I'm from Belgium, used to be ISPied upon by Coditel & UCP...
No support for Mac ("but I know it is much easier") and Entourage ? "Never
heard about it".
Incorrect settings, yes, the first couple of days things happen there at
those ISP's... Just wait for a night or so... I think your ISP keeps record
of what MAC adress (unique per computer) belongs to what IP adress (given to
you by the ISP, you know those 123.456.789.123 sequences of numbers) and to
what cable modem number. They want to prevent you use more than 1 computer
per internetconnection they sell you... So the moment you change your
computer (other MAC adress) the combination changes and your ISP's Server
stops all data transmission... Then you have to wait for 12-24-36 hours
until everything is reset, you get a new ip adres etc... Or... Just tell
them your name is Naomi Campbell or Richard Gere and tell the first line
support they have to tell the second and third and finally the technical guy
if he'd please but the reset button for your customer number (mostly your
cable-modem number).... All of a sudden everything works...
Perhaps you'll even get a phonecall from a relieved first line supporter
telling you that you could avoid the problem by putting a 'little box'
(switch) between your computer and the modem... The ISP then checks if the
combination:mac adress of that switch box-ip adress you have been
given-cablemodem number is still the same... And you just put any and as
many computers behind your switch box...preferably an Airport... Then you
can share your ISP costs by max. 50 computers that have an aircard in your
block-of-buildings... Don't do like me...I have an airport that transmits to
an airport on the other side that transmits to yet anohter airport and so we
provide internet to all the levels on the innner side of our
block-of-buildings...because then all those computer-inernet-connected
people start giving you the status of Buddha...
Good luck... Anyway...this was a suggestion of providing internet in a poor
country like Mozambique or Angola for what is was intended for... To
distribute knowledge.
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On 21-06-2002 01:50, "Entourage:mac Talk"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Tubadude <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 18:49:03 -0400
> Subject: Re: Entourage & Comcast
>
> Bull!
> I'm on Comcast in NJ, just across the river from Philadelphia and I use
> Entourge on all my computers. The setup is just about the same with
> Entourage as it is with OE.
> My 2�
> Cheers,
> John
>
>
> On 6/19/02 5:49 PM, "Phyllis Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Okay, here's a good one. A friend in her late 70's moved from Michigan to
>> eastern PA a number of years ago. Over the years, I've helped maintain her
>> Macs via telephone. I'm glad her phone bills are not mine. Last year one of
>> her sons decided to upgrade her to an iMac, so some of the problems have
>> gone away. The newest one came today.
>>
>> She recently signed up for Comcast cable internet service. Today she finally
>> set up an iTools account, mainly for the email service. I tried walking her
>> through setting up Entourage (she's using OS 9.2), and while the settings
>> seemed to be okay, she kept getting authentication errors. I had her call
>> Comcast tech support and they told her that she had to use Outlook Express
>> because Entourage doesn�t work with Comcast. I've never heard of this. He
>> walked her through setting up OE, and it does indeed work. Can anyone shed
>> any light on this? It seems like it should be just a matter of an incorrect
>> setting. I'm open for suggestions.
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