Hey Will, Thanks. I thought there would be at least a few people here who had a GV USB modem and were using X. Oh well for now I guess. But I had tried everything including your suggestion earlier to change the order, which unfortunately didn't work either. So yesterday I picked up a 56k Zoom serial modem. Connection was instantaneous. Here's where it might throw you (and others) for a loop relating to your suggestions.
The Serial Modem will ONLY work if I have the port set to, OK, 'USB Modem'. It will NOT work with Printer or Modem port selected. Hey Will, what can I say? It's my job to throw the curves. :) Although obviously it's using the modem port, I think it's just the name issue. I still hope to figure out the GV modem issue for my second system but it's not a high priority any more now that I can reach the world again. Interestingly, the Zoom consistently connects a little bit faster than the GV so I'm happy there. I've updated to 10.2.8 w/o a hitch and no Ram problems. Thanks Ryan (If you're out there) for making all this possible! Even though I've got a G4 Sonnet, X is a little slow at 400 mhz but passable. I look forward to finding ways to speeding things up a bit. I actually haven't installed the Sonnet software yet so that will make a difference I'm sure. I can't remember what the verdict was re using Sonnet over other apps when using X? I'm all ears on suggestions with this. The Iogear 5-port card is working great and that was a great price at $20 Shipped. Thanks Dave > David, I posted your question at the XPFacto forum since you didn't get any > replies here. With 2400 plus forum members perhaps someone has one of these. > The only other thing I can think of is OSX does have this bug at least for me. > In Network settings where you see the ports Modem,Printer, Ethernet which ever > port your are using for Internet needs to be first in the list and the ones > your not using should be unchecked. You change the order by dragging the > names.I just had to do this for Panther it's still not fixed ;-) You won't see > USB port here. Modem port is used for either serial or USB modem and the > software auto maps. (to the best of my knowledge) later Will S > -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
