On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 02:29 PM, John Slavin wrote: >>> >> >> Hmmm. That makes sense, but I don't understand where he is having >> problems >> connecting. >> >> Kyle H. Hansen > > Well, basically he has two options with a dial up connection: > 1) In the airport admin utility under the internet tab, he can set the > base station to connect automatically and then set the idle time for it > to disconnect. > > 2)Manually connect and disconnect-remember we're talking the modem in > the base station here. > > I have never like the first alternative. For one thing if you leave > things like email application running, they are constantly reconnecting > to check mail. And then if you have disconnection time set too short, > unless you keep surfing or at least set the mail to keep checking, > you'll get booted off. If you have a dedicated phone line, it's not > really a problem. But I don't. Which is why I like the ability to > make manual connections. Internet Connect will make the manual > connection if you're connecting to the base station via an airport > card, but it won't if it's some third party wireless card. > Kyle and John, Thanks for your help here. I've downloaded the utility John mentioned and will try it as soon as I get home tonight. In the network pane, cisco has added a new choice of network port they call "Ethernet Adapter (en1)". It has the same choices as the "Ethernet" port but no others.
Should my network connections through the card just "be there?" No connections to make? How do I share files with other computers on the network or share the printer on the iMac? Incidentally, I have a dedicated line for the modem (but DSL isn't an option, and cable is flakey here). What I want to enable is internet sharing so someone besides my daughter can be on the internet every so often. It may be some configuration problem I don't recognize yet. Wireless is very new to me. I'm trying to not use encryption until I can actually make the network work, then bring in encryption and firewalls as I learn how. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Jim Eddy James Eddy Woodworks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Princeton, NJ <http://home.earthlink.net/~giametti/index.htm> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
