Test 123

2002-02-07 Thread Paul Weaver
Sorry, need to test if access to list is reinstated. PW.



RE: Mac to PC

2002-02-07 Thread Darren Kam
Make sure the Mac's TCP/IP settings are set to ethernet, and give it an IP
of say 192.168.0.1. Then set your windows box to have an IP of say
192.168.0.2. Once you've connected the two together with the crossover
cable, open up the command window on the PC and type in ping 192.168.0.1
to see if the connection is there.

You might want to try using FTP instead of any other file transferring
protocol. (It's pretty much just another way of transferring files) Maxum's
(www.maxum.de) Rumpus Pro is available as a 30-day demo, and is an FTP
server that can run under the classic Mac OS (ie Mac OS 9.x.x) - and now it
also runs under Mac OS X. Using an FTP client program (WSFTP_LE for the PC,
or Fetch/Interarchy for the Mac), connect to the FTP server by using it's IP
address.

However, if you are using Mac OS X you can use it's in-built ftp server or
SMB sharing. SMB basically lets you talk to Windows boxes directly from the
Mac, mounting a shared PC folder as a hard drive icon on your desktop. If
you are running Mac OS X let us know so we can point you towards guides to
setting up FTP/SMB sharing.

Cheers,
Darren.

-Original Message-
From: Jon Davison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2002 9:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mac to PC

Hi there

Can anyone sort out the problem of getting a G4 (400/448MB RAM), or a G4
Tiebook (550/512Mb RAM) via ethernet crossover, to talk to a Pentium
2/Windows SP?
I have heard that OEDave¹ seems to be the software we need, is this the
case?
Or is there some other thing we need to do. We have tried using filesharing
on both systems, have allocated different addresses in TCP/IP. We have done
all the correct settings as we would in connecting two Macs, but this does
not work.

Can anyone help in this matter. I am pretty OEgreen¹ at this, so please
excuse if the terminology is not as it should be.

With thanks
Jon/Ben



Posting Guidelines

2002-02-07 Thread John Currie
Robert Burns in 1785 wrote a poem entitled To a MOUSE (What appropriate
prophetic foresight ! )

 The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft agley 

What would you do if you went to the local Library and asked for a book
and the person behind the desk said  I know where it is but I wont tell
you until you have searched the shelves, the paper catalog or the computer
. Come back and see me when you have done all that 

John




Re: Mac to PC

2002-02-07 Thread Greg Pennefather
John

The website www.macwindows.com is a very source for Mac/Windows integration
information and tips.

Cheers

Greg

on 6/2/02 9:38 PM, Jon Davison at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi there
 
 Can anyone sort out the problem of getting a G4 (400/448MB RAM), or a G4
 Tiebook (550/512Mb RAM) via ethernet crossover, to talk to a Pentium
 2/Windows SP?
 I have heard that ŒDave¹ seems to be the software we need, is this the case?
 Or is there some other thing we need to do. We have tried using filesharing
 on both systems, have allocated different addresses in TCP/IP. We have done
 all the correct settings as we would in connecting two Macs, but this does
 not work.
 
 Can anyone help in this matter. I am pretty Œgreen¹ at this, so please
 excuse if the terminology is not as it should be.
 
 With thanks
 Jon/Ben
 
 
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Re: Mac to PC

2002-02-07 Thread Andrew Nielsen

At 21:38 +0800 06/02/2002, Jon Davison wrote:

Hi there

Can anyone sort out the problem of getting a G4 (400/448MB RAM), or a G4
Tiebook (550/512Mb RAM) via ethernet crossover, to talk to a Pentium
2/Windows SP?
I have heard that 'Dave' seems to be the software we need, is this the case?
Or is there some other thing we need to do. We have tried using filesharing
on both systems, have allocated different addresses in TCP/IP. We have done
all the correct settings as we would in connecting two Macs, but this does
not work.


Macs and PCs do not inherently speak the same file sharing language, 
so you do actually need to do a bit more than just connect them via a 
crossover cable and set up the IP addresses.


If the Mac is running Mac OS X then it should be able to access the 
PC's file sharing services without anything extra. It's a bit clunky 
at the moment, but it works. Let me know if this is the case and 
I'll tell you how.


If the Mac is running Mac OS 9 then you'll need software such as DAVE 
to allow it to access files on the PC (and optionally vice versa).


Or the PC could run MacLAN Connect and then it could access files on 
the Mac (and vice versa) but this is a bit outdated and I wouldn't 
recommend it.


As another WAMUG reader pointed out, you could also set one computer 
up as an FTP server and run an FTP client on the other.


Hope this helps.
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Macfixit: 'Outlook survey'

2002-02-07 Thread crazy_ebot
--
Using Microsoft Outlook or Exchange? Microsoft requests: If 
your organization or school uses Microsoft Exchange Server for 
email and calendaring, we want to know what you think about 
our products and services. Please take a few moments to 
complete the following brief survey.
--
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/community/survey/
ol_exchange.asp

If you're using Macs in an Exchange server environment, and 
you're not sure if your organisation is going to migrate to a web 
based email solution (within Exchange), you might want to give 
this survey some time. 

Personally, I'd love to see an OSX version of Outlook. Watching it 
unexpectly crash classic once a day is annoying, and I'd feel 
better about suggesting the office stay with the mac platform. I've 
had a play with Entourage X, but it doesn't meet my 
requirements in terms of functionality (looks nice though ;-) 

Cheers,

Tobes.

P.S. Does anyone want to hazard a guess as to how many Mac 
users there are in WA using outlook for exchange? Andrew?




what is it?

2002-02-07 Thread Craig Chappelle

A riddle:

I have a bronze keyboard Powerbook with a black plastic case. The 
identification sticker on its derriere states that it is a 
G4/6Gb/64Mb/video/DVD ... but I'm told by a retailer from whom I 
negotiating to buy some RAM that: the only G4 PowerBooks are ALL 
Titanium. The G3 Lombard/Wallstreet had a bronze keyboard.


What have I got?


Re: what is it?

2002-02-07 Thread Matthew Healey
On 7/2/02 12:01 PM, Craig Chappelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 A riddle:
 
 I have a bronze keyboard Powerbook with a black plastic case. The
 identification sticker on its derriere states that it is a
 G4/6Gb/64Mb/video/DVD ... but I'm told by a retailer from whom I
 negotiating to buy some RAM that: the only G4 PowerBooks are ALL
 Titanium. The G3 Lombard/Wallstreet had a bronze keyboard.
 
 What have I got?

You have a confused laptop named WallStreet!

:-)

Regards

Matthew Healey

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Re: what is it?

2002-02-07 Thread Rod Lavington
On 7/2/02 12:01 PM, Craig Chappelle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 A riddle:
 
 I have a bronze keyboard Powerbook with a black plastic case. The
 identification sticker on its derriere states that it is a
 G4/6Gb/64Mb/video/DVD ... but I'm told by a retailer from whom I
 negotiating to buy some RAM that: the only G4 PowerBooks are ALL
 Titanium. The G3 Lombard/Wallstreet had a bronze keyboard.
 

Are you sure it is not a typo on the label? It sounds like you have a
Lombard G3 400 Powerbook.

Seeya

Rod!



Re: what is it?

2002-02-07 Thread Shay Telfer

A riddle:

I have a bronze keyboard Powerbook with a black plastic case. The
identification sticker on its derriere states that it is a
G4/6Gb/64Mb/video/DVD ... but I'm told by a retailer from whom I
negotiating to buy some RAM that: the only G4 PowerBooks are ALL
Titanium. The G3 Lombard/Wallstreet had a bronze keyboard.

What have I got?


A misprinted label.

http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?type=idval=24604KCID=9329dialogId=116678900

http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/kbase.woa/wa/query?type=idval=58328KCID=11599dialogId=116678777

Have fun,
Shay
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Broadband Optimizer

2002-02-07 Thread Bob

Hi All,

There is an interesting article at OSXfaq about a how a program 
Broadband Optimizer allegedly increases broadband access speed 
http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/02-2002/02-06.ws.


How this supposedly works is way above my level of knowledge but 
could a Unix expert advise -

1. would this program work with Telstra cable?
2. does using a router make any difference?

Thanks.
Bob


re wotsit

2002-02-07 Thread Craig Chappelle
Thanks to those who responded to my query about my powerbook, which 
is evidently a G3 masquerading as a G4 ... I say masquerading because 
the consensus seems to be that anything with a bronze keyboard and a 
black plastic case HAS to be a G3/400 -- not a G4 as stated on the 
label.


One respondent even suggested that the wee beastie would be worth a 
tidy sum, as a unique exhibit in the Apple museum! If anyone would 
like to earn a commission convincing Apple, let me know.


By the way, anyone else out there got a bronze PBook with a G4 label? 
Or a five-legged dog?


Craig C


Airport Questions - complicated setup

2002-02-07 Thread Doug Wilson
I've searched through the Apple Knowledge Database looking for answers to
this but the information given is cryptic at best.

Current setup - Five Macs (one airport capable Quicksilver) and one PC all
accessing the internet through a single Pentium 200MHz machine running
Smoothwall Linux.

Changes I want to make - have my WallStreet II and soon to be purchased
iBook use Airport for a wireless connection to the local network and be able
to access the internet through the Linux box. I know I'll have to get a
different kind of card for the WallStreet II and I'll look into finding the
right kind of card at the time I actually need it.

The questions - I don't want to use the Airport base station for the
internet connection. I want all connections to the internet to go through
the Linux box for security reasons.
Do I even need the base station since all I want to do is routing for the
wireless connection? The Knowledge Base seems to imply that simple routing
through a software access point (the Quicksilver with an airport card) is
not supported.
If that's true then is it possible to just hang the Airport Base Station off
the Quicksilver and have it do routing for the other wireless machines?
-- 
Man is a dog's idea of what God should be. --Holbrook Jackson



Microsoft stops new work to fix bugs

2002-02-07 Thread Shay Telfer

http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/17874-1.html

Have fun,
Shay
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Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Lara Hopkins

Hi,

I hear that iinet is switching its Home ADSL accounts to PPPoE in 
several weeks. Has anyone here used this combination or similar - 
ADSL/PPPoE/Alcatel STH ethernet modem/Airport Base Station/OS X?


I read about a whole lot of problems with Airport and PPPoE on the 
newsgroups, but most of them predate the current new-and-improved 
Airport software.


Thanks,
--
Lara Hopkins


Re: Airport Questions - complicated setup

2002-02-07 Thread Shay Telfer

The questions - I don't want to use the Airport base station for the
internet connection. I want all connections to the internet to go through
the Linux box for security reasons.
Do I even need the base station since all I want to do is routing for the
wireless connection? The Knowledge Base seems to imply that simple routing
through a software access point (the Quicksilver with an airport card) is
not supported.


Assuming the QuickSilver is running OS 9:

The software access point is basically a cut down version of 
IPNetRouter. Worst case you could just buy a full copy of IPNetRouter 
from


http://www.sustworks.com/

If it's running OS X it shouldn't be a problem at all, other than 
some Unix routing jiggery-pokery :)



If that's true then is it possible to just hang the Airport Base Station off
the Quicksilver and have it do routing for the other wireless machines?


You shouldn't need to buy a base station (although they do have the 
advantage that they rarely crash :)


Have fun,
Shay
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Re: Airport Questions - complicated setup

2002-02-07 Thread Doug Wilson
on 7/2/02 2:30 PM, Shay Telfer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Assuming the QuickSilver is running OS 9:

Running OSX almost all the time. Reeboot into 9 only to play a couple games.


 If it's running OS X it shouldn't be a problem at all, other than
 some Unix routing jiggery-pokery :)

So I can call you for figuring out the routing tables? ;)

 You shouldn't need to buy a base station (although they do have the
 advantage that they rarely crash :)

Knowledge Base Article 58597 seems to disagree about using software for
bridging. I guess I was hoping it had been superseded. I've had exactly one
crash with the Quicksilver since I bought it and that was because of a badly
written screen saver. Even then I telnetted into it from another box and
killed the offending item and everything was running great again.
-- 
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Re: Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 7/2/02 2:37 PM, Lara Hopkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Has anyone here used this combination or similar -
 ADSL/PPPoE/Alcatel STH ethernet modem/Airport Base Station/OS X?

Hi Lara (and others)

I use the ADSL and PPPoE through a hub, and Mac OS X, and it works fine.
Haven't had any real dramas. Although it is through Telstra, so you could
say this is a problem in itself. :o)

I have also a client whose ADSL is running through airport, PPPoE, hub, but
it is under Mac OS 9, and it runs fine! I would assume it would do the same
through X. (And no doubt I will get corrected if I am wrong by Matt.) :o)

So I wouldn't imagine you having a problem when iinet change over! (Fingers
crossed for luck?)

(I would normally post at the top, but I'm being good and following the
rules) :o)

Kind Regards
Daniel Kerr
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Re: Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Onno Benschop

At 14:37 7/02/02 +0800, Lara Hopkins wrote:

Hi,

I hear that iinet is switching its Home ADSL accounts to PPPoE in
several weeks. Has anyone here used this combination or similar -
ADSL/PPPoE/Alcatel STH ethernet modem/Airport Base Station/OS X?

I read about a whole lot of problems with Airport and PPPoE on the
newsgroups, but most of them predate the current new-and-improved
Airport software.


I'm confused as to what you're asking here.

To connect to ADSL with the vast majority of ISP's you are required to use 
a PPPoE client, which is generally supplied. The Airport Base Station can 
run a PPPoE client, and so can all common operating systems such as OS X, 
OS 9, Win and Linux. Over a standard modem line you also use a client, in 
this case a serial PPP client.


So you could be asking, does anyone prefer one PPPoE client over another?

Or you could be asking, does anyone have any problems with the Alcatel STH 
modem?


Or you could be asking, does the Airport Base Station work with iiNet?

So, could you elaborate?
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Re: Airport Questions - complicated setup

2002-02-07 Thread Shay Telfer

 You shouldn't need to buy a base station (although they do have the
 advantage that they rarely crash :)

Knowledge Base Article 58597 seems to disagree about using software for
bridging.


Ah yes, but that article is referring to

* Mac OS 9 and
* Apple's airport bridging software,

not IPNetRouter or OS X.

Have fun,
Shay
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Re: re wotsit

2002-02-07 Thread Reg Whitely

Craig

My sister in law has a 4 legged miniature dachshund with half a tail!

Reg


By the way, anyone else out there got a bronze PBook with a G4 label?
Or a five-legged dog?

Craig C





Re: Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Matthew Healey
On 7/2/02 3:00 PM, Onno Benschop [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 At 14:37 7/02/02 +0800, Lara Hopkins wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I hear that iinet is switching its Home ADSL accounts to PPPoE in
 several weeks. Has anyone here used this combination or similar -
 ADSL/PPPoE/Alcatel STH ethernet modem/Airport Base Station/OS X?
 
 I read about a whole lot of problems with Airport and PPPoE on the
 newsgroups, but most of them predate the current new-and-improved
 Airport software.
 
 I'm confused as to what you're asking here.

I think Lara is talking about the pre-1.2 Airport Base Stations that didn't
have the software to run PPPoE. The reality is that these older base
stations just need to have the software in them upgraded, and they will be
able to run PPPoE.

This is accomplished by downloading the latest Airport software from Apple
and installing it on you computer. You then need to find an app called
Airport Admin Utility. Use this software to connect to your older base
station and it will automagically install the new software.

You now have a PPPoE capable AirPort Base Station.

A little tidbit. Airport Base Stations are really just an AMD 486 cpu
connected to a Lucent WaveLan card with some flash ram on the side. :-)

Regards

Matthew Healey

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Mac monitor for sale

2002-02-07 Thread Jon Davison

Hey everyone,

I¹ve got a 17² AppleVision monitor for sale. $300 (ono). Good condition.
Contact Ben or on 9380 6508.

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RE: what is it?

2002-02-07 Thread Steve Fellows
Of course the thing to do would be to check what it really says in the Apple
system profiler from your apple menu

sTEVE

-Original Message-
From: Craig Chappelle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, 7 February 2002 12:02 PM
To: wamug
Subject: what is it?


A riddle:

I have a bronze keyboard Powerbook with a black plastic case. The 
identification sticker on its derriere states that it is a 
G4/6Gb/64Mb/video/DVD ... but I'm told by a retailer from whom I 
negotiating to buy some RAM that: the only G4 PowerBooks are ALL 
Titanium. The G3 Lombard/Wallstreet had a bronze keyboard.

What have I got?

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Where to buy the Airport 2 Stations and Airport cards?

2002-02-07 Thread ronin205
Hi,

I want to buy 2 Airport 2 base stations and 2 airport cards and I 
want to get them within 5 days or any dealer stock them in Perth.

Anyone got Airport 2 base station already in WA?

Thank you

Mark




Re: Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 7/2/02 4:15 PM, Matthew Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 A little tidbit. Airport Base Stations are really just an AMD 486 cpu
 connected to a Lucent WaveLan card with some flash ram on the side. :-)
 

Hey I knew that!! ;o) Wow,..something I knew that Matt did, I'm
impressed,..mind you on the same note,..they are impressive when you pull
them apart too,..and put them back together. (And even better when it works
when you put it back together.)

Kind Regards
Daniel Kerr
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Unit 10/ 7 Delage Street Fax: (08) 9301 5444
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Re: Now Up-To-Date Guru's

2002-02-07 Thread Ken Woods
Hi Matt,

I had some problems with NUTD recently and found Luke Marslen at Pica
Softwares support team very helpful.

If you are interested his email address is below.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

He certainly went out of his way to help me!

Regards
ken...


On 4/2/02 1:15 PM, Matthew Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Everyone,
 
 Are there any Now Up-To-Date guru's on this list? If there are, I am in need
 of your services. Please call me at work on the number below.
 
 By guru, I don't mean someone who knows how to set up a basic network, I
 need someone who can trouble-shoot a possibly corrupted data file(s), find
 out why events are disappearing for no apparent reason and how best keep the
 damn thing running.
 
 This is a paid job.
 
 Cheers.
 
 Regards
 
 Matthew Healey



Computers for sale

2002-02-07 Thread Doug Wilson
Beige G3 Desktop
400MHz XLR8 ZIF upgrade card
160 megs ram
20 gig internal IDE hard drive
4 gig internal SCSI hard drive
Internal Zip 100
Internal Floppy
USB PCI card
RealTek 10/100 Ethernet PCI card
Apple Keyboard and USB dual button/scrollwheel mouse
Currently running OS 9.2.2
Comes with all original disks
Includes 17 Apple Colorsync Monitor
$1300
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Re: Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Scott
 Hi,
 
 I hear that iinet is switching its Home ADSL accounts to PPPoE in
 several weeks. Has anyone here used this combination or similar -
 ADSL/PPPoE/Alcatel STH ethernet modem/Airport Base Station/OS X?
 
 I read about a whole lot of problems with Airport and PPPoE on the
 newsgroups, but most of them predate the current new-and-improved
 Airport software.
 
 Thanks,

That¹s exactly what I use at home.

Works fine. Except when Telstra decide to play with the ADSL and stuff
everything up.

The new airport software works fine using. We have an iMac, PBTi, 3x iBooks
and a G4 450MP hooked up at one time or another.

Regards,
Scott



Re: Where to buy the Airport 2 Stations and Airport cards?

2002-02-07 Thread Scott
Have an airport 2 base station at home.
They work great. The range is not excellent though.

 Hi,
 
 I want to buy 2 Airport 2 base stations and 2 airport cards and I
 want to get them within 5 days or any dealer stock them in Perth.
 
 Anyone got Airport 2 base station already in WA?
 
 Thank you
 
 Mark
 
 
 
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Re: Iinet ADSL - PPPoE?

2002-02-07 Thread Onno Benschop

Lara Hopkins wrote:

Onno Benschop wrote:
To connect to ADSL with the vast majority of ISP's you are required to 

use a PPPoE client,


Not with Iinet's Corporate accounts, which is what I've been using up 

till now. Ethernet modem, static IP.


From your perspective there will be no change.


I'm sitting here after several attempts to see if I can explain, keeping 
the information simple is complicated, so bear with me...


There AFAIK are three ways to connect to ADSL:

1. Computer running PPPoE client connected via USB or Ethernet to ADSL modem.
2. Computer connected to LAN connected to Ethernet ADSL modem running raw 
Ethernet over ADSL.
3. Computer connected to Airport Base (running PPPoE), in turn connected 
via Ethernet to an ADSL modem.


1 and 3 are in fact the same, since the Airport Base is a computer. 2 is 
possible, though not very common, since you need more expensive equipment 
to set this up. Note that 1 via Ethernet or USB is the same thing, just the 
cable is different - if you really want to get technical it's slightly 
different, but I'm not getting into that here :-)


The only way that anything you are doing actually changes is if you are 
swapping between 1 and 2.


Lara Hopkins also wrote:
I know the Base Station works with iinet, as I'm currently using it - 
but connecting with a static-IP account. The only difference will be the 
PPPoE, which is why I tried to focus on that in my question. (The dangers 
of giving too much system information? :-)


S,

If you are currently running option 2, (which I'm not actually convinced of 
given the information I have - I think you're using option 1 over Ethernet) 
you need to add a PPPoE client to the system in some way (and likely change 
the modem). In a single computer environment, you don't have an option, the 
PPPoE client runs on your computer (or the Airport Base). However, you may 
wish to introduce another computer which runs the PPPoE client if you are 
sharing this connection with others.


I have set up several computers which do nothing but act as a PPPoE client. 
They provide the LAN a gateway via the ADSL network to the Internet. For 
completeness, they are Debian Linux 486 boxes running Roaring Penguin (use 
the Roaring Penguin installer from the Roaring Penguin home page, IMHO the 
Debian package is broken).


So, does this then answer your question, or does it hopelessly confuse the 
issue?

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