I think unplugging the cable modem was the problem. Now the IP address seems to be changing continously. The entire system on my Pulsar has also slowed to a crawl. Programs such as Microsoft Entourage or Internet Explorer take forever, despite the machine having 160.4 MB of free memory with virtual memory turned off. I have as of yet been unable to download any e-mail as Entourage has yet to complete an e-mail download cycle after twenty minutes!!!
Cheers, Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: Brendan Perreault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mac Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 9:22 AM Subject: Re: Cable Modem and Ethernet Blues. > Turn everything off, unplug the cable modem for 30 seconds, plug it back in, > wait for the lights to settle down, turn on the computer with the 169. ... > address and then tell me if the address has changed. > > on 12/11/01 9:15 PM, Durant at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > The IP address in my TCP/IP control panel is: 169.254.163.209 I am told that > > this shows myPulsar is not picking up a DHCP broadcast, i.e. it's not being > > assigned an IP address. Do I need to fiddle with the domain name server > > address section of the control panel to solve this issue, or should I fill > > in an IP address for the Mac to search for?? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Brian > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Brendan Perreault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Mac Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 8:46 PM > > Subject: Re: Cable Modem and Ethernet Blues. > > > > > >> What is your ip address? You need a router between the cable modem and > > hub. > >> > >> on 12/11/01 8:41 AM, Durant at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I am a newbie to the list. I am at this time forced to work on a Wintel > > PC > >>> because I have not been successfull at connecting a cable modem to my > > UMAX > >>> Pulsar (Euro S900). I have followed the skimpy Mac instructions that > > came > >>> with my 3Com cable modem, i.e. set the "connect" to "Ethernet" in the > > TCP/IP > >>> control panel and then set "configure" to > >>> "Using DHCP server". I have restarted the computer and can confirm that > > I > >>> was assigned an IP address and I have also checked to see if my UMAX has > > a > >>> hardware address, which it does. I am however, unable to access WWW or > >>> e-mail. What gives? > >>> > >>> A second question that I have is with regards to setting up my home LAN. > >>> Since this is the first time that I have used a cable modem, it is first > > now > >>> a problem that my Pulsar only has one built-in Ethernet port. I have an > >>> Asante fast PCI 100 Mbps card that I could add, but I need some advice > > both > >>> as to which slot is recomendable for the new card, how to configure two > >>> Ethernet cards to run on my Pulsar, as well as how to both access the > >>> Internet and my LAN at the same time. 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