Bill Connelly writes, <It would help list folks if you'd give more of your details ... Mac, Modem, Connection Type, whatever.>
You're right -- switching order of your reply here to accommodate. Sorry about that. Mac: G4 Quicksilver 867 Modem: 56K internal modem it came with. Connection Type: Dialup <Going with the line noise idea ... you might try this or that: If your phone line is running through a power strip, disconnect that idea, and go straight from the phone jack to the modem. This cleared up a DSL speed drop issue I was having. Of course, you're not protected with surges through the phone line ... but I doubt the power strip idea is doing that anyway ... mine didn't help awhile ago with a simple nearby lightning strike.> Shorten the distance between your phone jack and the modem.> A. There is no power strip for the modem -- a phone wire for the modem runs out the back of the Mac's modem port straight to a splitter into the phone jack on the wall (I have to share this phone jack with the regular non-cordless telephone). B. It's already as close as it can get. There's only one phone jack in this room, and the desk with the computer is next to it. <You might also switch the hardwire ethernet ports on your modem. Sometimes one port will lose its umph, and moving your line to another one will correct things.> Ummmmmmm....what hardwire ethernet ports on the modem? The only port going out from the modem is a regular telephone jack kind (which, as I said, goes out straight to the phone jack). My Mac has only one ethernet port I know of, and it's connected to a Farallon Ethermac printer adapter. For a few weeks before I lost my job, when I thought I could finally afford better, I had been considering finally upgrading my dialup Internet connection (I've had this same account since 1996) to DSL/getting a combined voice telephone-internet account (higher speed Internet on the same bill and no more tying up the phone when I'm online). I played with an ethernet hub my boyfriend gave me (10 ports -- way more than I'd ever need but OK, I was going to need two ethernet ports, one for a DSL modem and one for my Farallon Ethermac, plus I thought maybe I could also occasionally network in my iBook with a third port), but it didn't work out. I couldn't print from a G4 ethernet port out --->into the hub--->into the Farallon--->into the printer scheme, and couldn't figure out how to make it work, and I also couldn't figure out how to get the iBook and G4 talking to each other over ethernet. Then when I lost my job and realized I'd be stuck with what I had, I ended up disconnecting the hub and going back to the original G4 ethernet port--->Farallon--->printer setup and continue to use my flash drives to move data between the G4 and iBook. It may not be ideal and it's certainly archaic, but it works, and it's cheap. I just wish I wouldn't lose my Internet connection when I'm in the middle of typing the reply to an email I just got, or a post on a forum. Anyway, the only ports I'm aware of on my Mac are the modem port (phone jack), one ethernet port (not part of the modem), firewire USB ports. <Now if you're going wireless ... move things around ...> Nope, no wireless here. Just the aforementioned dialup connection. Thanks. ~Yersinia. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
