At 10:34 PM -0500 1/29/2003, Sephee wrote: >You might want to try MacPOET. It's some kind of TCP/IP extension and I >think it might be a shareware product. Mac OS 9 sucks when it comes to >broadband as I learned while trying to get my girlfriend's mother's >Verizon DSL service after she upgraded to 9. Verizon told her that they >did not support OS 9 at all and their software works only up to 8.6. >Still router's probably your best choice.
I think MacPOET uses the PPP driver (which might cause a problem with OS9 as the PPP control panel is replaced by the Remote Access control panel). OS9 works quite well with Broadband, it's just the abomination known as PPPoE that is a problem. It adds software, reduces bandwidth, causes problems and it's only there to make the ISP's life easier. One reason I went with a static IP address. > >Here's a some links: > > http://www.finepoint.com/products/macdata.html > http://www.hotlinefactory.com/docs/macpoet.html > >> >> We have tried reinstalling Mac OS9 from software restore cd and then >> tried to install dsl after that, but that did not work either. I'm >> going to >> recommend the Linksys router as the best workaround for now, since >> there is consensus that it will solve the problem and is relatively > cheap. I found the router method worked when I couldn't get PPPoE working with IPNetRouter. I was pretty sure I could have gotten IPNR to work it just would have taken awhile and that would have cost the client more than the router. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
