On Wednesday, Jan 29, 2003, at 11:31 US/Central, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > On 29/01/03 12:13, "Anne Judge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Yes, AFAIK, Verizon uses PPPoE. . . doesn't the system >>> (specifically the >>> TCP/IP control panel) has support for that kind of connection? OS X >>> definitely has it. Other than that, you might need a little >>> application that >>> will initiate the PPPoE connection, but that should be pretty much >>> it. >> >> OS X has PPPoE built in, and works fine plugged right into the DSL >> modem (I can confirm this as we used my husband's iMac this way >> before we picked up the router.) >> >> Classic Mac OSs DON'T have PPPoE built in, and the connection in >> question was explicitly described as using OS 9. >> >> The "little application" that initiates the PPPoE connection is what >> screwed up my system, necessitating a reinstall (since it was easier >> than figuring out what particular extensions needed reinstalling or >> prefs needed trashing - it wasn't just the obvious ones). I had 8.6 >> then, so I can't *explicitly* say this is also true of 9, but I'm NOT >> going to try it!! Some people apparently use it OK, but it CAN do bad >> things. >> >> Life was SO much easier after adding a router (D-Link 914 - $30 after >> rebates) that I wouldn't do it any other way. > > That's definitely the easiest thing to do. That's what I have at home, > a > Linksys router that is configured to manage the PPPoE connection and > keep it > active all the time. > > -Laurent. > -- >
And, just to prove you never know when dealing with this sort of problem, she got a new cdrom from Verizon and it sounds like that solved the problem. Amazing. Sometimes it really is the simple things that are the problem, not the hard stuff. JimS. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
