Alex Dearden
pata@doglover.com

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