Hello Larry, Thank you very much for all the good advice! I'll try to give this a shot tonight and will let you know how things work out. I like the bit about apple care as the eMac is still under this program - and I only have one year to go and haven't needed it yet.
I was wondering if it would be worth the expense to upgrade the eMac to Tiger. My biggest concern is that I might lose OS 9.2.2 (as in I don't know if the Tiger install would wipe out that OS in assition to the OSX upgrade) and I need that for my Oracle database (yeah I must be the only person the planet running Oracle on a Mac at this point). Anyrate, thanks again! Barry --- Larry Dieterich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 8:48 AM -0800 1/1/06, Barry Muller wrote: > >Hello, > > > >I have an eMac running 10.2.8 w\ airport extreme > card > >and a Pismo running 10.4.3 with an airport card; > these > >(used to) connect to an Airport Extreme base that > is > >connected to a DSL modem (SBC). When I first got > this > >"system" I managed to muddle through and get > >everything working OK. > > > >About a month ago I tried to synch my Wallstreet to > >the Pismo using the IRDA port. That didn't work > for > >me, but afterward nothing would connect to the > >BaseStation. I managed to get the Pismo back, but > the > >eMac only gives the error that it cannot find the > >PPPOE host. It does see the base station though. > >I've tried to set the to machines to the same > settings > >in system prefs/network, but the windows in Jaguar > are > >slightly different than in Tiger, so I it seems (to > >me) that I cannot get the settings exactly the same > >(eventhough I admit that is counter intuitive). > > > >Any help is very much appreciated. Please do not > >hesitate to break out the finger puppets to explain > >this to me as networks are a known weak-point in my > >knowledge of computers. > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >Barry > > > > Nobody else seems to be biting on this problem and I > feel your pain. > > A detailed explanation about what to do could be > very time-consuming; > more than I can offer at this time. > > If it is still broken, unfortunately, it may be time > to "read the > fantastic manual". > > Unless somebody else has the time to go through > detailed step-by-step > instructions, Apple has very good documentation and > tools to help you > through this procedure. If you have a machine under > AppleCare, you > can call on this issue for free. If you are out of > AppleCare, they > will still help you on the phone for about $50, > which is much less > than you'd pay to have a tech come over and fix it. > > If I were you, I'd find the setup instructions that > came with the ABS > (Airport Base Station), or download them from the > mothership. > http://www.apple.com/support/airport/ > the pdf documentation on the right side of that page > is probably what > you are after. > > Probably the simplest, and maybe surest way to get > your network > working is to start from scratch. It may not be a > quick fix, but what > you will learn will be of value. =In truth, it > might be the quickest > fix as well. > > You may even want to reset the base station to > defaults. The > procedure for this is outlined in the documentation > referenced above. > > I recommend that you make a new location on both > machines. > (Apple Menu>System Preferences>Network>Location>Make > a New Location) > > The first step is to get one of the computers > working via wire. I > mean with the DSL modem connected directly to the > computer by the > Ethernet cable. So you will make an Ethernet port > connect via PPPOE. > > After that, I would use the Airport Setup Assistant > to pass those > successful settings to the ABS. > > Then you connect both machines to the ABS via > wireless. > > I might also recommend that you get both machines on > the same OS, > just for ease of setup and familiarity of the > interface. This is > optional. > > A few things to help you conceptually - > A PPOE connection requires a password and login. > These should be "remembered" by the base station. > The Setup Assistant will transfer settings from a > computer to the ABS. > The Airport Admin Utility is a bigger administrative > tool, and you > may not need it at all. > After the base station is set up and working, all > the computers > connect to the network by the Airport port (network > tabs) and they > get TCP/IP via DHCP. > Neither of the machines is sharing its Internet > connection in this setup. > > > good luck! > > > Larry > > > > -- > MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between > multiple computers! > Dr. Bott | Only $199 > <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > MacNetwork list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > end list messages to: > <mailto:macnetwork@mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 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