Greetings! You were all a big help to me a couple of weeks ago, so here goes again!
I had a repeat of the problem when my G4 MDD wouldn't connect to the internet<https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/g3-5-list/VsigSoHc3tY>: exactly the same problem - machine would get a valid IP address and "see" the other macs on the network (at first several minutes after restart, later right away), but wouldn't connect to the internet. This happened after I woke the MDD from sleep - exactly as had happened before. Same outcome: after allowing the machine to do it's thing for a couple of hours (during which there was frequent disk activity though the machine was idle), and restarting, the internet was back, without me having done/changed anything. So, this seems to be a sleep-related issue. I have read a few things around the web, including on this list, mentioning that the G4s were known to have problems with sleeping. Are there any solutions out there, aside from not using sleep? My old B&W G3 also had a sleep problem - I could never get it to wake up properly from sleep, and always ended up having to restart it. So I stopped using sleep altogether. I'd like to be able to use sleep mode on my MDD. The OS seems to eventually fix the problem, but it also takes 2-3 hours. I would like to speed up or jump-start the process. Bruce Johnson mentioned that the problem might lie in a messed-up "system network configuration preferences" file. Where is this file located? Should I keep a known good copy somewhere and replace it when things go wonky, or just delete the file and restart? I seem to recall a similar solution to a corrupted TCP/IP prefs file under OS 7-9. Also, one of the main reasons I like to be able to use sleep is that if I don't allow the machine to sleep, but only allow the screensaver and monitor sleep to occur, when the machine goes into monitor sleep, the fans race full blast, very loudly (I believe this was known as the "windtunnel" problem). Any solution to this not involving re-wiring my power supply? Any work-arounds? Thanks for all your time and suggestions! Rob Johansen -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
