[WinMac] Cable modem and Ethernet blues. (SUMMARY)
Subject: [WinMac] Cable modem and Ethernet blues. (SUMMARY)
From: Brian Durant (durant[at]cbn.net.id)
Date: Mon Dec 17 2001 - 23:02:37 EST
Hi again,
I started out trying to get an Internet connection with a cable modem
attached to my UMAX Pulsar (Euro S900). The Pulsar uses OS 9.1 (Z), has a G3
upgrade and 272 MB of built-in RAM. The problem was that every time I tried
to connect to the Internet, my system was as slow as molasses in winter
time. I had of course set the TCP/IP control panel to automatically
negotiate with the DHCP server. This turned out to be the problem.
Apparently, Mac systems can be quite finicky when connecting to DHCP
servers, particularly in trying to access the Internet. If the numbers
aren't correct, the system uses all capacity on trying to get the proper
setting. This creates a situation where the IP address changes approximately
every 30-60 seconds and everything slows to a near stand still. Therefore,
the solution was to set the TCP/IP control panel to connect manually with
the DHCP server. It took a while to get the right settings, but as most of
the information could be gleaned from the PC that was connected to the cable
modem by doing an ipconfig /all command, it didn't prove too hard to solve
the problem with some good advice.
Apparently my problem getting the connected router to work is an ISP issue.
They apparently can't believe that you could have a LAN at home that you
want to connect to the Internet. You can apparently only do that if you are
a corporate customer. *&^%$#@!!!+
Cheers,
Brian
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