Hello, I'm making the somewhat aggravating transition from LAN only (on a B&W G3/450 OS X 10.2.3; OS 9.2.2) to a mix of LAN and dial-up internet access with a laptop (Pismo/400 OS X 10.2.3; OS 9.2.2; sweet little laptop. A touch slower than the tower (& the difference in video RAM (8 vs 16 MB) is _very_ noticeable in OS X) but the design is wonderful)).
Aggravating b/c *regularly* Classic apps will fail to work with TCP/IP and I will have to reboot Classic before they'll access the web again. What do I mean? Well, the specific error is "DNS not found", and both Outlook Express and Entourage (Classic version) will throw it up, especially after sleep (whether on LAN _or_ dialup; on the B&W I *never* saw that error when on LAN) or if off-line (dial-up only but not connected). I've been running OS X & Classic & these two Classic apps on my B&W hooked up to a LAN for nearly two years now and Classic has always operated smoothly and seamlessly with OS X. Since the laptop is moving between home and school it has to deal with both dial-up and LAN access. The DNS problems (*only* in Classic) usually happen after the machine goes to sleep with Classic active (regardless of whether I'm on the LAN or dialup), and are *guaranteed* to happen if either app tries to check/send mail while the modem is not connected. Does anyone have any inclination as to what the problem could be? I *reinstalled* both OS X 10.2.3 and OS 9.2.2 yesterday to see if I could get rid of the quirk, but it must be something in my configuration. I have OS X set to automatically connect to the web when TCP/IP is needed, and I have specified the "connect order" for TCP/IP access in the advanced menu option: LAN followed by dial-up. I am fairly sure that the IP addresses for the DNS (3 of 'em) servers are correct, and I've even fiddled with the order in which I've entered them -- still Classic apps are unable to use the web without a reboot of Classic (a *major* pain in the derierre if this is how it's always going to be). AAAARGH. What's the matter with OS X??? What little quirky preference sets the PB's setting apart from the B&W's? Thanks for your assistance in advance, Eric. -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
