On 17/12/2003, at 12:10 PM, Rod Lavington wrote:
Hi All!
I have been having a couple of problems with 10.3 and networking.
Specifically, when I take my laptop to work and plug into the ADSL
router (which is just running a DHCP server), I have to restart both
the modem and the iBook to get the internet up and running. I have no
prblems getting an IP address from the router, but getting the net
seems to be painful.
Anybody else had issues with networking in 10.3? It worked pretty
darn good in 10.2, so I hope they haven't changed things for the sake
of change!
I tend to agree. Panther networking seems determined to phase out the
"classic" method of mounting shared folders and devices, where they
would mount as icons on the desktop, and which you could unmount as you
finished with them by dragging to the trash.
The new network browsing model works more like the Windows arrangement
where, having once logged in to a remote share, you remain logged in
until you log out of your local account. This is much less secure on a
computer which is used by several people.
On my system, the network browsing model works fine for networking
through to my old 7500. If I try it using Go > Connect to Server...
(the Jaguar way) the Finder hangs while trying to draw the contents of
the remote window.
Note to Apple: Gimme the Panther functionality, but please make the
Jaguar way work again!
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Peter Hinchliffe
Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, ::::::::::::::::::::::::
Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Fax (618) 9332 0913
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