My Reply follows quote. On 02/04/2005 06:16 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >Yesterday I finally sprung for a new iMac G-5 with Panther. The dealer >transferred all my old stuff from the iMac Graphic G-3 and it appears to >open in Classic. I'm still stumbling around trying to learn OS 10, but >the good news is that CE seems to run just fine so far. The bad news is >that my 43 year marriage may be in peril. > >My wife and I share a cable connection through a Farallon hub. When I >first tried to get on line, I could not get connected,and my ISP tech >support couldn't help. I called Apple Care and after a long struggle, >managed to get connected. Then my wife came home from work and found that >her old iMac G3 running OS 9 could not get an IP. We called the ISP >again, and after a long trial and error session, it appears that if one >of us can get an IP, the other cannot. To switch the capability back and >forth from one computer to the other, we detach the Ethernet cable from >one computer, unplug the power from the hub and cable modem and about 30 >seconds, plug them back in, and then the other computor can get an IP and >get on line. The only solution that the ISP guy can suggest is to go buy >a new hub, or perhaps a router. > >I know this is way off topic for this list, but before I run out and >spend more money that may not help, I thought I'd ask for expert >opinions. Apple Care tech support is closed for the weekend, and I'm not >sure my marriage can survive a weekend fighting for a connection and >unplugging hub and modem. > >Thanks, > >Bill McIntyre ------------ If two computers are to simultaneously connect to a single IP, then you will have to use a router rather than a hub. The router will enable you to have a "sub-network" and share the single connection. The good news is that routers, even wireless ones, seem to be getting cheaper every day. I have seen "wireless G" routers on sale for <$50. If you watch closeouts, you can probably find wired 10/100 routers for at least half that amount.
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