Jerry's instructions are pretty much the unpublish how-to for insight, or at least exactly how I've had to do it.
Couple of notes: 1) If you move from using a single computer to using a router, you'll have to repeat this stage. 2) If things seem to go kaput, it could be insight's fault. Twice I had to call them to unset some value which was blocking things. Their setup javascript used to fail in OS X and screw the account up. Hen On Sat, 8 Feb 2003, Jerry Yeager wrote: > > You don't need to buy your own 3rd party modem, but it is worth it to > shop around and compare prices. I really doubt that any modem will have > "drivers" for OS-X as the driver software is already built in to OS-X. > (They may have a script that sets the preferences up for you so you > don't have to -- but that is not really a driver.) > > If you are going to share the connection with all of the computers in > your house then a router/switch will be the easiest approach. Here's > how. > > Get a router with a single ethernet out port on it. Then get an 8 or 16 > or 32 or .... port switch. Connect the computer(s) via ethernet cable > to the switch. Connect the uplink port of the switch to the router. > Connect the router to the modem. Turn everything on. Set-up the router > via the instructions that come with it. (The router and the computer > will most likely be set to use DHCP settings but others are possible, > right now i am going for the "get you up and running the fastest" > approach. Start up a browser. It will take you to insight's default > page and inform you that you must enter some numbers to continue. Try > entering them, it may work, but usually does not. Call the tech support > person. They will be able to see the router and can complete the setup > on their end. They will tell you to restart your machine. Unplug the > router for 10 seconds and plug it back in. The tech support person will > tell you that things are go or no go. If go then fine. Make sure that > you manually refresh the browser pages because the insight default page > is in your cache. Off and running. > > If you are only going to use the one computer, then the same > instructions apply except for the connecting of the extra equipment. > You may have to actually restart. Later you can connect other > computers, but that is a whole different email. > > What they are looking for is the MAC address of the machine you are > connecting to their network with. They use it to permit access. Whether > that is spying or not i will let the others debate... > > > Hope this helps, > > Jerry > > On Saturday, February 8, 2003, at 10:49 AM, profile wrote: > > > > > Mac group what do you suggest? > > > > New Albany has finally come out of the dark ages and gotten Insight to > > offer > > high speed service. > > > > They 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. > > > > I talked to three different persons while the installer was here and > > they > > didn't have the foggiest of what I was saying. > > > > On the way out the installer 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? > > > > This is all new to me, so any help would really be appreciated. > > > > What modem do any of you suggest? Ward, do you folks have these? > > > > Thanks so much for your help. > > > > John Robinson > > profile at aye.net > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > > | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > > > > > > > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be February 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>.
