I have a PowerBook 3400 running OS 9.1 at home connected to a Netgear Wireless (or wired) router which is in turn connected to a cable modem. Lately, if I have to reboot or if I shutdown when it comes back up it fails to acquire a TCP/IP number even though it's set to do so. At first I thought it was the router so I plugged in directly to the cable modem but am still experiencing problems. The cable modem appears to be functioning fine and when the router is connected there's activity between the cable modem and the router, I just can't seem to get an IP assigned.
I usually have to keep trashing the TCP/IP prefs, reboot and after a several tries it finally gets the IP. I've rebooted the cable modem too and it's lights look like it's working fine. This weekend I booted from my external HD and did a restore from a backup earlier in the month (before the problem began) and I restored the TCP/IP control panel, TCP/IP prefs, all of the open transport extensions and all of the Orinoco extensions, control panels and prefs. Keep in mind that this PowerBook has a built in ethernet but I also have the Orinoco card for the wireless connection. But even with the router and wireless out of the loop I still had problems. The restore from backup of the aforementioned items did not help the situation. Sunday afternoon I had been on the Internet and then was working in Excel when it locked up on me forcing me to do a reboot. When it came back up no IP number was assigned. I had to keep switching between the Orinoco and the built-in wired ethernet, trashing the TCP/IP prefs, rebooting shuffle and finally, after about the seventh time it worked. Well, this is getting old. But before I do a complete reinstall of the OS, any suggestions about what might be going on here? Since it's happening with and without the router and with and without the Orinoco that's ruled out. When it does this even if I manually assign an IP that the router would have assigned it still doesn't work which is why I think it's something on the PowerBook. Since it happens with the Orinoco and the built-in ethernet I don't' think it's hardware. That's why I was hoping the restore from backup would help. I could restore the whole system folder but not sure if that would help or not but it would be faster than reinstalling the whole OS which I'm really hoping to avoid. Anyone have any suggestions? .................................................................... Tom Roth * tel 336.716.4493 Wake Forest University School of Medicine Dept of Biomedical Communications Medical Center Blvd * Winston-Salem, NC 27157 http://www.wfubmc.edu/biomed/ -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
