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At 02:10 PM 2/15/00 -0500, Changhsu P. Liu wrote:
>I have a cable modem connection that the cable goes to a hub and the hub
>connects to a Mac and a PC. The problem I have is whichever machine is
>first connected to net, then the other one cannot connect until turning
>off and modem and on again. Both machines are connected to net after that.
>It's annoying that I have to do that everytime I need to have both
>connected. Is there a cure to this problem?
Sounds like some sort of modem configuration problem to me.
>It also appears to me that PC will try to connect to net when it's turned
>on. Evidenced by the IP number being assigned right away after start up.
>Mac does not get assigned an IP address until I try to connect to net.
Correct - because the PC's native file sharing protocol is IP
based, so when it starts up it automatically "connects" to the network to
find other computers in its "neighborhood".
LDR
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