--- Matthew McVay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Tom Colbert posts:
>
> >Broadband Direct: any recommendation??
> >
> >I am slowly moving toward a decision to get some
> kind
> >of fast internet service at home (DSL at the office
> is
> >great!).
> >
> >Qwest will provide basic DSL for about $20/mo. + (I
> >think) another $20 for their or someone else's ISP.
> >
> >Sprint has Sprint Broadband Direct for $45/mo, free
> >install and hardware. They advertise that they are
> Mac
> >savvy.
> >
> >Anyone have any experience with Sprint Broadband
> >Direct?? Thanks.
>
>
> I had the same conundrum several months ago except
> that Sprint was not
> an option in my area. I ended up with Qwest Deluxe
> DSL for $30 month
> plus my ISP at just under $20. The Qwest *Basic* DSL
> service at $20 is
> not an "always-on" service. As a 2400 owner, you'd
> need to go with the
> Cisco 675 external router that Qwest provides and an
> Ethernet PC card.
> The Qwest-Cisco software and hardware installation
> are pretty
> straightforward.
>
> However, I am still diagnosing some weird
> interaction between my
> Macsense ethernet 10-100 16 bit PC card (from Dr.
> Bott) and my (non MCE
> Cardbus -enabled) 2400. Specifically, the Macsense
> PC card causes my
> system to periodically freeze (stall?) for about 20
> seconds or so at
> random intervals. This occurs *whenever* the PC card
> is actually
> inserted into the PC slot regardless of whether I am
> online (DSL or
> dialup) or running other programs. When connected to
> the DSL Cisco 675
> external router, I notice lots of "light-blinking"
> activity on the
> WAN-LAN indicators during these freezes (stalls?).
> If I wait it out, all
> becomes well again until the next occurrence. My
> 2400 (running 8.6) was
> rock-solid before this.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions to resolve this?
> The Macsense drivers
> are current and reinstalled. Is it a bad PC card? I
> tried paring to just
> Apple extensions with no change in behavior. I found
> one anecdotal
> report on MacFixit regarding the Cisco 675 external
> router that suggests
> upgrading to 9.1 eliminated this issue. Kevin Yuhas
> at MCE thought it
> might be some auto-sensing Ethernet 10 vs. 100
> issue. Are there any
> ethernet 10 only PC cards available that are 2400
> friendly?
Thanks for the info. I still would be interested in
hearing from anyone about Sprint Broadband.
As far as your problem with the ethernet card, I have
my 2400c G3 OS8.6 plugged into a network with my
Farallon ethernet PC card at my office. I access the
office DSL service through a network router and Cisco
675 DSL router. This has always been fast, reliable
and easy both before and after I had MCE modify the
2400c for cardbus. I don't know anything about your
Macsense ethernet PC card, but it sounds to me like
that may be the problem.
Tom
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