I am new to Powerbook and new to PC Cards.
The cable modem has been set up to my various G3s and G4s for a couple years
and I am very familiar with all the software issues.
I was getting no error messages, the cable modem was showing all lights communicating, TCP/IP was set properly, the powerbook networks to my G4 just fine and the cable company doesn't need an address since they installed it without the comp even being on.
So you see why I was perplexed.
Then I see #3 Brian. Thank you.
I had thought of a reset but there was no button. I contacted the modem manufacturer and they said a long unplug, comp off, cable back on then comp on.
Voila! Thanks.
Now the humurous part.
The web pages brilliantly appeared...but in all mixed characters.
Like the wrong character set. Like when you go to a Japanese site.
This is IE4 from the 8.6 cd. Language prefs for comp as well as IE are set to Western.
Any further ideas guys?
I will try installing iCab tomorrow and see if the same.
Michael
On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 07:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
Davis wrote:
Hmmmm.... This thing is 56k/EtherNet. Two ports on dongle. One for each. Thought that made it a modem card AND an ethernet card.
Then in that case, it's not that the thing won't work with cable modems..ethernet is ethernet is ethernet...the adapter has no idea what the next device on the network is, only if it sends and recieves packets successfully to and from it.
1) Do you know the ethernet card works? Drivers installed? Dongle functional?
2) TCP/IP set correctly? Do you need PPoE?
3) Have you tried resetting the cable modem? Some are set so that they recognize the first device plugged in after a reset, and won't work with any other device until reset.*
4) Sometimes you have to tell the cable company what the hardware address of your ethernet card is...this is the same blocking mechanism as above, but managed centrally, rather than in hardware.*
5) Are you sure the Cable modem works? 'Tis thunderstorm season; lots of electronics devices fry this time of year.
* This indicates you may be better off with a cable router anyway: this way only one device ever connects to the cable modem, and you get the added bonus of having an instant home network with NAT and a firewall, usually.
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