On Sep 13, 2008, at 5:41 PM, George Hozendorf wrote:
> > My wireless connection using a cable modem with a Linksys WRT54G2 > Router is slower than dialup was 20 years ago. Router is just a few > months old, modem is 9 months and and the ethernet cable is new. One > thing I've determined, which shouldn't have anything to do with the > problem is that I can't connect via ethernet cable direct from > computer to modem. Obviously the card is bad. > > George > Mac OS X 10.5.4 > Mac Mini 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo > Memory 2GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM Maybe not, ISP's usually require you to connect to their server from a single mac address and if you try to hook up your computer directly to the modem then your mac address will be different than it would be if hooked up to your router. Try hooking up the ethernet cable to the router instead and see if it works then. If not, then the cable or the card may be bad. Just a message from Doug... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
