profile <profile at aye.net> wrote: > ... Insight ... made their appointment and had promised that they had the > drivers for OS 10.x..but of course they didn't. The C.D. that came with the > modem had an installation of some type, but when I clicked on it I was told it > had to be running Classic...the installer ... didn't have the foggiest of what I > was saying... mentioned that most people buy their own modems...so that should > be my solution. If I buy a cable modem that has the MAC drivers then > shouldn't this work, or do the modems even need drivers?
Cable modems don't need drivers and don't care what system you have. I bought Insight's RCA modem because it was the easiest thing to do, and they could not complain that my modem was wrong or did not work. Insight's installers don't know about Macs, but they do have at least one knowledgeable tech in the office you can ask for. Insight's installation CD is for OS9 and is a bunch of fluff, unless you really want all of that AOL-type content. All you really need is your email address and password, and for Insight to register your modem so their server recognizes it. You got all that, so with OSX, you need only enter 4 items in your Internet Email panel: Your email address: johnprofile at insightbb.com Your account ID: johnprofile Password: whatever Incoming and outgoing server: mail.insightbb.com Then go to your Network panel and select: Location: Automatic Show: Built-in ethernet Tab: TCP/IP Configure: Using DHCP Allan Atherton Just did this yesterday with a new computer. Have 4 email accounts with Insight in order to get lots of webspace. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
