Re: Skype audio quality
The problem is possibly to do with your ADSL. The A in ADSL stands for asymmetric - meaning the speed of the link to you (download) is much faster than the link away from you (upload). If you have a 256kbps ADSL service then your upload speed is only 64kbps. Skype will likely use at least half of this bandwidth. So if you're sending anything the additional traffic will have a noticeable impact on the voice quality. If you have a 512kbps service or faster, the upload speed shouldn't be a problem on a lightly loaded service. If you have used your download limit for the month your service provider may have shaped (I think choked is more accurate) your service to a lower speed (typically 64k/33k - dialup like speed). This would also adversely impact the voice quality. I have also found that Telstra's unlimited download services cause very significant delays in voice traffic. Skype is a parasitic service relying on each computer running it to provide connections through the network. Following the recent outage, they have had a lower number of these computers (called super nodes) available. This will load up the available super nodes and possibly overload them. This would affect voice quality because the voice traffic goes through these super nodes. Because Skype uses TCP instead of UDP (like other VoIP protocols) it can be affected by packet loss. UDP based VoIP will just break up if packets are lost (due to errors on the link) because UDP will just drop the errored packets and continue on but TCP will require retransmission of the lost packets causing delays and jitter (variable delay). Headsets are definitely preferred for VoIP on a PC - no question. What can be done - increase the speed of your link, make sure your Mac's CPU isn't overloaded (Skype uses the Macs processor to digitise the voice and send it - fairly processor intensive) and, if your ADSL modem supports it, turn on voice quality of service (QoS) or prioritisation. Hope that helps a bit Cheers Greg From: Severin Crisp [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:22:04 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Skype audio quality I am encountering fairly regularly situations where Skype audio quality during a call is bad in one direction but not in the other. This is quite apart from the awful echoes when one party does not use a headset or has badly placed microphone and speakers. This afternoon I could hear the other party perfectly but I was breaking up to him. My connection was idle in all other respects. He reported the reverse with a third party - he could hear them perfectly but waqs himself breaking up to them. Is there a simple explanation for this and more importantly what can be done about? Severin Crisp Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using Phone as modem
Hi Rob My tip to take away your pain is - use the USB cable. I was delighted to find my powerbook (G4 1.67GHz) recognised my Nokia E61 when I plugged it in. Make sure you select PC Suite when the phone asks you which mode to use. You will probably have to get Telstra to tell you the username or number to dial. I had 3 tell me. They will probably tell you Macs aren't supported but just get them to tell you the manual settings for a PC and fill those details in on your Mac. You will use Internet Connect to configure these details. Hope that helps Regards Greg P.S. You should be using the 3G capabilities of the E61 (HSDPA or UMTS) not GPRS - this will give you 300kbps+ (I got up to about 460kbps) From: Rob Findlay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 16:45:08 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Using Phone as modem Anyone out there been through all the pain of setting up to use a mobile phone's GPRS connection to access the net with your mac. I'm trying to set it up with a Nokia E61 connected via Telstra and a powerbook G4 and not quite sure where to start. Perhaps you can save me some pain! Thanks Rob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skype - how do I switch from speakers to handset automatically?
Glenn On the Skype out problem, this is almost certainly a call signalling problem. The gateway Sykpe is using to connect to the public network is not recognising the answer signal from you office service provider or not sending the answer signal to your software. Given you don't have problems on other calls, it's probably the former. So, probably nothing you can do. This sort of thing can also happen intermittently because Skype will almost certainly use a mixture of different carriers in whatever country they interconnect with the public telephone network. There may be an incompatibility between the carrier your work uses and the one of the carriers Skype uses. So, I'm betting your work uses a carrier other than Telstra. Hope that helps. Regards Greg From: Glenn Nicholas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:45:48 +0900 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Skype - how do I switch from speakers to handset automatically? Hi all, I'm trying out my new Keyspan Cordless VOIP phone as a skype handset, off the rack from DigiLife. Two questions I am seeking clarification on. Firstly, I'd like to set things up so that I can have some groovy music playing via speakers and: - when a skype call comes in the sound switches to the handset (in out) - when I initiate a skype call, audio switches to handset Skype already has a setting to suppress iTunes when a call activates. That is good, but as it stands, I have to go to the Sound Preferences to switch between USB Headset (for the handset) and the internal speakers. Clunky. There is an FAQ entry that seems to be on this topic, but for Windows only. If there isn't an automatic option for this, is there perhaps a Quicksilver way to do this? Secondly, the handset seems to work in most situations, but when I skype out to our office landline I get the following strange situation: - skype says - phone ringing - office phone - rings, pick up - skype says - still ringing - office phone says - silence - skype says - still ringing Has anyone encountered this? I tested skype out to a mobile and two other landlines and the ring-pickup works fine. Its just one landline that doesn't work (but maybe others). Using OS X 10.4.8 on an iMac G5. Regards, Glenn. PublicityShip. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Wi-Fi an Telstra Bigpond cable
Peter It should work if your desktop maintains the heartbeat. But, rest assured, the connection will drop if your desktop is switched off. You can get broadband routers that will maintain heartbeat for you for $100. The good news is that Telstra is going to do away with it - for this news and other info, tips and tricks see www.ozcableguy.com Cheers Greg From: Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:32:31 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Wi-Fi an Telstra Bigpond cable Does anyone have W--Fi running with their Telstra Cable account? I have been doing lots of reading before deciding what equipment I need, and the main stumbling point seems to be the Heartbeat. I suspect that something simple like an Airport Express should work fine as long at I let my Desktop machine maintain the Heartbeat, but I want to be sure before I outlay the ready. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac longevity?
I have a Mac II si that I occasionally use to play Pararena. It's late 80's early 90's From: Evers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:53:48 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Mac longevity? I should also mention that at the same primary school I am just now retiring 21 x G3 350MHz iMacs that have been in full student use since Feb 2000 - 16 are still fully functional and reliable, 5 have developed a range of faults with: CRT colour and stability, CD drives, power supply. The 400MHz G4 server that has run faultlessly 24/7 since January 2000 was turned off and replaced last week - not a bad run. Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/02/2007, at 10:35 AM, Evers wrote: I have an LC430 (very early '90's - will check the actual date) running 24/7 since January 2000 as internet server on a dial-up connection network at a small (50 student, 25 computers) independent primary school near Albany. It was in everyday use as a desktop word processor before that and has been completely robust and reliable in both roles. As a footnote, using Macs as internet server and e-mail server has been an effective, and the only, protection from virus attack to the school IT network over the past 6 years - such a different story from Windows-based internet interfaces. Cheers Tony Evers Community Mental Health Educator Supporting The Transition To Parenthood PO Box 5075 Albany WA 6332 ph 08 9844 6317 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/02/2007, at 8:55 AM, Paul Weaver wrote: Having seen one of our family iMacs self destruct with a puff of smoke the other day when it was turned on got me wondering how long can a Mac last? Please don't use the cliche, How long is a piece of string. In particular I am curious as to whom on this list can honestly claim have the oldest Mac in regular working use? Working meaning doing actual useful work on a consistent basis. Furthermore is there some easy way one can tell when a machine was built? Kind regards, Paul. -- Dr Paul R. Weaver Fremantle - Home of the Dockers http://www.livejournal.com/users/fremantlebiz/calendar -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Entourage recent addresses
Found it. In Entourage preferences, click on Compose and the bottom section allows you to turn off recent addresses and clear the list. Cheers Greg From: Geoffrey Barbara Maidment [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:52:39 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: FW: Entourage recent addresses Did no one remember sending this info out? I haven't had a response yet. Barb -- Geoffrey and Barbara Maidment Idleyld Farm 477 Cowaramup Bay Road Cowaramup 6284 Western Australia ph/fx +61 8 9755 5265 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Happy New Year Mugger¹s! A few months ago someone posted the how to¹ on organising and cleaning up the recently used addresses which are saved (because I asked it to) in the Entourage address list. It was very easy. I even used it when it was posted! Naturally, I neglected to file that instruction and can¹t seem to located it in the WAMUG archive. The only thing I can see is in preferences, a button to ³clear list². I¹m terrified to select it for fear that I will lose everything! Help! Barb -- Geoffrey and Barbara Maidment Idleyld Farm 477 Cowaramup Bay Road Cowaramup 6284 Western Australia ph/fx +61 8 9755 5265 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- End of Forwarded Message -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Westnet speeds on 8MB plan
Just a quick word on speed vs distance and G.DMT Just remember that your real speed is determined by the quality of the copper pair you're on, the distance from the exchange (cable distance) and what interference you get (from other ADSL services and things like ISDN). Check out the graph on distance vs speed at http://www.internode.on.net/adsl2/graph/index.htm I personally think that 1,600m is VERY generous for the 8M speed distance - more like half that realistically. You can see that, beyond a certain distance, speed drops off fairly rapidly with distance. At 3.5km you can see that it doesn't matter whther you're on ADSL or ADSL2+, the speed will be the same. The ADSL standard used in Australia is G.DMT. So your modem should be using that. The other possibility is that it is set to G.LITE which only runs up to 1.5Mbps as opposed to G.DMT's 8Mbps. The other ADSL electrical interface is CAP but this is not used in Australia (used in the US or was initially) - DSLAMs here use G.DMT and usually don't support CAP. Cheers Greg From: Ronda Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 12:20:51 +0900 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Westnet speeds on 8MB plan Hi Michael, You should be able to check in 'Summary' on your Modem for Line condition Protocol 'Operation Mode' see if it is G.DMT Type http://192.168.0.1 in your web browser. Login . admin (Name) admin (password) On the left side of screen click on 'Summary' Line Condition - Protocol - Operation Mode should be G.DMT I have a D-Link DSL504 Modem/Router, I imagine the 300 is similar. Ronni On 09/01/2007, at 10:14 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote: I recently changed from Westnet¹s 1.5MB plan to the 8MB/384 plan. Like others, I¹ve had slow line speeds and down load speeds (line speed varies between 1835 kbps and 2343 kbps, download varies between 229KB/s and 293 KB/s). I¹m less than 750 metres cable distance from the Wellington Street exchange. I¹m using a D-Link DSL-300 Generation II modem. Westnet support says that the modem doesn¹t provide information needed for Westnet to check line condition and attenuation. I¹ve experimented with manual settings using system preferences but automatic setting gives the fastest result. I¹ve seen a couple of postings that mention G.DMT protocol. Is that something I can setup on the modem that I have? The other thing I¹ve noticed since the upgrade took effect is that it now takes a lot longer to connect to Westnet. It¹s not uncommon to get a ³other side is not responding² message. Given that I hadn¹t had that problem before the change to the 8MB plan, even through the first few weeks of the school holidays and over the Christmas New Year break, could this be a sign that things need to be tweaked at the Westnet/iiNet end? Regards, Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: exchange account
Hi Dave Check out the Working with Exchange Server chapter of the Office Resource Kit at http://www.microsoft.com/mac/resources/resources.aspx?pid=resourcekitsrk=of fice2004 Cheers Greg -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David de la Hunty Sent: Tuesday, 9 January 2007 3:21 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: exchange account Hi all, Running a WinDoze server with email accounts handled by Outlook Web Access... yes I know why did I court the dark side. Work related necessity. Anyway, anyone with any tips or tricks about how to configure Apple Mail to download from that server? Mail Help says how to do it ie how to configure an Exchange Account, have put all the numbers in including the IP number in the appropriate places but it doesn't want to know. network tech at work doesn't know how to do it... Thanks for any tips - or any links to relevant online stuff. dd -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Cable Broadband
Hi Tim I wanted to send something to you earlier but have been busy. You have been well advised so far but one warning has been missing - Telstra cable BB still, as far as I know, requires some software to initiate and maintain the network connection. This is commonly known as heartbeat. Telstra has announced that it will be phased out but I don't know when that will begin or end - they have promised in the past and not delivered so far. So, there are broadband routers on the market that have the heartbeat client built in. Netgear and Linksys for sure and perhaps others. So, if you plug your 4 port ADSL router in it is highly unlikely it will initiate and maintain the network connection. Certainly it will act as a switch and wireless access point but won't bring up the cable connection. It may be that heartbeat is already gone but I'd be surprised. A great web site to check for this and other very useful tips wrt cable BB is the Oz Cable Guy www.ozcableguy.com Here is his news on the subject 28/8/06 No more BigPond Heartbeat? It's finally happened! After many rumours spanning at least the last 3 years, BigPond have finally officially announced that the heartbeat system is to be slowly phased out over the next 9-12 months. What this means is once you receive the email from BigPond advising that your account has changed over to the new system you will need to change from using the old login client which requires a username and password to using no login client at all (DHCP client). The system recognises you by your modem in the same manner as the Optus Cable system. However, just like Optus when connecting a new router for the first time the previous connection can get hung up. To get around this you need to switch the modem and router off for a few seconds then back on and maybe wait for 15 minutes or so, or you can get tricky by spoofing the previous Mac address. See Whirlpool for more, or go to Telstra's FAQ about the new billing system. I hope that helps. Also, on the bits, bytes, nibbles and words (2 bytes or 16 bits - thought I'd add that in), yes, 8 bits to a byte but, when sent over ADSL and IP there are lots of overheads. When your data is sent it is put in an IP packet with a header (up to 40 bytes), the payload of up to 1518 bytes (your data) and a CRC (4 bytes I think). Then you are probably using PPPoE somewhere so there's the PPP overhead (don't know what that is). Oh, forgot the IP packet is in an Ethernet packet somewhere. ADSL uses ATM so each of your PPPoE packets get segmented into 53 octet (the ATM term for 8 bits or a byte) cells each with a 5 octet header. So, although your line might be quoted at 24Mbps (or what ever speed) you will never ever see a download that fast because of all of the overheads. Cheers Greg From: Tim Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:14:07 +0900 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Cable Broadband Hi all, THANKS for the time and explanations of my Cable query. 12) Re: Cable Broadband by Adam Hewitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17) Re: Cable Broadband by Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Adam's explanation was really helpful - there appears to be a high likelihood my existing wireless 4 port ADSL router and network will just plug in to a cable modem with an ethernet cable and need a few tweaks. And Martin's essay was truly breathtaking :-) And here was me thinking the ISP's were trying to confuse us with big numbers! Oh, and thanks for your faith Martin, I DID mean to type 8 bits to a byte, not 6 bits to a byte. Martin, I guess my 11082 (Kbps.) translates to 11.082 Mbps and therefore is a whole lot better than your 1.3Mbps, so by the sound of it I'm pretty well off and should stay quiet and have a nice warm glow of satisfaction! Thanks Bob for the off list comments and searching to try to find answers. So summarising what I have figured out - as far as the net connection goes, I really might as well stay with what I have. The cable costs $59.95 per month and I'll get the same speed, give or take a hot breeze, as what I'm getting on the iinet DSLAM at $39.95 per month. My decisions to switch to Telstra will now rest on the rest of the package, but at least I understand the impact on my Mac centric network. Ta Tim -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Skype Connection
David Unfortunately the V85 will not work with Skype. The V85 is a SIP device and Skype is, well, Skype. Both use VoIP but do not interoperate. To use the your V85 you will need to sign up with a VoIP service provider like kmoo (www.kmoo.com.au), engin (www.engin.com.au) or MyNetFone. One free service I know of is Free World Dialup (FWD) but it doesn't allow you to make off net calls. The SIP proxy your phone keeps asking for is a VoIP server that switches any calls you make. FYI, SIP stands for session initiation protocol and is the most popular standard for VoIP. Skype is proprietary. However, there are quite a few USB handsets and other devices that work with Skype. Check out the Skype web site for info on them. Regards Greg From: David Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:37:11 +0900 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Skype Connection I have taken delivery today of a Netcomm V85 VoIP desktop phone. I have downloaded Skype but I am having problems connecting despite following the Quick Start Guide from Netcomm to the letter. Anyone have experience here? After completing the instructions the LCD display on the phone still says : SIP (Proxy OFF). When turning the proxy on by clicking the box I am asked for the IP Address or domain name address of the proxy server where do I get this from? Thanks in advance, David -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MS Word format
Hi Lloyd I have used Word for quite a while now (since version 3 in 1987) and agree wholeheartedly with Neil's recommendations. Start from the outline view to structure your headings/sections/chapters. The promote/demote buttons (arrows in the top left hand corner) are extremely useful and powerful. It will also allow you to generate a table of contents automatically based on your headings. Don't format any text or headings individually - use styles. This is really important. In the heading styles you can define what style follows each of the heading styles. So, if you have a heading that's indented and you want the plain text following it to be indented, you can create a style for this text with the appropriate indenting and tell the heading style to use it next - Format menu, Style and then the Modify button, select Style for following paragraph. Another tip is to never use carriage returns (the Enter key) to put the spaces between headings and text or between paragraphs - use only one carriage return between them all. Use the space before and space after settings in the style - from the Modify Style dialogue select the Format menu in the lower left corner and choose paragraph. A style always applies to the whole paragraph (denoted by a carriage return) unless you deliberately modify the appearance of the text. When pasting your text in, use Paste Special Unformatted Text in the Edit menu and then apply a style. If you follow this and change your mind about how the document looks all you have to do is change the styles and your formatting changes will flow through the whole document. And, as Neil says, in the outline view you can pick up whole paragraphs or whole sections/headings/sub-headings and drop them somewhere else in the document. I hope that helps a little. Cheers Greg From: Neil Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:14:41 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: MS Word format Hi Lloyd, It's been a while since I did this but I used to write reports, manuals etc with sections, subsections, etc, etc. Word is very powerful for handling all this but it didn't always work as it should!! I generally found it worked best when I set up the structure of the document first (chapters, sections etc) and then populated it with content. The outline view is the thing to use here and is good for setting up chapters, section headings etc - you can promote sections up or down the hierarchy (sections down to subsections or subsections up to sections etc) and even re-order chapters/sections. The key is to get your various headings defined correctly and applying the appropriate styles. Word has default styles for these things but you can modify the styles - where it gets tricky is whether you are modifying an individual heading or a style definition etc. Word is several versions more advanced than when I used to do this so it should work better be less confusing (maybe!). Depending on how familiar with any of this you are, I would look through: - help/create/format with styles - help/create/long documents (I haven't read them myself so I'm guessing that they will actually be useful). From what you say, I don't think your book is large/complex enough to look at the master document/sub-document approach (I remember doing it once wishing I hadn't!). Personally, I would consider setting up the basic outline of the book as a new document (ie all the chapters, sections, table of contents etc) and then copying over content into the shell) - it may be easier than trying to beat the mish/mash of legacy styles into submission! At least, if you're not familiar with the outline view and heading styles have a play with a new, fresh document to see how it all works! Hope that helps. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 22/11/06 11:12 AM, Lloyd White at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am seeking some advice, or one on one coaching, on MS Word. I am currently rewriting a book. About 13 chapters totalling about 250 pages. I have been working on sections over years building up chapters separately. Each chapter is partly new stuff, partly old material gathered from notes etc. The result is that in each chapter I have a variety of headings. Some bolded, some underlines and various sizes. I have decided on the hierarchy of headings that I want throughout all chapters but I can¹t change the headings that currently exist. The ones I want are not showing and I can't see how to add new ones. I want to do this before amalgamating all the chapters into one file so the consistency stays. I must be dumb because I can¹t get the information I want from the Word Help files. Can some one point me to some directions to do this. Or is there anyone available to come to me, or me bring it to you,
Re: EyeTVDTT/EyeTV Hybrid/IceTV
I'll try to keep the answer simple. Each time you split the signal, each of the 2 paths gets less than half the power. This happens because all of the elements, antenna splitters, are passive ie. not powered. So, you can very quickly reduce the power of the received signal down to almost nothing. So, it depends on how strong the signal is in the first place which in turn is a function of how good your reception is and the gain of your antenna. If the signal is weak or you need to split many times you can put in an amplifier. This will require power. I believe Ronni could get a splitter from Dick Smith or equivalent to get rid of the long cable across the floor. The type I'm thinking of uses connectors instead of requiring soldering etc. Hope that helps Cheers Greg From: David Moyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 17:12:41 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: EyeTVDTT/EyeTV Hybrid/IceTV Get another coax cable into your computer room. Just a simple query, with a normal TV aerial on a house, and then several lines for TV's, computers etc is there a limit before the aerial would become overloaded? Thanks, David Moyle --- Manjimup, Western Australia E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: WAMUG Mailing List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronda Brown Sent: Thursday, 2 November 2006 4:23 PM To: WAMUG Mailing List Subject: Re: EyeTVDTT/EyeTV Hybrid/IceTV On 02/11/2006, at 3:25 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Thanks Martin Susan for your replies. I appreciate you taking the time. On 02/11/2006, at 2:49 PM, Martin Hill wrote: From: Ronda Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Therefore I considered that it recognises both tuners are connected. The Problem is it did not record both shows! When I open 'Live TV' it opens two windows, one the 'Terratec Cinergy TV' which is my original EyeTV tuner, the other is 'EyeTV Hybrid' . No Signal (of course that is why it would not record the two shows scheduled). Rhonda, did you connect an extra antennae cable to the EyeTV Hybrid you added to the Mac? If so, try swapping the cables around to see if a TV signal really is being received on the second cable. Hopefully there is not some issue with the Terratec Cinergy that is causing your problem. I disconnected the Coaxial antennae cable from the Terratec Cinergy and connected it to the EyeTV Hybrid and, yes I could then receive live TV Window 'EyeTV Hybrid' perfectly. Looks like I require another Coaxial cable. I think Daniel installed a Antennae splitter when he did the original installation of EyeTV DTT. It is extremely difficult to get behind my TV to check the 1,001 cables that are there to see if that is so ;-( OK, An update on the above. I connected a Coax cable (that was connected to another TV) to my EyeTV Hybrid. Now both EyeTV Tuners have a Coax cable connected to them and I'm able to record two Channels at the same time .. WONDERFUL! But, I now have a Coax Cable coming from another room lying across my Lounge room floor. Certainly not a look I want to keep. Thanks again. Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Malcolm Do these 3 copies appear in the VPC List? If so, sounds like you have 1 copy of VPC installed but 3 virtual PCs and probably 3 VPC hard disk files. I just checked out what you can do in my copy of VPC 7 - shutdown the PCs you want to remove (leaving VPC running), select them in the VPC list and, from the file menu, choose Move to Trash. This should remove the VPCs you don't want. Just make sure you don't have any data on them that you want to keep. HTH Cheers Greg From: Malcolm McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:18:13 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Hi, I am one very confused wamugger :-( . Long ago when I bought my G4 from Dan I also bought VPC. I never did seem to get it working and as I was really chicken about my lovely G4 being loose on the net disguised as a PC. I decided I did no really want a PC anyway :-) Recently I acquired a Multimeter with a PC interface which turned my PC into a data logger so I decided I would get VPC going. I decided I would re-install and then get rid of the non working VPC. I got the new VPC working and then needed to get rid of the old 'VPC' I found that despite using un-install I still had 2 copies of VPC. A-Ha i said I will get rid of all traces of VPC even to the extent of running un install until it said there is no VPC to un- install. I cleared the bin and reinstalled I have now GOT THREE COPIES of VPC. :-( Called Windows XP professional Windows XP professional [2] and Windows XP professional [3] HELP!!! Mac Malcolm McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype docmactor -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ADSL 2+ speeds? (was: Re: iiNet Changes and Internode)
Martin Just a comment on your home wiring. A splitter will not increase your impedance (or should not). They are designed to present the same impedance (this is not resistive impedance but the characteristic impedance of the transmission line or cable) regardless of which port/connection you look in. There is a balancing circuit inside to do this. However, because this balancing circuit is passive (ie. there is no power to the splitter) it will attenuate the power which may reduce your speed especially if you're a long way from the exchange. This is where you get stuck between a rock and a hard place - if you bypass the splitter or remove it you then end up with parallel extensions. In the least your telephone and your ADSL modem. This reduces the characteristic impedance (by half) and will cause, albeit minor, reflections on the cable which will in turn lower your ADSL speed. Again all to do with transmission line theory. Adding cable length will increase power loss too based on good old Ohms Law as a cable has an impedance (resistance) per unit length - so the shorter the cable the better. ADSL works best without splitters and telephones attached to its cable. Given your story, it seems that you get better speed without the splitter. Emptying the water out of the pit might have better results. Cheers Greg From: Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:46:27 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: ADSL 2+ speeds? (was: Re: iiNet Changes and Internode) From: Peter Sealy [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am on 1500/512 for 10 GB a month for $60. Ouch - that seems a tad expensive? We were also with TPG and moved to iiNet after getting the TPG price increase letter. So we signed up for iiNet's combined ADSL 2+ telephone package up to 24Mbps plan which has a 7GB peak + 14GB off peak quota for $49.95 (and the $34.95 phone service which we would have had to pay Telstra for anyway in the past)). This uses iiNet's own DSLAMs in the Exchange and so it is hopefully isolated from the Telstra wholesale price rises. However, simply changing from TPG (1.5Mb plan) using Telstra's gear in the Hilton exchange to iiNet's DSLAMs we found our ADSL speed actually *dropped* from about 750Kbps to 512Kbps. We're right on the limits distance-wise from the exchange. :-( We subsequently got a comms expert in to check the wiring in our house and we actually managed to get a record (for us) of 1.8MBps when he plugged the ADSL modem via a long test cable-pair directly into the Telstra cable coming into the house. However, after then replacing the old phone cable with cat-5 UTP throughout the house and putting a central splitter in downstream of the ADSL modem our speed dropped back down to 1.2Mbps for several months (for the last week or so it has been sitting on about 5-800Kbps for some reason but hopefully that is temporary(!) - and no, I don't have anything downloading in the background when I do the speed tests).*sigh* It seems that cat-5 might actually be slower than the unshielded UN-twisted pair test cable that the tech used or perhaps adding the central splitter and extra cable to the other wall points (even before we connected the phones) has increased our impedance significantly? Any expert opinion welcome (Hi Bob!) :-) I also just discovered yesterday that our Netcomm NB5 ADSL2 modem is not actually compatible with ADSL 2 unless you ship it back to Netcomm in Sydney at your expense for a 'free' hardware upgrade, so that explains why iiNet had to change our port at the exchange back to ADSL 1 (max speed 8Mbps theoretically) just to get a connection. Now we need to survive the next week without the internet at home while we wait for our ADSL modem to be upgraded and sent back. If only we lived closer to the exchange, some of this might not be so painful. I wonder if we just need to get a tech around to empty the water out of the Telstra pit down the street again. :-] -Mart -- Martin Hill email: mart at ozmac.com homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242 From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:40:56 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: iiNet Changes and Internode On 12/10/2006, at 12:46 PM, Warren Jones wrote: Hi Reg I was in the same boat a while back. I was with TPG and they wanted to do the same thing to my plan as iiNet wants to do with yours. I changed ISPs as a result. Unfortunately I went with iiNet and it seems I'll be back in the same situation when my contract expires. It seems the old pricing isn't sustainable which is strange as bandwidth should get cheaper with time and increasing volume of users. I think you will find that this has something to do with customers being served by the ISP through the Telstra Wholesale data backbone , which had a price
Re: Battery/Power Management on Al PB G4 using 10.4.7
Thanks for everyone's help with my battery problem. Seems like I need to calibrate more often. Thanks Greg From: Rob Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:10:26 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Battery/Power Management on Al PB G4 using 10.4.7 Greg Pennefather wrote: Hi All I have been having an issue lately with using my 1.67GHz AL PB G4 with 10.4.7. I get a warning that I¹m running on reserve power (just like I always have) but with 9mins or so left the PB just runs out of power and shuts off. Sometimes it will resume where it left off but it has not been in sleep mode (ie. No pulsing white light) and latterly it has to reboot. It has only started happening over the last month or so not sure if it coincides with my upgrade to 10.4.7. I updated almost immediately it was released. One of the guys I work with has an iBook G4 and he is complaining of the same thing. Is anyone else having this problem or know what it might be? Thanks Greg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Re-Calibrate battery. Run your PB without power source until it shutsdown, then plug in power source it should glow orange, and charge until power cable glows green. Do not use PB until this has happened, and all your problems should be solved. Manual explains this should be done periodically I usually facilitate as part of monthly maintenance program. Cheers! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Scanned with Copfilter Version 0.83beta2 (ProxSMTP 1.3.91) AntiVirus: ClamAV 0.88.3/1946 - Tue Sep 26 21:18:37 2006 AntiVirus: F-PROT 4.6.6 Engine version: 3.16.14 SIGN.DEF 26 Sep06 - SIGN2.DEF 26 Sep06 - MACRO.DEF 26 Sep06 by Markus Madlener @ http://www.copfilter.org -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Blue G3 Blues
Jude If the G3 is getting an IP address from the modem using DHCP you will see this in the network preference in system preferences. It should be 192.168.xxx.xxx. If it is 169.xxx.xxx.xxx then it's not getting an IP address. You can check by pinging the modem using the Network Utility. If the G3 isn't getting an IP address then you can assign one manually. It just has to be in the same IP subnet as the modem so, somehow, you need to find out the IP address of the modem. You could do this by checking what IP address you get on your laptop and also note down the address of the default gateway - this will be the modem's address. Then choose an address in the same range eg. if the modem's address is 192.168.1.1 then choose something like 192.168.1.180 - the subnet mask will be 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway would be the modem's address, in this case 192.168.1.1. Then try pinging the modem and then try connecting to a web site etc. Once you've got all this working you can apply the 10.2.8 update. Hope that helps. Cheers Greg From: Jude [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 19:38:39 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Blue G3 Blues HI All A friend of mine has a blue G3 happily (well, almost happily) running OS 10.2.0. Everything is going great except we can't get it to use the DSL modem that Optusnet supplied. We have troubleshot the whole house and can now get our laptop running 10.4.2 to use the modem in the same room, on the same line, with all the relevant filters and phones and foxtel etc running. This is almost seamless, Just plug the laptop into the modem and off you go. But on the G3, we just can't get it to work. I think it recognises the modem, because it automatically adds all the relevant numbers in the Ethernet section of the Network setup, but using DHCP produces no result - we can't get web or email to work. I tried 'using pppoe', but this won't connect either. Is there a known issue with this combination, or something that someone can think of that might get us one step further? The 56k internal modem works fine. The upgrade to 10.2.8 is a 100mb download, which on 56k would be a bit daunting. I could download it here though, if it would help. cheers Jude -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Battery/Power Management on Al PB G4 using 10.4.7
Hi All I have been having an issue lately with using my 1.67GHz AL PB G4 with 10.4.7. I get a warning that I¹m running on reserve power (just like I always have) but with 9mins or so left the PB just runs out of power and shuts off. Sometimes it will resume where it left off but it has not been in sleep mode (ie. No pulsing white light) and latterly it has to reboot. It has only started happening over the last month or so not sure if it coincides with my upgrade to 10.4.7. I updated almost immediately it was released. One of the guys I work with has an iBook G4 and he is complaining of the same thing. Is anyone else having this problem or know what it might be? Thanks Greg
Re: Upgrading iMac OS8
When I got my Powerbook G4 (167MHz) it still came with Classic. If you install Classic and AW5 works under Mac OS 9.2 then you will still be able to use your documents etc - presumably. HTH Cheers Greg From: David Noel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:24:12 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Upgrading iMac OS8 Hi Dick -- -- I had many Appleworks/ Clarisworks 5 databases, spreadsheets, and word processing documents under OS 9.2, and recently moved to OS 10.2.8. Most of the WP and SS files opened OK with Appleworks 6 in 10.2, but some would not. One of my largest CW5 databases, in particular, would not open -- Appleworks would say 'converting from an earlier version' and then 'Appleworks has unexpectedly quit'. I tried opening many earlier archived versions of this file, going back as long as 6 years, all with the same effect. And earlier versions of Appleworks 6 behaved the same. I tried exporting these databases from an OS 8 iMac to disc, these also could not be read in by AW 6. I tried every work-around I could think of or find on the Web or suggested by WAMUG, without success. -- Maybe you will not be unfortunate enough to have one of these non-converting files. I have resorted to starting a new AW 6 database file with similar structure, opening the AW 5 file under Classic, and transferring details from one file to the other for the most wanted entries, field by field. -- Another minor problem I had was with photo files where I had cleverly used the 'Comments' field of each file to store a description of each photo. Too clever -- OS X stores comments quite differently to OS 9, and if you open or move the file under OS X the OS 9 comments disappear. -- I hope you don't have any non-converting files, but if you do, and find a way round the problem, I'd love to know! Incidentally, I understand that latest OS X machines do not include Appleworks. iWork is available for WP and presentation files, but does not have database or spreadsheet facilities, as far as I can gather. Good luck! David Noel 2006 Aug 23 Date:Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:48:44 +0800 From: Dick Anderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Upgrading iMac OS8 IF I upgrade my OS 8.5 iMac to a new Tiger iMac, I'd want to transfer my documents, data-bases and spreadsheets created on Appleworks 5.03. I'm prepared to buy Office works for Mac.if that would do the trick. Apple support didn;t gve me much help (it might be possible). One suggestion would be to use Appleworks 6, which is native to OSX, but then I wouldn't be able to read attachments written in Word etc, which is the thing that has annoyed me with my old system. I also believe that Panther was able to read this (and other software for Classic macs) but this has been discontinued. - perhaps I should look around for a Panther iMac!! I'm very frustrated, I was dreaming that with a new iMac, I could read all the e-mail attachments I get, while still keeping all my data from the old one. Dudley Gager suggested I use Neooffice to read Microsoft files and use Appleworks for most ue, but it seems a bit inelegant!! Will Appleworks6 still read the older version of Appleworks Any suggestions, please? Dick Anderson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: instructions for windows..what for Mac?
You can also use Network Utility in the Utilities folder for the traceroute Cheers Greg From: Nicholas Pyers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:52:48 +1000 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: instructions for windows..what for Mac? On 10/08/2006, at 11:38 PM, Rosemary Horton wrote: I have a number of websites hosted with mdwebhosting, up to now fine. They've asked me to do the following next time I have trouble..obviously windows stuff. Waht's the mac equivalent? If the problem still persist Kindly provide us result of following : Startruncmdtracert wasla.asn.au Startruncmdtelnet mail.wasla.asn.au 110 Startruncmdtelnet mail.wasla.asn.au 25 Please do not hesitate to contact us should you require further information. Almost exactly the same... just replace startruncmd with Launch Terminal (found inside Applications/Utilities) and then run the tracert and telnet commands as stated... although tracert may need to be changed to traceroute -- Nicholas Pyers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Heaven on Earth? No, Earth on Earth. The Just Earth! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Back up software
Check out iBackup. It has some nice features like backing up system and application preferences. I've used it for a while now and the developer is always updating. Available on Versiontracker Cheers Greg From: Michael Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:13:35 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Back up software Now that I'm on OS 10.4.7 on a G3 PowerBook 400, I'm wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a simple way of backing up to an external drive? Over the years I've tried Retrospect, Silver Keeper, and Carbon Copy Cloner, but skimming through Mac In Touch gives me the impression that they each have problems. Thanks, Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XP to OSX via wireless?
They certainly can talk - even to a PC. Same drill, create network etc. I've done this with a PC, even to share an Internet connection. Cheers Greg From: Reg Whitely [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006 19:21:39 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: XP to OSX via wireless? Hi Glen On 7 Aug 2006, at 6:28pm, Holipac wrote: 2 computers with wireless cards can't talk to each other using their wireless cards (the base station is necessary). There is a good introduction in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wireless_LAN They certainly can talk between each other without any base station, if they are Mac to Mac. Just select Create Network from one Mac Airport menu then select that network with the other. However I'm not sure if you can do that via Windows / Mac connection? Is that what you mean? Reg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem that plagues:
Tom It may be that your cables are marginal and that they will work with one switch and not another. A few things to try; 1. Set your Macs to use 10Mb/s half duplex Ethernet in the Network Preferences for Built in Ethernet and on the Ethernet tab. This will give them the best chance of working if they're marginal 2. New cables! 3. Get your old modem, turn off DHCP, plug one of the switch ports into your new modem (may need a crossover cable) and plug your Macs (well, 3 of them) into the old modem. The old modem is now just acting like a switch, so if the Macs worked with it before they should do so again. Cheers Greg From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006 22:08:17 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Problem that plagues: I have just bought a new modem DLink ADSL 4 ports all work but... I have four machines that were working on my old modem but now two of them do not work on their existing wiring. I can sling a CAT 5 cable to each of them and they work . After exhaustive trying Okam's razor says the cables are broken... But nothing has really changed from the old wiring -except unplugging the cables. Any ideas? All running 10.4 tom samson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: info on BB connection
Nick Telstra providing ADSL from RIMs has been a long time coming - for sure. Admittedly there are some regulatory constraints around ADSL from the RIM as it will interfere with ADSL provided from the exchange if the 2 services are in the same cable bundle. Other than that, it has been a matter of them just not putting the ADSL cards in the RIMs. I have to applaud the likes of iiNet, Amnet, Internode, Adam Internet etc for biting the bullet and deploying their own hardware - especially the ADSL2+ gear. But I've always been dirty on Telstra for only ever going up to 1.5M. I founded Request Broadband and we were able to provide services up to 6M/680k from late 2000. I have had a 6M ADSL service since early 2001 and must say it's been fabulous. Telstra could offer these speeds (ADSL certainly supports them - up to 8M/1M) but chose to nobble their service to a max speed of 1.5 based on being able to deliver it to 95% of all households. A great shame and an opportunity missed. So, regardless of how far away the RIM is from your house, Telstra still only goes to 1.5M. In my view you are much better off with your iiNet connection running at 2M - 3M even if that is only a fraction of what you could get (24M). When will they activate higher speeds on their DSLAMs, given they haven't done it over the past 6 years, perhaps never. It's all part of their angle on fibre to the node (FTTN). When they eventually put this in (they'll have to or someone else will and end up dominating) they want a regulatory holiday barring other ISPs from using the higher speed services (which could be up to 100Mb/s with VDSL2 but won't be of course - it's Telstra remember) and still only providing 1.5M wholesale to other ISPs. 1.5M being the current maximum, Telstra is arguing that, regardless of how fast FTTN services are, they should only have to provide other ISPs with the same access speeds as available over copper today. If they up the max speed now then they'll have to offer it over FTTN later and they don't want that. I'll stop now - I could go on forever. Regards Greg From: Nicholas Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 06:59:51 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: info on BB connection Greg, Just a question for you. I got a call from telstra when I went iinet on an 24 mbit plan offering adsl from local rim. Now I only get 2-3 mbit out of the connection but it is better than what Telstra could offer(or 3rd party using Telstra). My question is this - when will (like crystal ball gazing) activate higher speeds on their dslams ? If I have to pay $100 for 1.5 mbit and approx $80 for phone plus 2-3 mbit it is a nobrainer so as to speak. I have a rim not more than 300 m from my place. Nick On 04/08/2006, at 12:54 AM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Dear All I thought I would just provide a little clarification seeing I have been involved with the ULL access regime from early on. The access regime to Telstra's copper lines certainly allows other service providers (called access seekers) to connect at a RIM. It's just that none have done it to my knowledge. It does require backhaul from the RIM but this is generally available - from Telstra at least. Accommodation and power are required too - so its not trivial but it can be done. The problem is more one of scale. Connection to copper at the curb provides access to 200 - 300 customers where as co-location in an exchange gives access to a potential 10,000 or so. Just to be clear, what I'm describing doesn't allow access to the RIM itself. It's just that this is where the copper is cut and that is where access to the copper is allowed. The equipment to do this is available to. DSLAMs with around 48 ports are available with fibre or copper backhaul either Ethernet or ATM. They're hardened and have 48VDC power etc. The few billion to roll out FTTN is another matter all together. Hope this sheds a little light. Regards Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 14:44:50 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: info on BB connection On 3 Aug 2006, at 1:34 PM, Michael Bradley wrote: Kev, I've just gone for the Amnet 8meg service and so far it's been ok, for $50 for 10gbI don't know about availability for you, but it's another option. Mike Mike Lucky you , but you miss the point . Kev would not be able to get Amnet 8MB line even if his exchange was enabled. To do that , you need a copper circuit to the exchange and be located close to it OR have an Optic fibre distribution from the exchange to a Distribution box near his home AND that BOX be equipped to handle 8 MB lines . To my knowledge they do not make such an animal ... yet . This is what the argument is between Telstra and the ACCC at the moment . The ACCC wants to Price Fix wholesale charges at a figure
Re: Airport
Joe The Airport requires proper configuration, it's not just about where the cables are plugged in. You have the cables plugged in correctly. Using the Airport Admin Utility configure the Airport base station. On the Internet tab set Configure to Using DHCP and make sure Connect Using is set to Ethernet. If you don't see an IP address once you've updated the base station then configure manually with an IP address in the same subnet as the ADSL modem and set the Router address to that of the ADSL modem. On the Network tab, check Distribute IP addresses and then Share a single IP address. Make sure that both of your Macs are set to use DHCP in network settings. Another thing to check is that the IP address the base station gets on the WAN port is in a different subnet to that of the Network port (LAN). Regards Greg From: Joe Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 20:15:06 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Airport Hi all The story continues Things worked before. Back then when I wanted to connect my G4 Power Mac to the net I simply plugged in the ethernet cable from the ADSL modem to the computer. When my son wanted to connect to the net via his iBook we took the ethernet cable out of my G4 Power Mac and connected it to the Airport Extreme base station via the Ethernet LAN port. Now the kind people who responded to my question suggested that if we both wish to use the net, at the same time, then the ethernet cable should go from the ADSL modem to the base station's Ethernet WAN port. Then my son's iBook should be connected. Then for me to connect I should get a second Ethernet cable and connect my G4 Power Mac to the base station's Ethernet LAN port. Well it don't work. So we are doing something wrong. Why is it that my son's airport enabled iBook works fine when the Ethernet cable is plugged into the LAN port but is dead as a dodo it is plugged into the WAN port? Fiddled around with Setup Assist and Admin Utility, but nothing happens. It just ends up saying it can not fix the problem and I should contact my provider. So we are back to using our original swapping cable arrangements. Had to run Setup again to change back to the LAN port, but things working fine. What are we doing wrong? Why does the WAN port arrangement not work? Obviously missing something, but not sure what it is. Regards Joe -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: a head scratcher for sure
Hi The only things I can think of are; the cable is too long and at the very limit of working - so it works with one Ethernet adapter but not another. Solution, shorten the cable run. The other is dependent on what you're plugging into - a hub, switch or the switch integrated into your ADSl modem. Some switches are dual speed but have 10Mbps ports and 100Mbps ports. So, you may like to try changing your Ethernet speed in the Network Systems Preference pane. In any case, manually selecting 10Mbps may get it to work in any case. Setting should be 10Mbps half duplex. Worth a try Regards Greg From: wyvern [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 10:38:16 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: a head scratcher for sure I have a small ethernet network here at home and there's one bit [hubby] driving me to distraction. Everything working fine... performa 5400/180 8.6, iMac 333 9.1, G4 powerbook 867 10.3.9 and last iMac 450 10.3.9. Unplug the 450 iMac and plug in iBook 700 10.4 and nothing, no ethernet connection. Could it be the plug in bit? Not sure so do what should have been done a while ago and get a wall socket, cut the end off and wire up... still nothing and now the iMac not connecting either. I'm tearing my hair out but still manage to ask him sweetly if he's sure he's wired the wall socket correctly.. apparently there's two wiring diagrams A and B and he's done A, perhaps he should try B? B done and now the imac is back on board but still nothing from the laptop, time for drastic measures so up he comes to my office and the spare network cable i have here, plugs it in and instant connection. He goes to the room where the 333 iMac is unplugs it plugs his laptop in and connects again. So it is back to his desk, unplugs his iMac and tries the laptop again and again nothing? Any suggestions anyone? PLEASE... Yvonne -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PDF size blowout
You can get reasonable size reduction without spending a cent or downloading any software. Choose print from the file menu. From the bottom drop down menu (in the upper half of the dialogue) choose Colorsync. The in the Quartz Filter drop down menu choose Reduce File Size. Cheers Greg From: Peder Kristensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:22:50 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: PDF size blowout Follow up from Peter's suggestion, I have used PDFshrink with great success. With PDFshrink you can convert PostScript, JPEG, TIFF and other formats directly to PDF. You can create PDF files for; print, eBooks and web files and it work just fine. It's also available from VersionTraker - http:// www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16233 Cheers, Peder On 15/03/2006, at 8:05 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 13/03/2006, at 11:20 AM, Antony N. Lord wrote: I've got an 8 page PDF (1.5Mb). I've opened a single page in Adobe Illustrator to make some changes (delete a line of text and add a caption) and resaved the document. It's now a whopping 5Mb and remains that way after trying to use Acrobat to reduce the file size. Any ideas on a solution - I'm not exactly sure where the original document is that was used to create the PDF (probably a Word file). I can highly recommend the shareware utility PDF-Compress for shrinking PDF Files. I recently had to produce a document as PDF, and the resultant file ended up at around 30Mb! PDF-Compress reduced that to about 3.1 Mb, with no appreciable difference in quality (except for much faster loading speeds). PDF-Compress is available on VersionTracker, and is worth every penny of the shareware price if you work with PDF files. -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ADSL2 router with VoIP
I work for a VoIP service provider and we have found that one of the best implementations of VoIP is the Sipura software now found in the Linksys products. The one that does ADSL 2+, VoIP, wireless and 4 port switch is the WAG54GP2 - read about it at http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2childpagename=US%2FL ayoutcid=1130276802583pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper We don't offer this but I believe it uses the same VoIP hardware and software as the ones we do offer. Cheers Greg From: Mike Fuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 18:36:18 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: ADSL2 router with VoIP On 04/03/2006, at 3:42 PM, Robert Howells wrote: On 4 Mar 2006, at 3:29 PM, Mike Fuller wrote: To further Yvonne's request, could users give their opinions on the suitability, or not, of different routers for ADSL2 with VoIP. This subject was hacked about on this list not long ago . You may want to visit the mails in the archives here http://wamug.org.au:8100/Lists/wamug/List.html and searfch for adls2 Bob Thanks Bob. I did follow the discussion on ADSL2 with VoIP but what I couldn't find in that lot was anything about how well the actual routers performed, particularly if there were any that had problems. I'll check with Daniel Kerr because he has one of the iinet Belkin routers, but if anyone has anything to add on their routers with adsl2 + and VoIP I'd appreciate it. Thanks, Mike -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer PROBLEM
Janis I have had similar printing problems in the past. I find that using disk utility to repair permissions usually fixes it - especially after a OS update. Regards Greg From: Janis Lynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 08:28:57 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Printer PROBLEM SORRY, to post this again, but still at a loss of how to sort this out. I have visited MacFixit, but nothing seems to make any difference. I am now thinking of deleting all printer drivers and then reinstalling the ones I need? Another error message coming up is : Communication error cannot install printer driver Dear Fellow Wamuggers I was wondering if any one would have any suggestions for a printing problem that has recently occurred since updated latest 10.4.5 Tiger. Cannot print In print menu says printer has stopped. Have tried deleting driver and reinstalling. When I tried to add printer and I get error 50. Have tried two different printers, using wireless and directly with USB. Still cannot print. Everything was working just fine before update. Hope someone can help!! Regards Janis -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: telstra bigpond cable
Hugh We're running a VoIP business for residential customers and have come across Bigpond cable a number of times and the trouble customers have plugging our phone adapter in. What we have found is that Bigpond cable only supports a single device - either the Ethernet port or USB, not simultaneously. The cable modem usually supports simultaneous connections but Bigpond doesn't. So, we are advising our customers to buy broadband routers if they want to connect more than one device. You can buy these with wireless integrated. We have had good experiences with Linksys and Netgear - Belkin and Dlink are OK. Even an Apple Airport Express would do the job (I think they have a WAN and a LAN port) but you would need a switch to provide more than one Ethernet port. A good source of support is www.whirlpool.net.au - there are numerous Bigpond cable support forums (fora?). Good luck Greg From: Hugh Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:06:40 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: telstra bigpond cable Hi, I know internet connections and specifically providers are a recurring theme here, but I have a few very specific questions as I am considering connecting to bigpond cable. Current set up is imac G5, imac snow (G3), PS2 and ibm laptop. Laptop and PS2 are not on network, and imacs are hardwired together (length of cable running down hallway and up stairs, not pretty!)G5 is on dial up. House has cable points (one has foxtel connected, others are not used, but are connected). 1/. How hard is it to self install bigpond cable wireless modems? ( the website says that self install is not supported for macs?) 2/. Does anyone know what the modem is that bigpond uses? ( there is no clues on the website and I wonder if it is just cable in wireless out, or whether there are also some actual output plugs?) Any other comments welcome, Thanks Hugh -- This e-mail, including any attached files, may contain confidential and privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution, or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive information for the intended recipient), please contact the sender by reply e-mail and delete all copies of this message. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: ADSL Modems
Callum You can achieve the networking/sharing requirements very cheaply and easily by getting an 8 port switch/hub. Won't give the wireless or ADSL 2/2+ compliance though. Plus, you will need a port to plug in your VoIP adapter Regards Greg From: Greg Satti [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 22:14:53 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: ADSL Modems Hi Callum, I'm not sure what experiences people have had with Belkin, but you may want to have a look at this product. It meets all your requirements and has at least a 5 year warranty. (The web page also says lifetime warranty, but I guess 5 years is a lifetime in IT?). Here's the link: http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=Product_Id= 197322 Please email me off list for further details - cheers. Kind regards, Greg Satti Zytech - www.zytech.com.au PO Box 758, Bunbury WA 6230 Ph (08) 9721 1125 Fx (08) 9721 1126 Mo 0423 558 636 On 7/2/06 7:13 PM, Callum Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, I'm looking at upgrading my D-Link DSL 300 Modem and was hoping for some advice. What I need to do: *Network to / share the ADSL from my Mac with my housemate's Windows PC *Be able to network our Xboxes for our HALO nights (at least four ethernet ports) *Have wireless capacity for guests, or that MacBook Pro I have my eyes on. *Be ADSL 2 2+ compatible The wireless is optional, but would be really cool. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Cheers! Callum -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: networking for idiots(me!)
Rosemary Also make sure that Appletalk is enabled on the iBook in the Networks preference pane (Built in Ethernet - Appletalk tab) in system settings. Cheers Greg From: Rosemary Horton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:32:59 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: networking for idiots(me!) Thanks for all the suggestions from everyone. On my husband's ibook, can see my computer ( powerbook) and access by Guest or user. However, on mine, can't see my husband's computer at all have to connect using connect to server Setup in sharing is same on both! Weird! Rosemary On 5 Jan 2006, at 15:22, RT Ronda Brown wrote: On 05/01/2006, at 8:35 AM, Rosemary Horton wrote: Can someone give me a step by step description of how to share files from one computer to another (2 macs..1 powerbook, 1 ibook) ? We both connect to the airport successfully. Really simple instructions please from the beginning, for a relatively new mac user. How would a visitor join the network? Hi Rosemary, The first step is: on each computer, go into System Preferences, then Sharing, and turn on Personal File Sharing. On that page, you'll see, at the top, the computer's name (which you can change), and at the bottom, the IP number (eg 10.0.1.2), which you may need as an alternative. Then, on each computer, go to Finder - Go click on Network. You may straightaway see the other computer appear - you can click on it, click Connect, and then either log in as a user (it has to be a user that's been set up on that machine), or a guest. As a guest, you can access all Public folders on the computer. As a user, you can access that user's Home folder As an admin user, you can access the whole hard drive. So, if you have different user accounts set up on the computers, it's best to use Guest access and then put the files you're sharing in your user's Public folder. Now, if that computer doesn't immediately appear, go to the Finder, click cmd-K (to open the Connect to Server dialogue), and type in afp://ip-address-of-other-computer eg afp://10.0.1.2 You'll then get the same login dialogue as above. Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: networking for idiots(me!)
Neil If you just have an Ethernet cable running between the 2 Macs you should set TCP/IP to have the address configured manually on both. Use 192.168.0.1 on one and 192.168.0.2 on the other. The netmask will be 255.255.255.0. On the Mac that DOESN'T dial the Internet set the Router to be the IP address of the other machine eg. if 192.168.0.1 dials the Internet then set the router on 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.1. Don't use DHCP in this case because you don't have a DHCP server. If you use DHCP then the Macs will eventually give up requesting an address from the nonexistent server and assign themselves a random address that may or may not work in your network. When you get broadband your modem/router will almost certainly have a DHCP server built in and you will need to change the Macs to use DHCP. BTW, DHCP stands for dynamic host configuration protocol. Just to explain (simply I hope) a few things that you raise ... Ethernet is the low level protocol used to send data on the cable/hub/switch - it is a local area network protocol that operates at layer 2 of the OSI model and is referred to as a datalink protocol (one above layer 1 - the physical layer). It basically is the way the physical electrical signals are formatted for communications. Ethernet address is just that. It is how all devices on an Ethernet network address each other. This can be changed but it is inadvisable. Ethernet addresses are hard coded into your hardware and are globally unique. IP address is your Internet Protocol address. IP is the next layer up from Ethernet. So, Ethernet carries the IP information in its payload. This is always software setable. TCP/IP is another layer on top of IP - Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol. This is a network layer or layer 4 protocol. So now we have TCP in IP in Ethernet!! IP is widely and incorrectly referred to as TCP/IP. The Netmask (or subnet mask) determines what part of your IP address is the network part. Using the addresses and netmask above it works like this IP address 192.168.0.1 Netmask 255.255.255.0 Network 192.168.0 Host .1 Where ever there is a 1 in the binary representation of the netmask, that is the network part and where ever there is a 0 that is the host part. 255 is in binary. Same for .2. So, when these two want to talk, they realise they have the same network part and don't need to use the router. If the network parts are different then the router is used to find the other network. That's what routers are for - they are gateways to other networks. All of this is IP version 4 (IPv4). IP version 6 (IPv6) is a later standard with different addressing (and lots of other features) but isn't used on the Internet yet. Maybe one day! So don't worry about it for now. I hope this helps your understanding a bit. Cheers Greg From: Neil Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 02:18:00 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: networking for idiots(me!) on 05/01/06 13:16, Craig Ringer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Neil Houghton wrote: Breaking the process into steps, this is what I would try (I assume both computers are running OSX - OS9 is similar in principle but different details): The very first step is to make sure the two macs are on the same network. If you have an ADSL or cable router, and both are plugged into it, or both use wireless to access it, then you should be fine. If one is on wireless and one is on a wired connection it may well work, but occasionally routers are set up so you'll need to do extra work. If you look in the network control panel on each, you should see an IP address for the computer. In general, if the first three parts are the same, eg: 192.168.1. then the computers will most likely be on the same network and able to talk to each other. (It's more complex than this, but for most home networks that'll be fine). 2 Connect to the shared computer from the other computer (obviously you need to do this from each computer for two-way access) - From finder select the Go menu and the Connect to Server Option. Heres where things diverge for me: If your macs are working properly and the network is fine, you should actually just be able to open a new finder window, open the icon for your computer, and open the Network folder. Your other mac should appear there, or maybe in the Servers folder inside that, and you should just be able to access it from there. My instructions are a little vague because I don't have a Mac OS X box in front of me, but I hope it's clear what I mean. If the macs don't appear in the finder and Conect to Server doesn't work, you might have a lower level networking problem. It's premature to worry about this now, but reply if you have problems, there are a few fairly simple steps you can take to figure out what might be wrong. One more thing - if you do need to manually
Re: Disk Warrior 3.0.3 Need Help!
Malcolm I would go with Disk Utility again and do a Verify Disk. If this reports any problems then follow the instructions at the top of the Disk Utility First Aid tab - boot from your OS X 10.4 CD/DVD and choose Disk Utility from the Utilities (?) menu. Then you can repair the disk if it is within Disk Utility's power to do so. This utility from Apple has been getting better and better - I think it was Martin who was extolling its virtues a few days ago. If nothing else this might clean things up enough for DW to run properly. Hope this helps Cheers Greg From: McCallum Malcolm [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:01:04 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Disk Warrior 3.0.3 Need Help! My wife has an iMac 1GHz PowerPC G4 256 MB DDR SDRAM Running OS 10.4.3 This has been running well until New Years Eve we were invaded by Teenagers,one of which simply wanted to lookup her email. :-( On New Years Day the iMac seem to be running rather slowly so I thought I would run 'Disk Warrior' 3.0.3. All goes well until one gets to stage 5 'Locating directory data' ,rebuilding directory and the indicator bar is about 55% across the screen and then it stops and nothing more happens. The disk can be heard going and the scroll bar 'shakes' but does not progress. It then complains that it is going slowly because of shortage of Ram (!) and it can be left for hours and nothing more happens. I have repaired permissions and done fsck -fy and prayed to Allah but no Joy. The iMac seems to perform OK and is maybe a little quicker since I have 'doctored it' but I do not like the fact that I cannot run Disk Warrior. Disk Warrior runs normally on my iBook. Anyone any suggestions please Mac -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Remote Desktop on a VPN
Robert If it works from one place and not another it si possibly a routing issue. Most ADSL modems/routers act as a DHCP server to issue IP addresses automatically and most default to 192.168.0.x but the Netcomm NB1300Plus4 uses 192.168.1.x (both ranges are legitimate as they conform to RFC 1918). If the remote network (that you are VPNing to) uses the same address range then it may not be possible to make the connection. So, to check look at the IP address you get on the VPN when connected and the address of the PC on the home network. If the network part is the same ie. 192.168.1 then there is almost certainly going to be a routing problem. To get around this problem try changing the DHCP address range on your ADSL modem to 192.168.0.x. Cheers Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:00:15 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Remote Desktop on a VPN Hello Everyone, Hope you all had a merry Xmas and not too many sore heads today ! ? A question ( at the bottom ) for some one with the know how Preamble My daughter is home from San Diego for the week and we cannot get her PC laptop to work through a VPN to the Desktop on her PC at work. Yes ! It's holiday's time but she needs to do this. My ISP has been NO help so far . We are connecting her Laptop into a Port on my Netcomm1300 Plus4 ADSL modem. Line runs at 1500 / 256 Laptop will connect to internet and browse quite OK. Procedure to get to remote Desktop : Click on VPN connect icon on Laptop it asks for a Password Password is entered and the Laptop should access the San Diego site. A connected indication shows OK CLICK On Laptop Remote DesKtop CONNECTION ICON which should send data into the server at SD and cause the daughter's PC Desktop screen to appear with a Login screen We get nothing ... just a blank screen ... ! ** Laptop is OK, as it will access the remote desktop from my next door neighbour port on 4 port Router/modem , also from a PC shop ethernet and from a Macdonalds wireless connection. So problem should be due to ISP (ISP has fobbed us off to their specialist staff who are available Wednesday !) OR settings in my ADSL modem. QUESTION :Does anybody know if we need special settings in the ADSL modem to run the VPN and remote Desktop. Help would be most appreciated Thanks in advance Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Hello From A New Member
Welcome Denis I find with Entourage that although the link looks dead when you paste it in it comes alive again when received. This will depend on the the email client used to read the email of course. Regards Greg From: Pauline and Dennis Rowley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:13:12 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Hello From A New Member Hi all, My name is Dennis, I am new to your group ( yesterday) and also totally new to the Mac experience. I am really looking forward to a new learning experience, but I can see it is going to be a sharp learning curve for me. I am hoping you will forgive me if I begin by asking a question on my first post. I am using Entourage as my mail program and have found that when I cut and paste live links from received emails into an email body for resending, they arrive as dead links, very often I do need to send off several links in one email , in fact I need to do it again today. Is there anyone who may be able to advise me on this one? Many Thanks Dennis -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Demise of IE5 and BBC School Website Help
Reg Two things spring to mind. It is possible that the BBC site detects the browser and makes an arbitrary decision that Safari 1.3.1 is too old and won't continue. In this case, try using Safari enhancer which activates the debug menu in Safari. Then you can reload the page pretending to be any browser type you like. If it still doesn't work then it might well be that it doesn't work with Safari 1.3.1 or ... You may need to upgrade the version of Flash that you have. Download the latest version and see if that helps. Good luck Greg From: Reg Whitely [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 11:07:38 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Demise of IE5 and BBC School Website Help Hi WAMUGgers Following on from yesterday's discussion about the demise of IE5 I came across an interesting situation. We've just 'kidnapped' our 3 Perth grandchildren and brought them up here to sunny Gero for Christmas. Clever Reg decides that they should all be able to access BBC Schools website and play the many good educational games therein. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ and specifically for this post http:// www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/. Accessing this from my PowerBook running Tiger and Safari 2.0.2 works well, but on the iMac and iBook, both running Panther and Safari 1.3.1 - no go. Click on Flick's Adventures, then Looping the Loop and up comes the message You are using an old browser version and we cannot effectively show you the Flash Movie. To play the game please upgrade your Netscape browser here or your Internet Explorer browser here. Clicking on the Netscape link http://wp.netscape.com/download/ 0730101/1-en_qual.html opens up the option to download Mac 68K (OS 7.6.1 and higher), Mac 68K and Mac PowerPC. This link allows me to download the latest version, 4.78! The Microsoft link www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en leads me on a merry chase, eventiually ending with the option to download IE 5.2.3. Well I never! what a choice, especially with IE5 about to be shot between the eyes. Clever Reg then thinks, aha I'll get the latest Safari from Apple, only to get a stern lecture from the installer that it will only run in Tiger (NO I don't intend upgrading them both to Tiger with 4 big sleeps until Christmas!). So over to Firefox I go www.mozilla.com and download 1.5. It works perfectly out of the box, Panther and all. So the big question is, what's wrong with Safari 1.3.1? Is there a later Panther Safari update that can overcome this problem? What should I tell the nice people at the BBC archives? As I said, only 4 big sleeps until Christmas. Enjoy them! Reg, Elaine and 4 happy grandies (Don't leave our Geraldton one out!) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Router doubling?
Paul Absolutely. But no need for a router - a switch or a hub will do just nicely. But when you say long, no longer than 100m otherwise you go out of spec for Ethernet. Cheers Greg From: Paul Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:46:09 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Router doubling? I want to connect a Mac in a distant part of the house via ethernet to a router which is by the main broadband-connected computer. No problems in this. But I would like to know if it is possible to put a second router at the end of that single long ethernet line to accommodate another distant computer? In other words two Macs sharing the one line to the main router. Kind regards, Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: bin file
Peter If it is firmware for you Sipura then it is likely that the .bin file is the firmware file. We are doing a fair bit of work with the Linksys PAP2 which has Sipura firmware and the files are .bin. Check with Sipura or you VoIP provider to confirm. Regards Greg From: Peter Sealy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:58:10 +1100 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: bin file On 16/11/2005, at 11:01 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: On 16/11/2005, at 4:27 AM, Peter Sealy wrote: I have a .bin file which Stuffit Expander [v9 and v10] will not open, saying the file is not encoded or compressed. I am sure it is a compressed file. Any other ways to try to open the file? Cheers . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA Have you tried Stuffit Deluxe? A bit of a stretch, since there's not much that SE won't open. Where did the file come from? Are you sure that the file is in good condition, and that it was compressed without errors in the first place (assuming it actually is a compressed file)... and many other questions. Thanks Peter No I have not tried Stuffit Deluxe because it is my understanding that the app Stuffit Expander within Stuffit Deluxe is the same as a stand alone Expander. Wrong? I have no need to buy Stuffit deluxe as I never stuff files and the free Stuffit Exp does the file opening requirements I do need. The file I am trying to obtain is the firmware upgrade 3.1.7 for my Sipura 3000 VOIP unit. This file is a download from http:// www.sipura.com/support/index.htm which gives a zip file which expands to an exe file and a .bin file. It is the latter i am trying to open. I have no trouble opening other files with my versions of Stuffit Expander so I assume Stuffit Exp is not the problem. Indeed the zip file is expanded by the same Stuffit Exp. Many other folk have downloaded, expanded and then installed that file without trouble [subscribers to a Whirlpool forum]. My first thought was that I had a corrupt download but then firstly the zip file would not have opened [which it did so] and secondly other users would have reported the same problem [which was not the case]. I have repeated the download from that web site several times over the last two days with the same result. Thus I seem to be stonewalled and I am looking for another app which will open a .bin file. Any further thoughts? . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: bin file
Peter What I'm saying is that it doesn't need to be opened or decompressed. It is the binary file that loads on to the Sipura - as is. I haven't personally performed a firmware upgrade but I am reliably informed you use the web interface, click the browse button on the upgrade page to select the .bin file (on your Mac) and voila! This is how we do it on the Linksys PAP2 which, as I said, uses the same or similar firmware. I hope this works. Cheers Greg From: Peter Sealy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:58:03 +1100 To: Greg Pennefather [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: bin file On 16/11/2005, at 2:08 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Peter If it is firmware for you Sipura then it is likely that the .bin file is the firmware file. We are doing a fair bit of work with the Linksys PAP2 which has Sipura firmware and the files are .bin. Check with Sipura or you VoIP provider to confirm. Regards Greg Greg Thanks. Yes, I know that the firmware file is the .bin file. But I can not open/decompress it so I can install it. . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
Re: Router doubling?
Paul Switches are better generally but in your case it won't matter - but get a switch anyway. You might even struggle to find a hub these days. Neither is passive ie. Both will require power. And 15m is just fine. Just make sure when you connect it all up that you plug the router into the uplink (or similar) or MDI/MDIX port on the switch. Some switches have a button to change between MDI/MDIX - use the position that turns the link light on on both the switch and the router. Or simply use a crossover cable. Cheers Greg From: Paul Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:38:19 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Router doubling? On 16/11/05 9:58 AM, Greg Pennefather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul Absolutely. But no need for a router - a switch or a hub will do just nicely. But when you say long, no longer than 100m otherwise you go out of spec for Ethernet. Cheers Greg I want to connect a Mac in a distant part of the house via ethernet to a router which is by the main broadband-connected computer. No problems in this. But I would like to know if it is possible to put a second router at the end of that single long ethernet line to accommodate another distant computer? In other words two Macs sharing the one line to the main router. Kind regards, Paul OK. Hub or switch? Vich vun is der best? I don't know the difference. Are either passive, like not needing external power? Only two computers would be involved at the end of the run, which is at a guess about 15 metres from the router/modem. Cheers, Paul. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Data Transfer
Tony Try out the Migration Assistant in the utilities folder on PB 2. I used it recently to move from one PB to another. It was completely pain free. There is only limited control but it should be enough for most cases. Good luck Greg From: Metal Artwork Creations [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:35:39 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Data Transfer PowerBook No1 has all client files in folders A-L and M-Z (Sorry re simplicity) and runs 10.3.9 PowerBook No2 has been used to trial all my applications using 10.4.3 - there are no problems. I have PowerBook No1 cloned (via Super Dooper) to an external FW dive. I am now ready to move across to PowerBook No2. Can I simply Option Copy Drag the folders, A-L and M-Z on Fire Wire Drive, to No2 and, if so, what is the accepted correct folder for these documents on No2. Tony Wilson 27 Ambridge St Hamersley WA 6022 Tel 08 9448 1517 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: StateWest online
It is likely that the reason the new window does not appear is because Safari is blocking pop up windows. Try turning this off in the Safari menu or by typing cmd-k. I discovered this when using the Bankwest site and switching (momentarily) to Firefox. Firefox asked me if I wanted to allow the particular site to bring up pop ups - a nice little feature. Bankwest produces a pop up when you want to view past statements and Safari just wouldn't do it. Turn block pop ups off and it works like a champ. Hope this helps Cheers Greg From: Mervyn Giuliana Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 20:59:51 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: StateWest online Thanks John. I can print the transaction page directly from File - Print in the browser. However, within the transaction window is a print button. In the past, clicking that would produce a new window that looked like a bank statement of the one's transactions. One would then go to the browsers File - Print and produce this latter window. Is that what you get and print? Merv At 7:47 PM +0800 8/11/05, John Daniels wrote: Merv Using Safari I double clicked the a/c number then File and Print largest frame - no problem, it printed. At 6:21 PM +0800 8/11/05, Mervyn Giuliana Bond wrote: I use the My Teller facility to do online banking with StateWest. Recently they changed their system to one called Phoenix. Since the changeover I can still access my account but when in the detailed listing of transactions a click on the Print icon produces no result. Using IE 5.2.3 on a G4 iMac with OSX 10.2.8. Safari gives better rendering but button not functional. Anyone else experience this? Merv -- Science teaches that we must see in order to believe, but we must also believe in order to see. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Safari - secure connections fail
Sorry Robert, I should have been more specific. I could connect to the BankWest site but not bring up the online banking site. When I clicked on the Logon button I got the error. But I'm all fixed now. At least until something else breaks on my poor old (4 years old) Ti PB 550. I have a new 15 PB on order - can't wait 'til it arrives :-) Cheers Greg P.S. I read a headline somewhere today that iiNet implemented a new email system on the weekend and it turned to custard causing a meltdown in their call centre. Perhaps that's what the level 2 and 3 faults are. From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:45:10 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Safari - secure connections fail On 31/10/2005, at 7:27 PM, Stephen Chape wrote: Not with you on the Bankwest site Greg ?? That got the scare bits running ... You are right in one way with Safari you do not see the Bankwest Secure screen URL and hence you do not see https although it does show you the closed padlock . In firefox the logon screen does show the internet address which does start with https: Relaxed again now Bob It does not have an https prefix just http On 31/10/2005, at 11:38 AM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Dear all Since yesterday I have not been able to connect to web sites using https. Safari reports that it can't make a secure connection. The 2 sites I have tried are Bankwest and eTrade. I connect to these sites daily and they have been working fine for years. I have used Firefox 1.5 to connect successfully to both. I have restarted my Ti PB 550 running OS X 10.3.9 and repaired permissions with no improvement. Does anyone have any ideas how to get this working again? Or why it would have stopped yesterday given that I haven't changed anything on my machine? Thanks for your help Regards Greg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Safari - secure connections fail
Dear all Since yesterday I have not been able to connect to web sites using https. Safari reports that it can't make a secure connection. The 2 sites I have tried are Bankwest and eTrade. I connect to these sites daily and they have been working fine for years. I have used Firefox 1.5 to connect successfully to both. I have restarted my Ti PB 550 running OS X 10.3.9 and repaired permissions with no improvement. Does anyone have any ideas how to get this working again? Or why it would have stopped yesterday given that I haven't changed anything on my machine? Thanks for your help Regards Greg
Re: Safari - secure connections fail
Just to let the list know ... I posted my problem on the Apple Discussion Forum and just received an answer. This fixed the problem. So, if anyone is having this problem or has it in the future, here is the solution kindly provided by Jeff Calebaugh This is a frequently reported problem. Hope Apple takes notice soon. Move the file named System.Keychain in /Library/Keychains/ folder to your desktop; Restart your computer. Your computer will generate a new System.Keychain. Run Keychain First Aid (Keychain AccessWindowKeychain First Aid) If that solves your problem, trash the keychain on your desktop. Worked for me. Hope it works for you. Jeff Regards Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:25:00 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Safari - secure connections fail On 31/10/2005, at 11:38 AM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Dear all Since yesterday I have not been able to connect to web sites using https. Safari reports that it can't make a secure connection. The 2 sites I have tried are Bankwest and eTrade. I connect to these sites daily and they have been working fine for years. Sometimes ... a file in Cache , or a Cookie can be corrupt to effect how the Browser works . So go to Safari drop down menu and Empty Cache and go to Safari preferences - Security - Show Cookies - Remove All then DO a RESTART . Be advised that Removing all cookies will require you to setup again at some sites which you used to get to automatically . !! ?? The only other thing I can think of is with Java you may need to clear preferences there. Also it would be good to scan for Virus etc Bob I have used Firefox 1.5 to connect successfully to both. I have restarted my Ti PB 550 running OS X 10.3.9 and repaired permissions with no improvement. Does anyone have any ideas how to get this working again? Or why it would have stopped yesterday given that I haven't changed anything on my machine? Thanks for your help Regards Greg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Safari quits again
The old chestnuts should also be tried if you haven't already 1. Repair permissions 2. Boot from OS X CD and, using Disk Utility, repair the disk 3. Zap PRAM 4. Use Disk Warrior You might also clear out your favicons. I think Safari Speedup (?) will do that Cheers Greg From: Eugene [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:07:50 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Safari quits again Hi Bob, already emptied the cache and deleted preferences. Just did the cookies. Still quits on start up. Thanks for the suggestions. regards Eugene On 27/10/2005, at 9:51 AM, Robert Howells wrote: On 27/10/2005, at 9:38 AM, Eugene wrote: Hi all, this has happened before. Software update suggests updating security patches etc. After the update and restart Safari quits and refuses to work. Last time I needed to do a Java update to cure it. This time no luck. Any suggestions? OS X 10.3.9 Safari 1.3.1 regards Eugene You do not say that you have done this ... 1 Empty Cache 2 Preferences - Security - Show cookies- Remove all and then restart . say again.. Restart Bob Could help ... I have had that situation on odd occasions long while ago -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: internet connect prompt
Peter Just make certain you don't have Connect using PPPoE checked in the PPPoE tab in Network Settings. Also check that you haven't configured a VPN in Internet Connect. Perhaps you could provide some detail about the prompt you are getting eg. what application is giving you the prompt (check in the dock or read off the application menu next to the Apple menu), what is the full text in the dialogue box etc Cheers Greg From: Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 08:26:54 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: internet connect prompt On 06/10/2005, at 11:12 PM, KEVIN Lock wrote: David, Thank you for your reply. At 12:38 AM +1000 7/10/05, choy wrote: Kevin, As others have mentioned, we need to know how you're connecting to the internet - if you are connecting via ADSL, John's point might be appropriate. The eMac in question is linked through a 5 port switch to another eMac connected to the net by an ethernet DSL-300 modem. The main eMac doesn't have a connection prompt, but the linked one does get the prompt. It is not a great problem, but one I could do without. Have you tried deactivating the Modem Interface in the Network Preference Panel on the problem eMac? (System Preferences Network Show: Network Port Configuartions Internal Modem) -- Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Fax (618) 9332 0913 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Powerbook G4
Try resetting the power management unit (PMU) - there are articles on how to do this on the Apple support web site. Also, reset PRAM by holding down cmd-opt-p-r when booting. I also recall seeing some articles on PB G4s not waking from sleep - have a search for those as well. Cheers Greg From: Rob Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:22:14 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Powerbook G4 Sometimes my power supply just stops charging. I pull it out of the socket and plug it in again. It works again. Once before, the sleep switch connected to the locking catch on the lid was faulty. I tried opening and closing several times. Rob Sounds like the battery didn't charge for some reason. Does it start up when you have it plugged in to the mains? Have experience of laptops not starting up at all if battery power too low. Quoting Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is the AC adaptor showing green or orange or no light (maybe you've lost mains power)? maybe dead battery but if on AC this shouldn't matter without going in depth but have you tried removing the battery and the external power supply (OK so this will power off the machine rather than wake it but) seen this with sleep when screen savers or programs have hung when the machine goes to sleep or wakes up also using external drives that have been disconnected or powered down and also with wireless connections that are no longer available - also faulty/dying logic boards cause this but My PowerBook G4 has been sleeping all night plugged into the power but this morning it will not wake from sleep. I've touched all the keys, space bars etc and removed and reinserted the battery all to no avail. Pressed and held the on/off button for 15 seconds or so but nothing happens. The little blue indicator light is on and pulsing slowly. The battery only shows one light when I press the little button. Should it show more and is this important if the AC power is on? Any suggestions? Lloyd - -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph# 61-8-6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) Ubi fumus, ibi fumus -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- --- Dr Rob Phillips, Educational Designer,[EMAIL PROTECTED] Room 4.38 Teaching and Learning Centre, Library North Wing Murdoch University, South St, Murdoch, 6150, Perth, Australia Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 Executive Member, Australasian Council on Open, Distance and E-learning (ACODE) Want info about ICT in education? http://lists.murdoch.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/online-tl --- -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: iBook won't start from DiskWarrior CD
Go to the Alsoft web site and log a fault report. I did this and they got back to me pretty quickly. I had a similar problem but booting from an external FW DVD drive. My problem was that the DW CD probably didn't have drivers for my DVD player (LaCie) and yours might be similar although I would have thought DW would have drivers for all Apple internal drives. If you have another Mac (sounds like you do) and a FW cable, start the iBook up in target disk mode (hold down the T key while booting until the FW symbol appears on the screen) and plug into the other Mac. Then install DW on the other Mac and check the iBook disk from there. Worked a treat for me. Regards Greg From: J Philippe Chaperon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:04:49 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: iBook won't start from DiskWarrior CD Dear WAMUG'ers, I have been trying to start my daughter's 14 iBook from DiskWarrior CD without any luck. I did the usual start with the 'C' key pressed, the CD drive would run briefly resulting in the apple graphics, then the machine would hang. The laptop is running OS X 10.3.6, and I have tried to boot from DW 3.0.1, 3.0.2 3.0.3 all with the same result - the apple graphic would come, then after a brief moment the CD reader would stop and the machine hangs. The iBook would happily boot-up from the Apple install DVD without problems. I've run the usual Daily, Weekly, Monthly maintenance scripts (CRON), repair permissions, and also run Disk Utility, after booting from the Install DVD. The problem seems to be elsewhere. Any idea what else I can do? By the way, I can boot my G5 from these CDs without any problem. Many thanks, Philippe -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: airport on a windows network
Mike Have a read of this article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106424 From memory, you have to prefix the password to join a 3rd party wireless network (non Airport base station). There are quite a few other articles on the Apple Airport support site too at http://www.apple.com/support/airport/ Cheers Greg From: Michael Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2005 12:26:52 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: airport on a windows network Hi Guys, I'm trying to make my new ibook airport card see my 802.11b netgear wireless, it just doesn't seem to know it's there! I've been trying the airport setup wizards, and they ask if I'd like to connect to an existing airport network, and no other relevant options..I'm new at this. but can anyone of you guru's who've delt with this give me some advice. Thanks in advance Mike oh, I'm using wep encription aswell -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Epson Stylus 740 printer
Also try repairing permissions. I sometimes have trouble printing and it's because the permissions in the spool directory have been addled. Cheers Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 11:43:25 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Epson Stylus 740 printer On 01/09/2005, at 11:32 AM, Lloyd White wrote: Epson Stylus 740 printer. The above printer has gone on strike. Has ink and seems to function but nothing is printed despite all sorts of head cleaning. So have you checked out your Printer software and Printer setup ? Bob, Also Cord , turmed power off /.on tried a different Printer outlet from Mac Can anyone recommend someone who repairs them. With new printers so cheap these days it is probably not worth the repair costs but there may be someone out there I could take it to for advice. Lloyd -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Wanted: Command Conquer Mac Discs
You can also buy repair kits at CD/DVD shops from about $10. Not sure if they're as good as the Video store though. Cheers Greg From: Paul Doyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:04:22 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Wanted: Command Conquer Mac Discs Hi Matt, The local Video Ezy store offered to repair any scratched CDs or DVDs I have. Apparently they have some sort of polishing machine that they use when rental disks get scratched. Might be worth asking your local store if they are willing to have a go at your disks. Cheers Paul On 29/08/2005, at 9:55 PM, Matthew Healey wrote: Hi All, I tried to fire up an old game of Command Conquer (The original MacOS 8 game) only to find that my original discs were scratched. (I thought CD's were supposed to be indestructible.) Does anyone have an old copy of the game they would be willing to sell me, or burn me a copy of the two discs? - Matt -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Archives Access
Dear All Sorry to trouble the list with an oft asked question, but the archives seem to be off line at the moment. I'd check the archives for articles about the archives but ... Anyway, I was after the helpful info on the dictionary file in OS X. Would somebody please tell me where it is and where I can download the front end to it that one of the members wrote. Thanks Greg
Re: Archives Access
Thanks Robert. Laurie put me right too. But the reason I posted was because I was getting an error on the web site when I followed the links - I think the item missing from the URL was the port number. Thanks again Cheers Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 12:09:26 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Archives Access On 16/08/2005, at 9:39 AM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Dear All Sorry to trouble the list with an oft asked question, but the archives seem to be off line at the moment. I'd check the archives for articles about the archives but ... Anyway, I was after the helpful info on the dictionary file in OS X. Would somebody please tell me where it is and where I can download the front end to it that one of the members wrote. Thanks Greg Archive works for me at :- http://wamug.org.au:8100/Lists/wamug/List.html Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: .hqx
Or, more accurately, de-binhex. But, yes, Suffit will almost certainly de-binhex the file. Cheers Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:59:33 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: .hqx On 01/08/2005, at 5:52 PM, Malcolm J McCallum wrote: Can someone tell me please what I need to read a .hqx file. :-) Mac Failing all else drop it onto Stuffit expander and it should UNSTUFF Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Dark Castle [was[freecycleperth] OFFER: Old Macs (Salter Point)]
Just for you Dark Castle fans out there ... Return to Dark Castle is available free for OS X (check Versiontracker) and I believe it contains all of the Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle level plus new ones. It's in colour and should run on current Macs. I played it a year or 2 ago and it was great to go back to it. A truly great little game. Cheers Greg From: Andrew W. Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 13:46:56 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Fwd: [freecycleperth] OFFER: Old Macs (Salter Point) Hi... Got this from the Freecycle list if anyone's interested. Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] *grin* First priority to WAMUGgers :) Got some SEs, perhaps even with ethernet. They're great for playing Dark Castle on (it runs a custom system and doesn't run on too many newer machines). Andrew -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Dial-Up Using Airport?
Kevin The first thing that jumps out at me is that the Airport thinks it is connected to the Internet via Ethernet. So it is unlikely it will try to establish another connection to the Internet if it thinks it's already connected! So, I'm wondering if you have the WAN port plugged into a switch or hub - that would make the Airport think it is connected to the Internet. Make sure your local network is connected to the LAN port, not the WAN port. Then, in the Internet tab of the Airport Config Utility, select Modem from the Connect Using menu. Enter your ISP details and away you go. Hope this helps Cheers Greg From: Kevin Phyland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:34:39 -0700 (PDT) To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Dial-Up Using Airport? Hi every1, This is probably old-hat but I'm a bit stuck trying to connect wirelessly using a new (i.e. unconfigured) Airport Extreme to my dial-up ISP. The Airport Extreme has a phone port to which I connected the phone line. My iBook (G3 - 600 MHz - system 10.3.8) detects a strong signal from the Airport when switched on but insists on telling me I am connected via Ethernet which I clearly am not. I cannot figure out how to configure the Airport so that it will dial-up my ISP. The software that came with the Airport is a bit old (it keeps asking me to download an update, which I am doing at the moment) but am I just missing something very basic here? I just want to be able to log onto the internet from my office without using the current 50m of phone cable. I have tried Airport Setup Assistant and Airport Admin Utility without success - it tells me that it cannot detect anything connected to the Airport - and since I haven't been able to dial-up yet it's probably right! :) Cheers, Kevin from wycheproof. P.S. I assume the Airport Extreme contains a modem? Is the problem getting my settings from the iBook's internal modem to the Airport's inbuilt modem? ___ Check-out GO.com GO get your free GO E-Mail account with expanded storage of 6 MB! http://mail.go.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Size of PDFs created under OSX
Also have a look at PDF Shrink on Versiontracker for the demo and the vendor's web site. I use a couple of tools for PDFs, the wonderful and free Combine PDFs (specially useful if you print from a Word document with multiple sections) and PDF Shrink to reduce the size if you have graphics, lots of fonts or anything else that makes the PDF large. You can also look at PDFLab - it does much the same as Combine PDFs but is more powerful (and correspondingly harder to use). For the casual user these tools are much cheaper than buying Acrobat. The only things missing are a tool to apply security and one to edit/markup. Cheers Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 14:25:59 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Size of PDFs created under OSX Hi, We were asked to turn a PC-using friend's MSoft Word docs into PDFs to make them smaller (she needs to email them to multiple recipients). However, the PDF created by printing under OSX (10.2.8) is much larger (5.2Mb) than the original Word document (2.6Mb). We tried the same file on our other Mac (OS10.3.3) and produced a slightly smaller file (5.1Mb). Does anyone know if this is standard for PDFs created in this way, and if Acrobat produces smaller PDFs than those created under OSX? Yes, have a look at PDF compress: http://www.metaobject.com/Products.html Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Ethernet and a PowerMac 5500 Mac OS 8.1
Yvonne First thing to check is that you have the Ethertalk extension loaded. Either turn it on in extensions manager (remember that!) or load it off you install disks. If you don't have it try searching on Google for somewhere that will let you download it. Try the Realtek driver for MacOS available at http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloads1-3.aspx?series=16Software=Tru e this is for 8.5 and above but is worth a try. Good luck Greg From: Yvonne Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 09:56:45 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Ethernet and a PowerMac 5500 Mac OS 8.1 Hi everyone I am hoping that a technically minded person might be able to point me in the right direction. I am attempting to connect my PowerMac to a NetComm Ethernet ADSL Modem Router. I already have achieved this with my trusty PowerBook running OS X.3 so I know the router is okay. The PowerMac I am trying to connect via ethernet was okay when I was using a dial-up connection but I want to use it on ADSL as a standby machine. I can't afford to update this old banger but it has 80Mb memory. Even though it may be slow, I'm quite happy with that! The rest of the story follows... I have a PowerMac 5500/225 running Mac OS 8.1. The machine now has a PCI ethernet card installed, Realtek 8139 chipset. I have updated Apple System Profiler to version 2.1.2 and can now see the PCI device in the Volumes and Devices listing. The Realtek site supplied the driver for the Realtek 8139 chipset but I'm thinking the driver is not compatible with MacOS 8.1. I cannot find the card listed in Appletalk and TCP/IP. Current versions of these are Appletalk 1.1 (though the listing in the Appletalk Info dialogue box suggests Appletalk 1.3 and the Appletalk Driver 60.2 together with Open Transport 1.3). TCP/IP version 1.3.1. I have attempted to follow the directions given with the card but to no avail. Could anyone suggest other extensions/drivers that I may need to update in order to find the following happening: 1. In the control panels Appletalk dropdown list - a slot where the ethernet adapter is listed. At present I still see only Printer Port and Modem Port. 2. In the Control panels TCP/IP dropdown list box showing available connections again a slot where the ethernet adapter is listed. At present I see only PPP and AppleTalk (MacIP). Your help and advice would be gratefully received. Regards Yvonne Harrison -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Wireless/wired data transfer
Matt First things first - try to isolate the problem. Plug the 2 Macs into the Netcom modem and try the file copy, then plug them both into the Linksys, then one in the Netcom and one in the Linksys. If all works well then it is a wireless problem. So, turn off the Airport Express (APE) and connect the PB to the Linksys wireless network and try the file copy, the turn off the Linksys, plug the APE and Mini into the Netcom and use the APE wireless for the PB and try the copy. If all of this works it would seem likely to be the interaction between the Linksys and the APE - perhaps configuration, perhaps standards incompatibility. Good luck Cheers Greg From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 15:07:20 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Wireless/wired data transfer Hi all, Recently added a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router to my home ADSL network (Netcomm 1300 plus 4 modem) and then successfully managed to configure an Airport Express (using WDS) to extended its range. I now have a Mini Mac connected directly via ethernet to the Linksys router, and a latest model G4 powerbook connected wirelessly to the network via the Airport Express. Both running Tiger 10.4.1. 98% of things have worked fine since configuring this setup. The one major problem I have experienced is during file transfers using Finder between these two machines. Invariably, file transfers will stall mid-transfer, often causing Finder to have a conniption that force quit or kill via Terminal sometimes won't even solve. Not all file transfers fail in this manner, but most do, and the problem exists when attempting to transfer files in either direction. As far as I can tell the problem also appears to be independent of the type of file transferred. The one solution I have found is to zip the file before transfer (data/resource fork issue?). However, having to zip large (i.e 200MB) files before transferring is hardly ideal, so I'm on the hunt for a more permanent solution. Anyone have any experiences to share? I haven't been able to find much (read anything) on this specific problem at all despite a pretty extensive web search. If anyone has anything to shed on the matter it would be most helpful. I appreciate that there are a number of links in this transfer chain so any information could potentially be of use. Cheers, Matt. - Matt Huitson School of Psychology University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley, WA 6009 Australia Work +61 8 6488 3639 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Stolen Al PB 1.25GHz
Dear All We have some guys over from the US to help us with our business and the first night they were here one of them had their Al PB 1.25GHz stolen - not the greatest introduction to Perth. Anyway, if anyone comes across one of these being offered from a dodgy source I'd appreciate it on their behalf if you would let me know. The S/N is v7407424nrx Many thanks Greg
Re: Stolen Al PB 1.25GHz
Thanks Shay, I'll get them to call it in. Cheers Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:48:40 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Stolen Al PB 1.25GHz Dear All We have some guys over from the US to help us with our business and the first night they were here one of them had their Al PB 1.25GHz stolen - not the greatest introduction to Perth. Anyway, if anyone comes across one of these being offered from a dodgy source I'd appreciate it on their behalf if you would let me know. The S/N is v7407424nrx Many thanks Greg Make sure they've called Apple on 133-622 and reported the serial number as stolen, just in case it gets sent in for servicing. Also check eBay :( Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: ibook not charging
Toby Before replacing the battery try resetting the power management unit (PMU). For instructions go to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449 There are also a few battery utilities available a sites like Versiontracker that might help in diagnosis or in recalibrating your battery if you are able to recover it. Hope this works Cheers Greg From: Toby Oldham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 15:00:48 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: ibook not charging Hi all, I've got a 700mhz G3 iBook here (256 megs o' RAM, OS 10.4.1 installed) - system profiler says there's a battery installed, but that it isn't charging (despite being plugged into the mains). Evidence to suggest SP is telling the truth? every time I unplug the sucker the machine turns off and resets the date time. I was going to take it to an Apple store and see if they have a replacement battery I can test it with ... The mains adaptor is glowing orange instead of green - is that further confirmation it isn't charging? Cheers, Tobes. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Billion 5100 and iChat AV?
Sorry to all for coming into this halfway but it sounds like some of you are having trouble with the type of NAT (network address translation) your various routers/modems use. For any application needing to contact another client behind a NAT or be contacted behind a NAT there needs to be a mechanism to traverse that NAT. Not all NATs are the same. Some are full cone NATs that are reasonably easy to traverse, some are restricted cone which are somewhat harder and then there are symmetric NATs which are very difficult and usually require some hardware on the Internet called a session border controller. The various NAT traversal mechanisms used can cause crashing on different routers/modems. We are going to launch a VoIP telephone service in the next 3 months or so and, as part of our preparation, we have tested about 20 of the most common ADSL modems/routers. We have found similar problems with some and have had to upgrade firmware and approach manufacturers with the problems to try to find a solution. Some of the routers/modems even crashed our STUN server (used for the NAT traversal) - so it is a bit of a new area for some vendors and service providers. If you are interested, check out the terrific article in the IP Journal by Geoff Huston at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/about/ac123/ac147/archived_issues/ipj_7-3/index.h tml Sorry there's no solution here but it gives you some idea of what may be happening. Regards Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:39:12 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Billion 5100 and iChat AV? Good chance it might be like the Dlink I had. Everytime I would try audio chat, the router would crash. I have swapped to a Netgear and have no trouble with audio chat. Any chance you have another router or modem to try? Yes, my D-Link has the same problem, despite the firmware updates and DNS changes recommended by various sources. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge http://public.xdi.org/=Shayfnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: FTP through Tiger Server Firewall problem
I just had a look at the firewall setting available on my TiPB 550 running 10.3.9. The ftp access option says FTP Access (20-21, 1024-65535 from 20-21) if that is of any use. My background is in Cisco routers and their access lists allow for established TCP connections regardless of port numbers. So passive ftp worked well if you allowed ftp but still stuffed up normal ftp unless all ports above 1023 were permitted. It was painful and less secure to have to open up all of the ports that are not well known Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Cheers Greg From: Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:56:23 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: FTP through Tiger Server Firewall problem From: Greg Pennefather [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the FTP client is able to connect and issue commands but then doesn't get any response, then using a passive ftp client and server is the answer. FTP has always been a problem for firewalls and that's why passive mode clients were introduced. Thanks for the suggestions Rob and Greg, but we are already using passive ftp from both dedicated FTP clients and from within web browsers like Safari and they all fail to download the files off the server when the built-in firewall in Tiger Server is enabled despite supposedly enabling FTP in the firewall's allow list. As a test, instead of trying to set up an Advanced Rule along the lines of: ALLOW If protocol is TCP and source port is 20,21 and destination port is 1024-65535 I just opened ports 1024-65535 to FTP and it all worked. However, that is a big swathe of ports to open without the if ports 20,21 are the source criteria so I'll keep looking. Apples docs at this detail are pretty poor :-( -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: FTP through Tiger Server Firewall problem
If the FTP client is able to connect and issue commands but then doesn't get any response, then using a passive ftp client and server is the answer. FTP has always been a problem for firewalls and that's why passive mode clients were introduced. It's been a long time since I looked at this but, from memory, it's because the ftp server opens up a new tcp connection from itself to the client to transmit data be it a directory listing or a file transfer. It does something like use port 20 (or 21, can't remember) as the source port and the client's source port as the destination and firewalls won't let it through. Passive clients (and servers) use the existing tcp connection to send commands and data. Hope this helps Cheers Greg From: Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 10:54:18 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: FTP through Tiger Server Firewall problem Anyone else struck the problem of trying to enable FTP traffic through the Firewall in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger Server? I've just installed Tiger Server on one of our G5 Xserves (Dual 2 GHz G5, 1GB RAM 1.2TB HD) and as soon as I turn on the Firewall, FTP clients can't connect and download files despite ticking the allow traffic for FTP Service ports 20-21 check box. I came across this discussion at http://discussions.info.apple.com/: The internal firewall settings have changed from 10.3 to 10.4. Here is the problem (from another thread): firewall (ipfw) is preventing ftp client from using a server assigned port. When ftp client on MacOSX connects to a server, a server assigns a local port number, which are in unprivileged IP range. The firewall on MacOS Tiger prevents the ftp client to connect back to the assigned port range. In another words, communication fails after initial handshake between ftp client and ftpd is complete (and this problem only occurs when ftp client is trying to connect a ftp server that uses IP_PORTRANGE feature. The rule that was used in the 10.3 firewall was: ALLOW If protocol is TCP and source port is 20,21 and destination port is 1024-65535 and packet is incoming and packet is incoming. The client computer will need to add this rule using a program like WEBMIN or BRICKHOUSE, or it will be necessary to turn off the firewall whenever FTP facility is desired. Unless there is a way of defeating the Host Portrange feature from the client. Kori So it looks like I'm not alone. I tried manually creating a new Advanced Rule to ALLOW If protocol is TCP and source port is 20,21 and destination port is 1024-65535 as mentioned above but haven't had any success yet. Any suggestions? -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: word to pdf
Chris Yes, I've come across this one and it's easily solved. Print to PDF will always split a Word file at a section break but will see in the directory you save the file to that there are other files with the same name with numbers added eg printfile.pdf, priintfile1.pdf, printfile2.pdf etc depending on how many sections your document has. To make a single file of them download CombinePDF from versiontracker or similar. Bring the files in to CombinePDF and save to one - it's a great little utility, really easy to use and free! PDFLab will do the same but is more complicated to use - on the other hand it is more powerful. Cheers Greg From: Chris Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 22:01:27 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: word to pdf Hi everyone For the last hour I have been trying to save a 20 page doc from word X (G5 with 10.3.8) to PDF, so I can send to a client. I have been using print to pdf. It works ok with other docs I have. There is no worries with the first 12 pages, but then it stops. the reason I think is that there is a section break which corresponds to the start of some landscape pages with a table on them. Sure enough, I check my folder and half the doc is in pdf format, but without the attached landscape tables. Has anyone overcome this problem and can let me know what to do? Many thanks for any help regards chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Set Top Box updates
Keith I see you've had some good suggestions so far. Martin's email on the PVR or DVR was great - I want one those but preferably a Tivo. However, if you're just in the market for the digital STB and are worried about firmware upgrades, you can spend a little more and opt for a model with the ability to upgrade through the air. When I was looking around over a year ago Panasonic had one available - I didn't do much investigation but it sounds like a solution. Not sure how it works though. Generally I highly recommend the digital boxes to anyone. Digital TV has to be the most undersold innovation in the past 50 years. The picture quality is sensational as is the sound. Most networks have dedicated guide channels and access to limited electronic program guides. I live in Freo in the lee of the hill and our reception was atrocious. Ships going in and out of the harbour affected the picture badly and we had ghosting and snow on all channels - SBS was next to useless. With the STB reception is perfect on all channels - the best $220 I ever spent although you can buy them for under $140 now. Even my luddite dad bought one after seeing mine. Now I just need the widescreen TV to take advantage of the widescreen feature so I can stop using the letter box mode. Cheers Greg From: Keith Feltham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 4 May 2005 16:47:25 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Set Top Box updates Our family are considering purchasing a Set Top Box in an attempt to improve the fringe-signal ghosting and snow that currently constitutes our TV picture. Most models advertise that they can be firmware updated for increased functionality, and they all say the same thing: Just download the .exe file, connect the RS232 to your computer's COM 1 port ... [Sigh] The joys of 2% market share. So how is everyone else dealing with this? Thanks. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Airport Extreme Interference
Chris Can you be a little more specific about what you mean when you say it doesn't work? Open Internet Connect and check the signal level to ensure your machine is still talking to the Airport. Then in the bottom of the Airport window in Internet Connect you will get information about whether you are connected to the Internet or not. I know that I get flaky performance sometimes on Airport (Snow base station) when I still have signal in the menu bar display but Internet Connect shows me my Internet connection keeps flapping. Have a quick look at that and let us know the results. We may be able to give more direction then. Cheers Greg From: Chris Griffiths [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 11:01:52 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Airport Extreme Interference Thanks Onno, I've put the laptop right next to the airport and it still doesn't work at the time when it seems to be some kind of interference. Regards Chris Griffiths On 29/04/2005, at 10:53 AM, Onno Benschop wrote: Chris Griffiths wrote: I'm wondering if there is a solution to this. When I first installed the airport extreme base station it worked perfectly. I could move my laptop around the 54sqm office get the internet etc. Then about 6 weeks ago the airport just dropped out and it would go on sometimes and off others. I recently had a techo come out and check it and he said all was fine and maybe there was someone in the area that is using a 2.4Ghz phone and that was rendering the airport useless. I get a few hours use at various times of the day but this is pretty much useless to me because I need to transfer files all the time. Does this mean the airport and the two airport cards that I bought were a waste of money? Or is there something I can do about it? Thanks in advance. Well, yes and no. My first test would be to see if the problem lies with the hardware itself. The best way to do that is to have the two devices close together (less than a meter) and see what gives. It is possible, though unlikely that a 2.4Ghz phone would cause all traffic to stop, because the whole point of the way they both work, the phone and your wireless gear is that they shift channels around if there is interference and both you and the phone would interfere with each other. The next test would be to change channels on all your wireless gear and see if that makes any difference. Finally, most wireless communications has no need to be running at maximum speed, in my case for example, the satellite link can at most provide 1Mbit, so my wireless gear doesn't have to run any faster than that. Slower wireless connections travel further and are more resistant to interference. Of course there are going to be some differing opinions on the above advise, but I suppose you have to start somewhere. I should also point out that I'm not a radio technician, and the above is a result of having fiddled for some years, not from any formal research or otherwise. (In other words, you're on your own and if you break it, you get to keep both parts.) -- Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S25°34'41 - E152°35'34 (Graham's Creek, QLD) -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Combo Drive
Dear All Ever since I upgraded to 10.3.6 (now at 10.3.9) the combo drive in my TiPB G4 550 won't read optical disks. It still burns them but won't read. So, does anyone have a dead PB with a combo drive they think works or a 2nd hand drive that they'd like to sell or swap? Thanks for any help. Cheers Greg
Re: Combo Drive
Thanks Bob - if it turns out to be a dirty lens, that would save me a good deal of hassle and expense. No one has suggested this to me before although I did think of it briefly a while ago. I'll try the lens cleaning disk. Thanks for your help. Cheers Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:35:06 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Combo Drive On 20/04/2005, at 12:22 PM, Greg Pennefather wrote: Dear All Ever since I upgraded to 10.3.6 (now at 10.3.9) the combo drive in my TiPB G4 550 won't read optical disks. That seems a bit too coincidental ! If it were true than a replacement of the same type would possibly have the same problem ! ? Now, I have never tried this, but I have read about problems with dirty lenses to the point that there are special lense cleaning CD disks ! ??? You may want to consider your options ! ? Bob It still burns them but won't read. So, does anyone have a dead PB with a combo drive they think works or a 2nd hand drive that they'd like to sell or swap? Thanks for any help. Cheers Greg -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Combo Drive
Thanks Daniel and Shay for your suggestions. I have previously tried to boot from a CD (Disk Warrior, OS X install and the Hardware Test Tool CDs) by holding down C and also the cmd-opt-del key combination to no avail. I just tried the PMU reset without luck too. Seems that the mechanism is looking for the place on the CD to start reading but can't find it. It doesn't spin up - at least not with any speed - as I don't hear the whirring of the spinning disk just the laser carriage moving back and forth. But it still burns!!! And it has to spin to do that!!! Bizarre. Thanks again for your help. This list is terrific. Cheers Greg From: Daniel Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:46:16 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Combo Drive On 20/04/2005 12:22 PM, Greg Pennefather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All Ever since I upgraded to 10.3.6 (now at 10.3.9) the combo drive in my TiPB G4 550 won't read optical disks. It still burns them but won't read. So, does anyone have a dead PB with a combo drive they think works or a 2nd hand drive that they'd like to sell or swap? Thanks for any help. Cheers Greg Also try seeing if you can boot off a CD, ie an OS9 or OSX Install CD. (Or DiskWarrior). If you can, restart (hold down C key) and boot off it (hopefully), then that shows that it's reading Disks alright, and more of a software/system problem. Hope that helps. Kind Regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: danielATmacwizardryDOTcomDOTau Web: http://www.macwizardry.com.au **For everything Macintosh** -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Entourage won't delete attachments from Exchange mailbox
Steve I'm sure I'll be but the first to tell you this. Once you have removed the attachments, the size of your mail file will not reduce until you rebuild it. To do so you need to quit all Office applications (eg Word, Excel) including Entourage. Then restart Entourage - once you have double clicked or clicked on it in the dock immediately hold down the option key. The database manager (or whatever it is called) will appear and offer you the option of rebuilding the database. One tip for the beginner - make sure you have emptied your deleted items folder in Entourage before the rebuild. Good luck Greg From: Stephen Jansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:17:55 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Entourage won't delete attachments from Exchange mailbox Hi all I'm running Entourage 2004 11.1.0 connected to a Microsoft Exchange server and I recently cleaned out my email attachments using the Message - Remove Attachments feature. For some reason the Exchange server still reports my mailbox size as it was before removing attachments - over a gigabyte! Should Entourage actually delete the attachments, or does it merely mark them as removed and leave the files on the server? This one has me stumped. Cheers Steve -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Printing in Classic via Wireless
It sounds like you router is routing between the switch ports and the wireless interface. Plenty of wireless access points with inbuilt switches just switch between the switch ports and the wireless. If this is true, then as others have pointed out, the routing software on the G604T would need to specifically route Appletalk - unfortunately not something most consumer grade routers do, they only route IP. However, if you connect to a switch port you shouldn't have any problems. A little strange that Dlink route between the switch and the wireless as that would be a little more expensive than just switching. Sorry it's not a solution but at least it's an explanation. Regards Greg From: Diana Graham Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:35:26 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Printing in Classic via Wireless I find I can't print in Classic from the iBook via wireless. It will print via wireless in OSX. The set-up is a bit complicated. The iBook is connected via wireless to the DSL-G604T router. The DataProducts Typhoon 8 is connected to a LocalTalk/Ethernet Interface which is connected to a NetGear EN104 Hub, which is connected to the DSL-G604T router. The printer will not work if connected directly to the router. My question: Is it impossible to print in Classic from the iBook via Wireless or is it just my strange set up? I thought I had printed via Wireless from the iBook in OS9 and/or Classic when we had a LinkSys Router which would talk to the LocalTalk interface, but maybe I am mistaken. Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Printing in Classic via Wireless
Diana If you're buying a new printer then get one with an inbuilt Ethernet port. These all support IP printing as do OS 9 and OS X. If your chosen printer only has a USB port then also get a USB print server (a Netcomm USB print server will set you back another $150 or so) and again these all support IP printing. No need to worry about Appletalk - besides, it is a protocol used less and less and equipment vendors are tending to drop support for it. Sorry if my previous explanation went over your head - I'll try again. Basically, the switch on your G604T and the wireless part appear to be separate networks although they are in the same device. So they would (if my assumption is correct) have different IP address ranges (or subnets) - the same applies for Appletalk (cable range instead of subnet). So, to get traffic between these 2 networks you need a router but in doing so all broadcast traffic, like that used to advertise the presence of printers, is blocked and usually can't be forwarded - that's the whole idea of a router. Whereas the switch ports are all on the same network and broadcasts travel freely between them all. So, a switch will allow Appletalk to go to all ports. But a router will only forward protocols it supports - in the case of SOHO routers that is only IP. So Appletalk will be dropped. I don't imagine your Ethernet/Localtalk bridge will support IP printing so you're stuck with Appletalk if you want to use it. A USB print server or an inbuilt Ethernet port will support IP but not Appletalk. Hope that helps. Cheers Greg From: Diana Graham Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:51:24 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Printing in Classic via Wireless Just found Mark Greg's contributions Mark wrote: assign an IP address to the printer (though it may already picking it up from the router via DHCP if so configured - best to make it static though) find desktop printer utility in classic app utilities folder and use that to set up a tcp/ip printer connection With the LinkSys router the Printer was always listed with an IP address but it does not show up in the list for the DSL router. I shall try assigning a static IP address to the printer later, have to go out now and try out a new printer. The Typhoon is about on its last legs and no longer repairable and I am ambivalent about spending more money on the LaserJet. Greg wrote: It sounds like you router is routing between the switch ports and the wireless interface. Plenty of wireless access points with inbuilt switches just switch between the switch ports and the wireless. If this is true, then as others have pointed out, the routing software on the G604T would need to specifically route Appletalk - unfortunately not something most consumer grade routers do, they only route IP. However, if you connect to a switch port you shouldn't have any problems. A little strange that Dlink route between the switch and the wireless as that would be a little more expensive than just switching. This is a bit over my head but I shall read it again later when I have more time. Thanks to everyone for being so helpful, it is a great list. Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: DD and the undoing of same.
Malcolm That sounds like Disk Doubler from memory. I did have it - I'll check to see if I can find it (may take some time) but who knows if it will work under OS 9 or Classic - I think it was built for OS 8 and is certainly not going to work under OS X. Cheers Greg From: Malcolm J McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:40:40 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: DD and the undoing of same. Hi Wamuggers. Many years ago I used a programme to compress my files for storage that produced a DD file. I have now lost the programme but not the compressed files :-( Can any one help please? Mac Malcolm McCallum [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: audio from powerbook to ext amp
Chris Quickly head down to Tandy or Dick Smith and buy a mini audio to dual RCA adapter (plug) plus the RCA to RCA leads to plug in to your stereo. This is assuming your PB has an audio out jack. If not, the Griffin iMic is required from an Apple dealer. So the answer to your question is - yes, it can be done. And very easily. Using your S-video to RCA adaptor you can also play the iTunes picture (or whatever it's called) on your TV - I've seen that done at parties before. Looks great. Cheers and Happy New Year Greg From: Chris Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 16:18:51 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: audio from powerbook to ext amp HI Wamuggers Happy new year to everyone. I have just had an idea to see if it is possible to connect my powerbook (15) to external audio equipment so I can play a few tunes tonight for new years. I am a complete non-audio technofile. Can somebody with experience please explain to me if it is possible to do. I do have a couple of older stereo systems in the house and would assume a few RCA plugs might be required? any help is very much appreciated thanks and best wishes for 05 Chris -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Weird CD Combo Drive Behaviour
Hi All Just yesterday I ran into a weird problem with my CD combo drive on my TiPB 550 (512MB RAM) running OS X 10.3.6. I inserted a blank CD and it simply wasn't recognised. Disk utility couldn't see it and I couldn't eject it without restarting with the mouse button held down. So I tried reading CDs - no luck, same result. When I hit the burn button in iTunes it said there was no device or software for burning!! I reset the PRAM and repaired file permissions and now it will recognise that a CD has been inserted but it can't read it saying that there are no volumes the Mac OS can read - I can then eject. However, I can now burn CDs!!! But the verification process fails. Inserting into a PC the files show up with the file size correct etc and it seems the files (at least some) can be read etc. I was able to burn and read CDs up until a week or so ago and the only thing that has changed since is that I've updated to 10.3.6 from 10.3.5 using software update. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I can try to get reading again or has my optical drive failed (at least in its reading function)? Many TIA for your help. Cheers Greg
Re: Nokia Phone - No Mac Drivers
Hi Diana I have successfully used my Nokia 6310 over dialup and GPRS with infrared. In the network pref pane I select the IRDA Modem tab and use the Nokia Infrared modem that appears in the list. I've had no problems and I have a vanilla Panther installation on a TiPB 550. Hope this helps Cheers Greg From: Diana Graham Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 12:33:32 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Nokia Phone - No Mac Drivers Bob wrote; On your Hard drive find :- System - Library - Modem scripts Thanks Bob, I had found it by searching for Nokia, I am feeling and acting a bit stupid at present! BUT neither of my OS 9 folders have a Nokia Infrared script, only one is the Sony-Ericsson Infrared which I used previously. Does anyone have a copy of OS 9 Nokia Infrared? I have tried a couple of the scripts from the web site, no luck. Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Connecting PowerBook to Television or VCR
Michael A few tips for new players 1. Make sure no applications are running 2. Connect to the TV 3. In the displays settings pane do a Detect Displays 4. Make sure the TV display is set for millions of colours in the displays settings pane 5. In the displays settings pane move the menu bar across to the TV display 6. Insert the DVD and allow DVD Player to launch automatically 7. This should work - it does for me on my G4 TiPB 550 You can't (to my knowledge) watch the DVD on both your notebook and the TV simultaneously. Good luck Greg From: Michael Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2004 11:54:51 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Connecting PowerBook to Television or VCR According to the manual that came with my G3 PowerBook 400, the laptop can be connected to a TV, VCR, or other video device. I want to play a DVD on my laptop and display it on the screen as well as on a TV. When I tried it yesterday, I kept getting an insufficient memory error message. DVD player was the only thing running. The computer has 640 mb ram and is running OS 10.3.5. In addition to trying in Panther I also tried to run DVD player in Classic, but it seems that the is not supported on a G3 PowerBook. Can anyone offer any suggestions? Or has Apple removed functionality. Thank you, Michael Hawkins. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Canvas Fix
For those who have the problem with Canvas not launching past today (I believe), a fix has been posted. Unfortunately it requires some tinkering with ResEdit or Resourcer but it is purported to work until 2039. The fix doesn't say this but, as usual, if you are going to do this make sure you perform it on a copy of the application and not the original. I'm supplying this for info only as I cam across it in my reading - I disclaim any responsibility as to its effectiveness, efficacy or voracity. Cheers Greg The link is http://forums.deneba.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=11;t=000532 And the description is Hello all, In regards to the Canvas 3.5 expiration bug; we were able to debug this problem and found a manual fix which can be applied that will enable Canvas 3.5 to run until December 31st, 2039. Apple has a limitation in their ROM code that will not allow the program to run beyond that date. The steps are as follows: Run ResEdit or Resourcer and open the Canvas 3.5.5 application. (resource fork) Find the 'toly' resource with an id of 1011 and open it. You should see hexadecimal values '07D4 0008 001F 000C 001E 0001' Change it to '07F7 000C 001F 000C 001E 0001' Close/Save the resource change. Close/Save the resource file/fork. Canvas 3.5.5 should now run without the warning for another 35 years! We apologize for any inconvenience or concern resulting from this unforeseen bug. Carmine- ACD Systems of America, Inc. (formerly Deneba Software) Makers of Canvas and ACDSee
Re: Canvas vs omnigrumble
There is also an issue with Word in Office X and how well it handles PDF. Omnigraffle uses PDF to draw and store as does OS X I believe. But Word doesn't handle it too well and the result is poor both on screen and printed. I used Omnigraffle to prepare some flow charts about 3 years ago and imported (or pasted) them into a Word 2001 document - the result was quite good. Doing the same with Word X results in something unusable - even saving to PICT/TIFF/GIF/JPEG from Omnigraffle or Preview doesn't help, I tried them all. Perhaps Word 2004 is better at PDF. Cheers Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 09:56:02 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Canvas vs omnigrumble As for Omnigraffle, tried that, made a flow chart, all looking pretty spiffy, import into the Word doc I was preparing and YUK. Hazy, no definition hard to read the text. Maybe there's another way, but so far Omnigrapple is about as useful as that other omni software that came in the box. Not very. If you put text into an image and then scale it down, it will be hard to read. Even worse if you use a lossy compression format such as JPEG. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Virtual PC and Classic
Diana This may or may not be related to your problem - I had an authentication problem with CUPS where I would put in my admin username and password when requested and it would fail to authenticate every time. The reason being that there was a change in the way passwords were stored from Jaguar to Panther and CUPS couldn't read from the new system. I was able to overcome the problem by editing the CUPS config file to reduce security. It may be that there is a similar problem with VPC - perhaps that's drawing a long bow. My suggestion however, is to remove VPC (how to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=824659product=vpcmac) and reinstall it and the updates - up to 5.0.4 I think. Make sure you keep your disk image intact (copy it somewhere) as this can be used with the re-installed VPC - you'll need to configure it to use the existing disk image once it is installed. This will save an enormous amount of time and hassle as all of your existing setup will be there ready to go. If you have trouble finding the updates (if you don't have them) then drop me a line and I'll try to dig them out - I'm sure I have them somewhere. Regards Greg From: Diana Graham Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 10:16:49 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Virtual PC and Classic Peter Hinchliffe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Virtual PC does not run in Classic. You must boot into MacOS 9. However, v5.0 does run fine in MacOS X. Is it VPC asking for your password or Windows? What version of Windows do you have installed? Sounds a bit more complex than a simple email explanation... To answer the second question first it is Windows 98 SE, but I don't think this is the problem. It asks for my administrator ID. I get the message: To finish setting up Virtual PC, permissions for application support files must be set correctly. This step completes the installation of Virtual PC. Only persons with administrator privileges can modify the permissions. Enter a valid administrator name and password, then click Authenticate. When I do this I get the message: The administrator name or password is incorrect. Please type it again making sure the caps lock key is not pressed. I installed VPC 5.0 in OS 9.2.2 (having failed to install it successfully in OS X in order to be able to use it in either system). I clean installed both OS 9.2.2 and VPC 5.0, each is on a separate partition which was erased first. VPC was installed when I had the original version of OS X which came installed on the G4 Quicksilver. I have always used the same administrator name and password with all versions of OS X and I have 'clean' installed the latest OS X.3.3 after erasing the partition. I have repaired permissions but still VPC rejects my administrator name and/or password. I checked and my password works if I want to change permissions on my system partition. I have tried both my long and short names. I have a copy of VPC 6.0 which I have never loaded because there were comments about it running woefully slowly in OS X. Now it seems I will have to re-install in OS X to get it running. Anyone got an opinion on which runs better in OS X VPC5 or VPC6? Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
What Happened to Mac OS Rumors?
Does anyone know what happened to my favourite rumours site? I haven't been able to connect for weeks. I'm used to them going off the air for days at a time but they usually come back - not this time it seems. Thanks Greg
Re: What Happened to Mac OS Rumors?
Thanks to all - I'm reading the rumours again. Cheers Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:31:22 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: What Happened to Mac OS Rumors? Does anyone know what happened to my favourite rumours site? I haven't been able to connect for weeks. I'm used to them going off the air for days at a time but they usually come back - not this time it seems. Probably failed to pay their Domain name registration again :) Try http://199.105.116.92/ in the meantime. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: TIVO-like service for Australia at last!
Unfortunately this content is not allowed to find its way on to a set top box or be used for any application that allows ads to be skipped or removed. Cheers Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 12:40:30 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: TIVO-like service for Australia at last! On 29/07/2004 9:48 AM, Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So the question for us Mac users is can we get Elgato to integrate ICE into their EyeTV Mac digital TV product? What do you reckon Daniel? -Mart I've forward this to Elgato, so we'll see what they say about it. :o) eBroadcast have made their guide available in XML format (for a fee I expect), so that might help things along... http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/content_syndication.html Of course in Australia there's no guarantee that programs will start on time. Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Something involving that many Opinions for hire [POQ] big words could easily [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord destabilize time itself! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Ti powerbook cd drive problem
John The CD may be one of the copy protected audio CDs. This has happened to me with one of these but my drive still reads everything else. Cheers Greg From: Craig Ringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 20:17:47 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Ti powerbook cd drive problem On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 18:07, John Reed wrote: I have a g4 ti powerbook 667mhz with a CD read/write and DVD player. The DVD is working fine - just installed Final Cut using it. However it does not recognise a CD, and spits it out. Anybody got any ideas? Try another CD? Try a data CD if you're trying an audio CD, or vice versa. If you're trying CD-R or CD-RW media try a commercially produced disk, and vice versa. Try that CD in another drive. See if an external USB/FireWire CD drive (if you can get access to one works with the disk (perhaps MacOS has gone nuts, rather than the drive). -- Craig Ringer -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Ibook Power Adaptors
Rod I have a yo-you style from an original clam shell iBook lying around if you're interested. Cheers Greg From: Rod Blitvich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 11:56:12 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Ibook Power Adaptors Please does anyone know where we can get hold of second hand power adaptors for iBooks? Ta Rod -- Rod BLITVICH Head of Learning Technologies Balcatta Senior High School Apple Educator of Excellence 2002 - 2003 Amy and Sam's Dad [EMAIL PROTECTED]0409 681 256 http://www.apple.com.au/education/k12/aee/bios/homepage.html http://www.apple.com.au/education/hed/products/ibook/balcatta.html --- Refuse Novocain... Transcend Dental Medication. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
CUPS Help
Dear All I recently went in to CUPS to make some changes to one of my printers. When I go to make changes I get asked for a username and password - this didn't happen prior to upgrading to 10.3.4. Any username and password combination I use fails. Does anyone know which username/password combo to use or how to disable this. Cheers and TIA Greg
Re: TCP/IP LAN (9.x)
Hi Dave It is possible to share files with XP using OS 9. But you will need additional software. The best I've seen (and used) or read about is Dave from Thursby (www.thursby.com). They used to have a download and free 30 day trial so you could check that out. It may well be that your device also uses Windows networking to export to Excel. So you would need Dave again. To access the device with a browser you could use any computer with a browser. So, if you have an OS X machine try with that. You will need to be in the same IP network (or subnet) as the device - so make sure your IP address is right. Let the list know if you need extra assistance in this area. A good resource for networking Macs and peecees is www.macwindows.com - you might get help there. If the device has a USB port you will need (I'm pretty sure) Mac USB drivers for it and these would almost certainly have to come from the manufacturer - so check that out. Just remember also that you don't have an OS 9 based LAN. You have an Ethernet based LAN so any machine with an Ethernet interface can communicate over it regardless of what it is. To do so will require a network protocol which, in yours and almost every case, will be IP. Again, any device will be able to communicate with others on the IP network if configured correctly ie. It has the right address - it doesn't matter if it is Win XP, Mac OS 9 or OS X. Cheers Greg From: David de la Hunty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 06:01:56 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: TCP/IP LAN (9.x) Dear WAMUG, Can anyone help me out with a good link or reference? I have an OS 9 based LAN (because the software I need to run is still Classic). I am thinking of buying a scientific device which is based around a WinDoze computer running WinXP. It has USB and Ethernet connections and can export its printout to an Excel spreadsheet. The manual also describes logging in using a LAN intranet TCP/IP method, ie with a browser, but I can¹t get it to work. I have no experience with TCP/IP in a LAN under 9 though I have done it in 10.2.x. Is it possible to share files and log into an XP computer on the same ethernet LAN? What do I have to do to the g3 Macs on the network to enable it? Or do I have to run a computer under Panther, and my app under Classic, to get the networking going? Thanks for any advice, David de la Hunty. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Problem printing over a network
Steven I'm guessing that the iPrint is an Appletalk based device. If that is the case, the reason that you can't print is because the Airport doesn't route Appletalk - only IP. That is why it will work on the LAN port. This is because the Airport wireless network and the LAN port exist on the same Ethernet network (or broadcast domain if you like) and no routing occurs between them. The WAN port is not on the same Ethernet network - the Airport routes between the wireless network/LAN port and the WAN port and only IP. So, to fix the problem, either plug the printer into the LAN port as you know that works. OR Have a read on setting up an Airport network in MacHelp on your Mac or on the Apple web site. The recommended topology is to plug the WAN port directly into your ADSL modem. This creates a bit more of a firewall for your local network. Plug the LAN port into your hub or switch and share the connection through the hub/switch. You can then conveniently use the Airport as a DHCP server through the LAN port. And, your printer will work. There are some IP addressing issues to sort out but otherwise it is fairly simple. Good luck Cheers Greg From: Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 01:08:46 +1000 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Problem printing over a network I have the following set up... 17² Powerbook running OS 10.3.4 Airport Extreme Lantech 8 port ethernet hub HP 4MP Laserjet (via a Farallon iPrint adaptor). If I plug the printer directly into the Airport base station via the LAN port, I can print. However if I connect the printer to the hub, I can¹t get the printer working. This is a guess, but is this because I have to have the base station connected to the hub via the base station¹s LAN port, not just the WAN port? I¹m out of cables at the moment so I¹m hoping that isn¹t the case. The WAN port incidentally is connected to the hub, which is in turn connected to a D-Link DSL-500 router. Any tips appreciated. Cheers..Steven -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Copying files from Mac to Win2K server
A couple of other things to try. Make a disk image of your backup using disk utility and store it on the Win2k server. Or, try using SilverKeeper from Lacie available from www.silverkeeper.com. I have had problems running Silverkeeper in 10.3 but it worked fine in 10.2 and never presented any filename problems. Cheers Greg From: Duncan Hardman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 14:08:26 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Copying files from Mac to Win2K server One extra sneaky little thing to watch is making sure you do not have a space at the end of the file name. Does not stop it copying but will not let you open it (or rename it) on Windows. I know this is not strictly the problem but thought I would add it to the knowledge base anyway. Duncan -- Duncan Hardman IT Systems Administrator School of Physiotherapy / Department of Podiatry -Original Message- From: Oldham, Toby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 6 May 2004 1:04 PM Heya people, Anyone know how I can copy 12+ gig of data from a 10.3 mac to a Win2k server over a network, without getting hampered by error messages stating certain invisible files can't be copied because they have filenames Windows doesn't like? I thought I had the copying problem sorted (bought a copy of better finder rename to quickly replace all the 'evil' mac forward and back slashes that freaks out the Windows OS) ... but no - copy _denied_. I don't feel like altering the invisible file names ... I checked Apple's support pages, MacWindows website and did a quick google, nothing sprang out. I'm considering formatting an external HD as a Win2k disk and copying the stuff across (assuming it's a network copying issue). I considered copying the files to VPC then copying on to the Win2k server but the G5 I'm on won't run VPC. Sheesh, tell me I don't need to buy a copy of Dave or Timbuktu. Any thoughts gratefully appreciated, Tobes. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: 'cpe'
Yay James! The pedants amongst us finally have a voice. It is always
grating to hear someone use premise when they mean premises. Basically,
premise is not the singular of premises.
CPE is a generally accepted industry term meaning customer premises
equipment. Simply, any equipment associated with a service that is on the
customer's premises. In the case of ADSL, it is the ADSL modem or router.
Any equipment you have beyond that (hub, switch, Airport) is not CPE because
it is not strictly required by the service provider to provide the service.
Clear as mud.
Cheers
Greg
From: James Devenish [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 16:56:34 +0800
To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au
Subject: Re: 'cpe'
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED]
on Mon, May 03, 2004 at 03:51:10PM +0800, Luke Brown wrote:
Malcolm J McCallum wrote:
Hi wamuggers, can some guru enlighten me as to what the 'cpe' stands
for at the beginning of net work address?
TIA
Customer Premise Equipment?
In answer to the original poster: 'cpe' has no technical meaning in the
Internet domain name service -- it is merely one of Telstra's naming
conventions for its own customers. Presumably Luke is correct, except:
In response to Luke's followup:
From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
premise
n : a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a
conclusion can be drawn; [syn: {premiss}, {assumption}]
I point this out because some people use 'premise' when they mean 'premises':
From WordNet (r) 1.7 [wn]:
premises
n : land and buildings together considered as a place of
business;
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Re: Airport, bigpond ADSL and SMTP e-mail relaying
Mark A couple of things to try before making any radical changes to your network. 1. You say you POP off a server at UWA. It looks like you have your Reply to address set as the UWA address. It may be that the Telstra SMTP server won't route your mail because of this. Try setting your reply to address to your Bigpond address and see if that helps. 2. Check that you can connect to the SMTP server. You can do this by using Terminal and typing in telnet mail-hub.bigpond.net.au 25 - without the quotes obviously. If you connect try typing in HELP or HELO to see if you get a response. Any response will be very basic so don't expect much but if you get one then your computer can connect to the server and there is some other issue probably unrelated to your home network setup. Type in QUIT to disconnect. Hope this helps. Cheers Greg From: Mark Secker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 09:24:54 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Airport, bigpond ADSL and SMTP e-mail relaying a quick (but verbose) musing on setting up an ADSL+Airport combo and a request for assistance from those who may have been through this: Yesterday my flatmate had Bigpond ADSL put on at home and I've been trying to configure my mail client to use bigponds SMTP server mail-hub.bigpond.net.au to send out e-mail. What I get is a server not responding error from Eudora. Setting up the same details in Entourage gives the same sort of error. All other TCP/IP and UDP applications work fine (web browsing/chat/video streaming etc) The eudora progress window shows a dns resolved IP address for the SMTP server that Network utilities pings with low ping time, and the IP number resolves back to the correct identical name. I POP off my UWA account and simply want to send mail using Bigponds SMTP server rather than setting up a bigpond e-mail account just to send mail (or use VPN to send via my uwa mailhost - tried VPN first could not get it to work - separate issue I think). After trying different permutations of the smtp host name ( .com, .com.au, .net, mail. etc) I got the same host not responding message (when using the .au extension) or a host not found for other permutations. I though they may require authentification and/or smtp to be sent to a non standard port number but both the setup literature and the online help make no mention of such a requirement and simply show a standard SMTP setup. Checking out my flatmates' computers (windows XP) their mail clients (using bigpond e-mail accounts) are setup using the default/standard SMTP server settings and work. The only permutation that _MAY_ affect things is that, because I don't want to run a ethernet cable halfway round the house, I have an Airport base station plugged in to the ADSL router/hub. It is setup to bridge route and handles distribution of DHCP assigned IP's on the wireless side of the network to my 2 airport enabled macs (so both of them come up with 10.0.0.x IP addresses) the base station receives it's own DHCP IP# from the ADSL for talking on the ethernet side of the network. Maybe Bigpond doesn't like traffic routed of a privet network using its smtp severs? though this would be strange because any business using Bigpond broadband would want to do _exactly_ that for may reasons (including security and the ability to use more IP#) Tonight I will try removing the base station and run via an ethernet cable and if that works then turn off routing (private networking) on the base station -will the base station then appear like a dumb hub to the ADSL router and only DHCP assign an IP# to my Macs or will the basestation still need to get it's own IP#? -- ~ Mark Secker Computer Support Officer ph#6488 1855 (ECEL) mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Western Australia - CRICOS Provider No. 00126G ~ Only he who attempts the absurd is capable of achieving the impossible. - Miguel de Unamuno It takes an idiot to do cool things that's why it's cool - Haruhara Haruka (FLCL) http://ecel-mark.ecel.uwa.edu.au/~marksecker/index.htm (sometimes works) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Locking an OS X Machine
I lock my machine the way Shay suggests (and I'm very pleased 10.3 requires a password when it wakes from sleep) but, if you have Panther, you could select the Login Window ... from the multiuser menu in the top right hand corner. This will bring up the login screen - effectively locking the computer while still allowing your applications to run in the background. Cheers Greg From: Shay Telfer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 11:52:01 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Locking an OS X Machine Is there an easy way to lock the screen under X (rather than sleeping the machine with the password option) so applications keep running in the background and keeping the playful at bay... Turn the screensaver on (System Preferences-Desktop Screen Saver). Choose an appropriate hot corner. Under System Preferences-Security, check 'Require password to wake this computer from sleep or screen saver' Then you can just mouse into the hot corner to start the screensaver and lock the machine. Really geeky people could use BlueTooth to sense when their mobile phone goes out of range and lock the screen then :) Assuming you mean Mac OS X and not X-Windows of course :) Have fun, Shay -- === Shay Telfer Perth, Western Australia Technomancer Join Team Sungroper in the Opinions for hire [POQ] 2005 World Solar Challenge [EMAIL PROTECTED] fnord http://sungroper.asn.au/ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Setting up Network printer help
Rod There is a Laserwriter utility for Windoze available at http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Eng lish-North_American/DOS-Windows/Printing/LaserWriter_for_Windows_95/LW95_422 .ZIP The Laserwriter manual specifies this as the way to set up a Windoze peecee to print to the LW 16/600. It's worth a try. Cheers Greg From: Rod [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 08:40:35 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Setting up Network printer help Hi All! I have a problem getting a Windows ME (ok, you can stop laughing now) box to see a Laserwriter 16/600 PS printer on a network. Here is the setup: ME Box -- 10BaseT Hub (which uplinks into ADSL Router) -- links into uplink port on another 10BaseT hub on other side of office -- 16/600PS. I have a beige G3 sitting on the same hub as the printer, and can print no problems. The 16/600 is set to print via LPR and has a 192.168.0.32 address. The router is 192.168.0.1, ME box 192.168.0.2, and the G3 is 192.168.0.3. Once I turn off the uplink the the G3 hub, I have no internet, so I know the network is okay in one direction. If I enable web sharing on the G3, the ME box does open the default page via http://192.168.0.3/default.html, so I know traffic does go in the other direction. When I go to install the printer on the ME box, it tells me the it can't find the location 192.168.0.32 and goes into offline mode, saying there could be numerous problems with the network but has no idea which one :-) And I have printed this morning with the G3, so I do know the printer is working. Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Seeya Rod! -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Video Card Suggestions
I was wondering if anyone has suggestions on what video card might be suitable for a Powerbase 200 PCI Mac clone and where I might buy one. Thanks for any help Cheers Greg
Re: Accessing website harbottle
Brett There is a script that checks for browser version and screen size. It seems if you don't fit the narrow range of browsers then nothing happens. Using the debug menu in Safari (thanks to Safari enhancer) to set the user agent to MSIE 6 for Windoze I was able to get the page to load no problems. Cheers Greg From: Brett Carboni [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 14:27:13 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Accessing website harbottle Can anyone access the site http://www.harbottleonpremise.com.au/ I can't using the latest Explorer (128 bit) or Safari. It enables us to order liquor etc on-line. Their tech support hasn't been able to help. It's about the only way for us to check prices. T.I.A. Brett Carboni Tsunami -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Terminal FTP
The simple and elegant solution is to use the Finder to connect to your ftp server. In the Go menu choose Connect to Server In the dialogue box that appears, enter the server address as ftp://server.address (or server.name) and this can be stored as a favourite. You will be prompted for your username and password (that can be added to your Keychain and the server mounts on the desktop (and in the Finder sidebar in Panther). Copy files to and fro as you like. The only issue I don't know about is how it handles binary and ascii file transfers. I hope this helps Cheers Greg From: Neil Houghton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 11:42:38 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Terminal FTP This all seems very complicated. If, like me, you're used to the user-friendly old Mac way, before we had to worry about things like unix, terminal the like, check out some of the web-hosting that include a browser based control panel that makes uploading files, setting up email accounts, password-protecting directories etc simpler than setting up an OSX Mac :o) I use hosting shop and chose a cPanel Junior account. http://www.hostingshop.com.au/cpanel_junior.htm It looks like it has gone up to $139 a year (I paid $125) and the traffic has been reduced to 2GB/month (4GB when I signed up a year a half ago) but, as that includes my domain name registration charges, it still seems pretty reasonable to me. I am sure that there are other providers offering the same sort of interface. All site management is done by logging into the control panel which has icons for the following functions: MailWebmail Change Password Parked Domains Addon Domains FTP Manager File ManagerDisk usageBackup Password Protect Directories Error pages Subdomains MySQL Databases SSH/Shell Access Redirects Frontpage Extensions Web/FTP Stats Raw Access Logs Raw Log Manager Error log Subdomain Stats Search Engine Submit ChatroomPhpMyChat Bulletin Board CGI Center Scripts Library Agora Shopping Cart Cron jobs Network Tools MIME Types Apache Handlers Manage OpenPGP Keys HotLink Protection Index Manager IP Deny Manager I have only had cause to use a few of these so far but in terms of setting up my first website it has all been very easy. To upload files, for example, click on the file manager, you see your sites top level folder structure, click on folders to navigate to your target folder (eg www) and click the upload files button you can then browse your Mac's hard drive and select the files you want to upload - you can select up to 12 files at a time and a check box gives you the option to overwrite existing files of the same name - then press the upload button. That's it, all done from IE or safari, no FTP software required. A message confirms successful upload. You can also delete, rename, move and copy files folders + change permissions all from the same window. There are also support forums which include tutorials on how to do certain things (set up email accounts, mySQL databases etc) but so far I've found it all pretty self explanatory. As you can probably tell, I've been very happy with it and it's all been a lot easier than I expected - not often I can say that about computers nowadays even using Macs :( I realise the above may not be too helpful if you're already locked into a hosting package which doesn't offer it - but if not check it out. Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Ryan Schotte [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 01:58:55 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Terminal FTP Could someone please tell me how I can use the terminal for ftp uploading to a server for a web page? I don't really have a great deal of money to throw around at shareware products here and there and it's difficult to find a reliable freeware ftp client. I know. And even reliable Shareware ones seem hard to find... version 2 of 'Anarchie' was the best I've ever used, still. Shame they don't sell it anymore... 'Transmit' is very good, if a little unfinished around some edges, but at US$25 is a bit expensive for casual (student) usage. For what I want to do it would work well and I'm sure it would be very reliable. Assuming you're moderately comfortable with the terminal already, try reading through this document: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/FTP.html Section 4.2 describes with the ftp client included with OS X, I _think_. But they're all pretty much the same. With web sites, always remember to upload txt/html/php/php4 files as ascii, and other stuff like movies and pictures as binary. Typing
Re: Best and cheapest ASDL in Perth
We're using Swiftel in the office and it has been reliable and is very price competitive. I think they have the same cheap deal as everyone else at $29 with 200MB but their other deals include generous amounts of downloads and the excess charge is 0.5c per meg which is about one twelfth of most other ISPs and a thirtieth of Telstra's cheapest excess rate. The speed is good too. Check them out at www.swiftdsl.com.au Cheers Greg From: Robert Howells [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:50:12 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: Best and cheapest ASDL in Perth On Friday, April 2, 2004, at 11:37 AM, Matthew Healey wrote: On 02/04/2004, at 10:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, I am needing to get Broadband so I am doing some research on which one is the best value for money. We really don't want a download limit unless it is 500MB or higher. Any ideas? Some folks have told me that IINET's $24.95 per month is the best?! What do you all think? Go with WestNet. Decent prices, good service. Otherwise, go with ExtremeDSL - http://www.extremedsl.com.au Not the cheapest, but very good service. - Matt Also check out : http://www.arachnet.com.au/products/broadband/adsl/index.shtml I have no complaints Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
