No, the XP box has 2 Ethernet cards one of which plugs directly into the ADSL modem (Alcatel Speedtouch). I would plug the Mac in directly to test but it means installing and configuring PPPoE which will probably take some time seeing as I don't have the software.
The Mac can read mail from a Bigpond account and from my account at Perth iX. It can connect to the main account, authenticate, get the message list (Outlook Express says "7 messages to download") and read the size of the 1st message to download (0 of 342 kbytes in the progress window) but it stalls at that point. It also reads some web sites but not others.Eg www.cisco.com, no problem, www.yahoo.com.au times out. If it didn't work at all I'd have something to go on but this situation where some work and some don't has me trying to figure out what is different between them. Also, the XP box can get to the web sites and download the mail. Weird!!! @cygnus.uwa.edu.au wrote: >> This machine has 2 network cards - one for ADSL and the other for >> the LAN. > > I'm assuming when you say 2 network cards you mean 1 ADSL 'modem' > card and one ethernet card? > > If not and you've got an ADSL connection box with an ethernet port, > try plugging the Mac in directly and see if it works. > > Also, can the Mac read mail from that POP server from a different > account or location? Can the Mac read mail from a different POP > server? > > Thanks, > Shay
