Check your DNS settings. ~tom
> ---------- > From: Hardy Menagh > Reply To: PowerBooks > Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 9:17 AM > To: PowerBooks > Subject: PBook Ghost Connections > > About two weeks ago, my PB 540c, OS 8.1, 36 MB and my wife's 520c OS 7.5.5, > 24 MB, internal modems, both with installs of Open Transport 1.1, Open > Transport 1.1.2, & OT-PPP 1.0, Stopped getting viable dial-up connections > to the web. They connect alright but Eudora 3.1.3 can't find the POP > servers (no addresses displayed) and iCab 2.8.2 & 2.9 says the servers are > not available. The connections appear good and as fast as usual. We just > can't get anywhere with them. They were working fine. I can't think of any > changes I might have made to the configurations. > > My G3 desktop running OS 8.6 and my Mac Plus running System 6 continue to > perform well on the web with the same ISP. > > I just got my wife a 1400c, 48MB, external 56K and after doing a clean > install of OS 8.1, and the above web software, I get the same results. I'm > pretty sure I'm missing something simple here, I just can't figure out what > it is. Does this sound familiar to anyone? Why is it just PowerBooks? > > Thanks, > > Hardy Menagh, Hardsdisk Ltd., a branch of the Abandoned Computer Shelter. > Sponsored by jmug.org. <http://www.mac-group.org/jmug/acs.html> for a > branch near you. E-mailed from a beige Macintosh G3 and, at times, a Mac > Plus. > > > > -- > PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> > --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > > > -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
