Bruce Johnson wrote: > Nope, it's just Earthlink. Something was messed up with their end, > because that's the part that handles passing out those addresses. It's > entirely possible that someone other than the folks helping you fixed > what they thought was an unrelated problem on their servers.
Maybe, maybe. But my problem goes back to last June. In San Diego I browsed for two days then the problem popped up. Back home it worked OK as a test, then in Wisconsin no success at all, then back home (Rhode Island) no success until yesterday. I hope it WAS Earthlink and that they fixed it because I'm off to San Diego again tomorrow. (I hear those jealous sighs!) Adrian wrote: > Do you by any chance have two conflicting PPP prefs files or any > other duplicate files from previous installs of OS or Browser? > > File Buddy (free download makes these easy to find and weed out. > > And, ( just my opinion here ) I would never put IE on the same boot > partition with NS. . It never worked for me. > But I admit a bias toward NS. There always seemed to be some IE file > or other causing NS to crash. Thanks, Adrian; I'll download that app. I only installed NS as a last resort after IE and iCab wouldn't work. NS is now gone... Drew wrote: > Just because I'm curious, how did you manage to use a live chat > option if you didn't have an IP address? Most of those things > require some sort of TCP/IP connectivity (though there are still some > bulletin boards and terminals out there - that option seems unlikely > to me)... It seems to me that if you could get into a chat, you > should have been able to browse the web... > > Or do you mean "live chat" in the sense that you are chatting with a > LIVE person on the phone? ;-) I have my trusty Ruby iMac 400MHz DV desktop at home on a Verizon DSL hookup - just a few clicks away from "Cassie S." the Earthlink guru (who more or less threw up her virtual hands after a while, told me to download the FreePPP dialer, and closed the session.) Thanks to all. I'll update when I return from Paradise - ah, San Diego... -Bill -- 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
