--- Thomas Bridgeland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday, May 4, 2004, at 01:40 PM, iMac List > wrote: > > > how's the date? it may be that your battery died > if you turned off the > > power strip. what OS? > > It is OS 10.2. The power strip was on, and plugged > in, but the iMac > itself was off. Date is fine. > > >>> According to my Missing Manual, it should be > set to > >>> Ethernet to hook to DSL. The trouble is, > Ethernet is grayed out on > >>> the > >>> iMac. The only setting available is Internal > Modem. Any ideas? > > > > Have you tried Restarting your Mac? If so, have > you tried doing a full > > Shut Down and then booting it back up? Sometimes I > find this works when > > a quick Restart does not. > > > Yes, several times. > > Are all your Ethernet cables properly > > attached? Finally, try shutting the power off for > all of your network > > devices, including the DSL Modem and any Router > you may be using. Then, > > one by one, start up the devices. Power up the DSL > Modem and wait a few > > minutes, then power up the Router (if you are > using one) and wait a few > > minutes. Finally boot up your computers. See if > that fixes things. > > Nope. Tried all this too. Then tried it all again > when I contacted my > DSL company. That was a s far as their advice went. > > The problem really seems to be the Network settings, > which are grayed > out so I can't reset them. > >
You probably checked this but its worth a shot. Look on the network panel and see if the lock in the bottom corner is locked. If it is you will need to unlock it before being able to change any settings. Matt aka HamletUSMC http://www.geocities.com/hamletusmc/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
