>When you connect to the internet I am used to seeing my Global
>Village "connect" dialogue in the menu bar. There is nothing to tell
>you the internet status. Now this won't be a problem for cable and
>DSL users, as you are always on, but for telephone modem access it
>is a bit strange. I am not sure how long the Airport stays online
>before it hangs up. Being an old FreePPP user it would hang up after
>a user-defined inactivity, with the modem in the Base station it
>doesn't give you those options. I checked my usage online at my
>internet server. I think it is hanging up after a couple of minutes.
>It would be nice to have a little more control over these things. I
>am using IPnetMonitor to check network access. All-in-all, for a
>first release of a new technology Apple and Lucent have done a
>stellar job.
Just heard in a MacWorld Expo session:
Apple will be shipping an update in Feb. 2000 to give you connection
status and work out a few bugs in the Airport too. Mostly the
interface.
--chuck goolsbee
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