RE: [WinMac] Cabel modem and Ethernet Blues.

Subject: RE: [WinMac] Cabel modem and Ethernet Blues.
From: Perbix, Michael (PERBIX[at]lmsd.org)
Date: Thu Dec 13 2001 - 07:54:06 EST

are you running and cennecting using MacPoet or any type of PPPOE software?
Most DSL and Cable modem vendors are doing this now. You have to connect
using that software first. Are you getting a static IP fro mthe cable modem
(obviously not) if using DHCP. Are you trying to use a linksys routers on
your end?

Try hooking the cable modem directly up to your machine, or to a windows box
and see what happens. Can you get a static IP number from the cable
company? After enough hassle they might cough one up.

    -Mike

> -------------------------------------
> Michael Perbix
> Telecommunications Specialist
> Lower Merion School District
> (610) 645-1964 - Phone
> (610) 896-8224 - Fax
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Durant [SMTP:durant@cbn.net.id]
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 7:51 AM
> To: WinMac
> Subject: [WinMac] Cabel modem and Ethernet Blues.
>
> Hi again,
>
> I am going to throw open a discussion that I have had with Dan and on two
> other lists to this list as I am getting desperate. I have not had any
> success at connecting a cable modem to my UMAX Pulsar (Euro S900). I have
> followed the skimpy Mac instructions that came with my 3Com cable modem,
> i.e. set the "connect" to "Ethernet" in the TCP/IP control panel and then
> set "configure" to "Using DHCP server". The result has been that the
> entire
> system on my Pulsar has also slowed to a crawl and a pause after a couple
> of
> cycles is visible. Programs such as Microsoft Entourage or Internet
> Explorer
> take forever, despite the machine having 160.4 MB of free memory with
> virtual memory
> turned off. I have as of yet been unable to download any e-mail as
> Entourage
> has yet to complete an e-mail download cycle after twenty minutes!!! There
> is therefore no way to be absolutely sure that I am actually accessing the
> Internet. With the TCP/IP control panel open, I can see that the IP
> address
> changes about every 30 seconds.
>
> It is hard to tell what is going on, but something is slowing either the
> OS
> or the processor to a crawl. I have had two tech guys trying to get two
> different routers (LinkSys and US Robo) to work with the cable connection
> and a Win PC but they won't. They also say that they have not been
> successful at getting any techincal data that would help them in the area
> from the companies involved (ISP and cabel TV provider). Does this ring
> any
> bells with anyone?
>
> My UMAX Pulsar is by the way running OS 9 and has a G3 Processor ugrade.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian
>
>
>
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