You may have accidently turned on some preference that allows your Mac
to "connect to the internet as needed" such as the Software Update
Control Panel, or the Network Time Control Panel.
Note that normally Airport has to be told by an application to connect
before it takes over your phone line. But of course this will depend on
your settings for Airport. Check the settings, one of them that is
there tells Airport to disconnect after nn minutes of inactivity. Set
this one to say, 10. (This may help in the short term while you are
finding out which app wants your phone line.
Jerry
On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 11:33 PM, Anne Cartwright wrote:
> What do I have to do to take charge of my Internet connection. I am
> using Mac OS X ver 10.2.3. I have a dial-up modem and am connecting
> via an AirPort. Sometimes it does fine. That is, it only connects when
> I ?tell? it to. However lately it has developed a mind of its own and
> decide to connect just whenever. Since I have only one phone line this
> means my phone is busy when I think it is free. If I am expecting a
> call, guess what; it doesn?t come. The only way I can be sure it stays
> off is to unplug the AirPort.
>
> Anne
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