on 23/2/03 2:27 PM, K. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Play around with it some..ie. turn R on and shut off the network time > thing..see if that also works...The time Synch is really not necessar, at > least > as far as I am concerned...If that works you still would have your access to R > available and hopefully the calling in will be stopped.. > HTH > Mike K
I like the Time Synch (especially b/c I'm on high speed most of the time so it doesn't normally add any overhead) because computer clocks tend not to be the most reliable of clocks and I like my clocks to be within 5-10 secs of real time. But, more importantly, I want to know *conclusively* what it is that is causing the random dialling events. So far Rendezvous seems to be the most likely culprit b/c turning it off fixed things. I'm going to wait a few days and see if random dialling reoccurs. If the dialling starts up again, the next experimental stage is to turn off Time Synch to see if that takes care of things, but all the talk on Apple's discussion boards point to Rendezvous as being the source of 'spurious' TCP/IP network activity. That's not to say that the TimeSynch isn't the source of this problem -- perhaps it's an interaction b/t Time Synch and Rendezvous that causes this bizarre (annoying) problem? Besides, I'm not losing anything by turning off Rendezvous b/c I have no hardware that can use it and I couldn't really care a less if bookmarks get shared between browsers ;). Plus, it seems like a security risk and added processor overhead (and on a 400 MHz G3 with a paltry 8 MB of video RAM every cycle is valuable). L8r, Eric. > "Eric D." wrote: > >> Well, I turned off Rendezvous and it seems to have stopped the mysterious >> random dialling when on dialup internet access with 'connect when needed' >> turned on. >> >> I'll have to wait a few more days before passing final judgement on this >> solution (as opposed to turning off network time synch... haven't done that >> yet so that I can be certain of what is causing the problem) but this >> preliminary result points to Rendezvous as being the problem. >> -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
