Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #58 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 10 Apr 01 Volume 18 : Issue 58 Today's Topics: [*] d-soundpro-351 [*] DragThing 4 [*] EjectDisk 3.1.6 - Eject disks of all types with a single key! [*] Hide Folders 2.3 FAT - keeps your files and folders secretly! [*] Master Key 1.6.1 teaches typing [*] MenuStrip 1.5 (Mac OS X Software) [*] NetFinder 2.2.1b2J PPC - Japanese Version [*] NetFinder OSX 2.2.1b2J - Japanese Version [*] New program demo [*] PhotoGrid1.8, a quick image viewer with resizable thumnail [*] TidBITS#575/09-Apr-01 [*] Virtual Composer 2.8 [*] VisualKeyboard 1.2 Apple-1 scanner Dreamweaver 3 and 4 conflicts HELP me find Keyspan USB Card Driver. HELP me find Keyspan USB Card Driver. 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V18 #58" ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 2001 From: Stefano Daino To: Subject: [*] d-soundpro-351 ******************************************************************** D-SoundPRO 3.5.1 COPYRIGHT ¨ 1998 - Stefano Daino All rights reserved ******************************************************************** D-SoundPRO is a professional Audio Sound Editor, Software Synthesizer, Wave Generator and samplers MIDI/SCSI network manager. Its features are: - Load/Save AIFF, SDII and .WAV mono/stereo 8/16 bits sound files up to 48 kHz - Akai, E-MU, Kurzweil, Roland, SMDI, Yamaha SCSI sample dump supports - MIDI SAMPLE DUMP STANDARD (also with Yamaha SY sample headers) and S50, S550, S330 MIDI supports - Virtual Synthesizer module, to play samples from the Mac Keyboard or from MIDI (also from a sequencer running on the same Mac), including a real time AmpENV ADSR module. - Midi Notes, Pitch Bender, Sustain Pedal real time midi messages support to play the Virtual Synthesizer - Import/Export sounds from 3 1/2 Roland« Samplers Disks (W30, S50, S550, S330) - Import/Export sounds in RAW format - Sophisticated and undoable sample edit & clipboard management with Redo function - Floating palettes for edit tools, loops monitoring, sample info, and Virtual Keyboard. - X-Fade looping algorithm with programmable window length & X-fade coefficient - Time Stretching (with old/new BPM tempo input parameters) and Frequency Shifting parametric algorithms by a Spectral Resynthesizer - DSP Mono, Stereo, MultiTap Delay, Stereo Chorus, Early Reflection Reverbers and Stereoizer effects - LowPass, BandPass, HighPass and BandReject analog filter simulation with feedback up to self resonance (-12, -24, -36, -48 dB/oct selectable curves) - Full Parametric (Freq, Q, Gain) three ways and 7 Bands Graphic Equalizers (+/- 18dB) - Rhythm loop for fast auto looping of musical audio files - Detect BPM function, to know which is the tempo from an audio file - HQ Digital Oscillator functions to generate new synthesized sound waves (up to 10 detunable SW oscillators at the same time!) - Resample using interpolation - Pitch conversion - Normalization - Complex sample extraction functions - Zooms and visual tools - Full OMS 1.2 (or better) optional support - It is a FAT application - it runs native on PowerMac - Japanese and Italian versions available (German and French very soon) - User Manual included ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/gst/d-soundpro-351.hqx; 2249 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 2001 From: James Thomson To: Subject: [*] DragThing 4 [Note to moderators - this shouldn't replace DragThing 2.9 in the archives, as 2.9 is still suitable for people with older Macs.] Enclosed is DragThing 4, a major new version of the original dock for your Macintosh, now with support for Mac OS X and Carbon. Simply drag an application from the Finder onto an empty square in a dock and then drag documents onto it as normal. Click a docked application to launch it or bring it to the front. In addition, the docks can contain files, folders, disks, servers, and URLs, and there is also an option to display the currently running processes in a special dock. DragThing 4 is a Carbon application which runs natively on Mac OS X, and on Mac OS 8.6 and 9 with CarbonLib 1.1 or later installed. Aside from support for Mac OS X and Carbon, version 4.0 includes: * Completely rewritten Aqua-ready user interface with new Preferences and Options windows. * Hierarchical pop-up menus of folder and disk contents. * Multiple levels of undo for many actions. * Support for true 128x128 icons, even on OS 9. * Support for tool tips to show the dock item names. * A new feature to repair all missing dock items in one go. * Many new dock appearance options, including greater font and style control. DragThing 4 costs $25, and $10 to upgrade from previous versions. For more information, check out the official DragThing website at: [Archived as /info-mac/gui/dragthing-4.hqx; 1575 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 2001 From: Jason Anderson To: Subject: [*] EjectDisk 3.1.6 - Eject disks of all types with a single key! EjectDisk is an extremely useful application/extension combination. With the touch of a key you can eject any removable media from your computer, ranging from the humble floppy to the latest Jaz cartridge. You can even open and close the CD/DVD tray. EjectDisk is similar to the Command-Y function of the Finder in function only--unlike that command, EjectDisk can evict storage from your desktop from within any program, and you don't have to select the disk beforehand. Additionally, EjectDisk can be set to eject any CDs still in the computer when the computer is shut down. EjectDisk 3.1.6 adds support for Iomega devices connected via a FireWire adaptor, documents that EjectDisk can close the CD/DVD tray on some setups, and fixes a bug where EjectDisk could open then immediately close the CD/DVD tray. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/eject-disk-316.hqx; 379 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 2001 From: Jochen Pier To: Subject: [*] Hide Folders 2.3 FAT - keeps your files and folders secretly! Hide Folders 2.3 FAT This is a utility that can hide your folders or files, so other users can no longer see, modify or move your data. If you want to see your files or folders again, you have to enter your password. It is a simple and small protection for your data. (It works best with/against young children ;-) New in Version 2.3: * New Easteregg * Have Fixed some bugs * Changed homepage adress * Not possible any more to hide your "key" file [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/hide-folders-23.hqx; 143 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 2001 From: "Jay E. Lichtenauer" To: Subject: [*] Master Key 1.6.1 teaches typing Master Key is a straightforward typing tutor program specifically written for the Mac. It offers instruction on QWERTY, Dvorak keyboards and numeric keypad, support for international keyboards, history and statistics, multiple users and groups on or off a network, passwords and administrative tools. Minimum requirements: 68040, System 7.1, 8MB RAM. Shareware: $15. Changes in 1.6.1 - Fixed slowness when Keyboard was hidden. - Fixed improper count display when no item were selected in Master Drills and Log panes of History window. - Fixed improper display of Key WPM and Key Error Rate in History. - Fixed display of button icons. - Many modifications for future Carbon build. [Archived as /info-mac/edu/master-key-161.hqx; 3266 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 Apr 2001 From: Adrian Diaconu To: Subject: [*] MenuStrip 1.5 (Mac OS X Software) MenuStrip (v1.5) is a multi-purpose utility for Mac OS X that allows quick access to frequently used settings, such as the computer volume, monitor resolution, and color depth, right from the OS X menubar. It also features a menubar clock with chime and alarm capabilities. However, the most useful features in MenuStrip are the 'Hide All' / 'Show All' buttons and the 'Single App Mode' toggle button placed in the menu bar. 'Single App Mode' - When 'Single App Mode' is enabled, all open applications, except for the front-most program, are hidden. When switching between applications, the newly activated application will be visible while all others become hidden. This can be very useful in reducing screen clutter and allowing you to focus on only one task at a time. It will also alleviate the need to constantly minimize windows that are in the way. Hide All Button - When pressed, the Hide All button will hide every window on the screen - including all Finder windows - showing only the desktop. This can be useful in immediately clearing everything out of the way (without quitting) to start a new project or find a file. Show All Button - The Show All button functions in the exact opposite way as the Hide All button. It will unhide all applications that were previously hidden. A list of applications can be set so that they are not affected by the above hide functions. For instance, if you run 'CPU Monitor' in a floating window and would like it to always remain visible, add it to this list and MenuStrip will not hide it if the Hide All button is pressed - it will hide everything except 'CPU Monitor'. Version 1.5 *Significant update with numerous changes and bugfixes *More preference options - preferences are now set with a separate application, 'MenuStrip Prefs' *Each menu button can now be disabled or enabled based on preference *Drag bar added to move MenuStrip across the menubar. *Hide button separated into three buttons: Hide All button, Show All button, 'Single App Mode' toggle button *Applications can designated as not hideable *Built for Mac OS X Final MenuStrip is shareware and requires Mac OS X. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/menu-strip-15.hqx; 855 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 Apr 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] NetFinder 2.2.1b2J PPC - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the NetFinder package. This beta version is PPC only. NetFinder makes browsing on the Internet even easier. NetFinder makes FTP file transfers as easy as browsing though your own Macintosh hard disk. You can even resume downloads that are interrupted (or that you interrupt) at your own convenience! NetFinder features an intuitive, Mac-like interface, support for HTTP transfers, Firewall / Proxy support, secure storage of passwords using Apple's Keychain Manager, support for SSL FTP, ICI Script, previewing of Movies, MP3's and even Shockwave files, integration with BBEdit and other text editors, and much much more... Why not just download a copy of NetFinder for FREE and try it out for yourself? You have nothing to lose. MacUser - 1997 Best Shareware - Best Internet Face-Lift. Tucows - 5 cow rating. MacDownload - 5 mice. MacWelt (German MacWorld) - 5 mice. FileDudes - 5 dude rating & Dude Approved! [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/net-finder-221b2-jp.hqx; 3298 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 Apr 2001 From: ChrisLi@Bridge1.com To: Subject: [*] NetFinder OSX 2.2.1b2J - Japanese Version This is the Japanese version of the NetFinder OSX package. NetFinder makes browsing on the Internet even easier. NetFinder makes FTP file transfers as easy as browsing though your own Macintosh hard disk. You can even resume downloads that are interrupted (or that you interrupt) at your own convenience! NetFinder features an intuitive, Mac-like interface, support for HTTP transfers, Firewall / Proxy support, secure storage of passwords using Apple's Keychain Manager, support for SSL FTP, ICI Script, previewing of Movies, MP3's and even Shockwave files, integration with BBEdit and other text editors, and much much more... Why not just download a copy of NetFinder for FREE and try it out for yourself? You have nothing to lose. MacUser - 1997 Best Shareware - Best Internet Face-Lift. Tucows - 5 cow rating. MacDownload - 5 mice. MacWelt (German MacWorld) - 5 mice. FileDudes - 5 dude rating & Dude Approved! [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/net-finder-osx-221b2-jp.hqx; 3459 K] ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 2001 From: "J. Peterka" To: Subject: [*] New program demo I have submitted the file entitled Album Designer.zip.hqx for your consideration. The file is zipped and binhexed. The package includes a demo version of Album Designerü which makes creation of stamp album pages a pleasant and easy process. The package also includes Album Worthü which scans existing album page files and generates a stamp inventory and value summary. Please notice the READ ME, Disclaimer, and License Agreement files, which may be of help in your evaluation. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/album-designer.hqx; 289 K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 2001 From: NattaWorks-Nagano To: Subject: [*] PhotoGrid1.8, a quick image viewer with resizable thumnail *PhotoGrid is a simple image viewer that shows a lot of images at a time. *TreeView which is like Finder's list view lets you select the folders and files you want to view. *GridView lists all the image files as thumbnails in a grid structure. You can resize the thumbnails at anytime so you can view the images with various scales. *Slideshow. *System requirements: PPC Mac like iMac. MacOS 8 or higher. MacOS 8.6 and QuickTime 4 are recommended. *Shareware price : U.S.$15. *homepage: http://www.pluto.dti.ne.jp/~natta/english.html ver1.8: - Sort in GridView - bug fixes [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/photo-grid-18.hqx; 1153 K] ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2001 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors To: digest@info-mac.org, Mac-L@clio.lyris.net, evangelist@macevangelist.com Subject: [*] TidBITS#575/09-Apr-01 TidBITS#575/09-Apr-01 Hate the wait to ask a simple medical question of your doctor in this age of Internet email? This week, Dr. Ron Risley looks at the implications of online medical correspondence from doctors' and patients' viewpoints. We also sort out the facts about Apple's recent firmware upgrades and shift our focus away from Mac OS X with a review of The Mac OS 9 Bible. In the news, check out the releases of Netscape Communicator 4.77 and Toast 5 Titanium. Topics: MailBITS/09-Apr-01 Apple Firmware Update Problems Clarified and Solved BookBITS: The Mac OS 9 Bible What's Up, eDoc? Emailing Your Doctor, Part 1 [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-575.etx; 31K] ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 2001 From: Doctor Morpheus To: Subject: [*] Virtual Composer 2.8 Virtual Composer is a linear virtual music editor and QuickTime Musical Instruments executor designed for complex polyphonic music. The latest version of this program can always be downloaded from here: To hear a sample of what Virtual Composer can do, either double click on one of the documents in the "Examples" folder or launch the application, close the untitled document and open any document from that folder. Then select "Play->All" from the "Play" menu. For a quick reference guide consult Virtual Composer's help by typing -? after you launch the application or consult the online Balloon Help. For registration information and for the more intricate capabilities of this program consult the documents "VC Manual.html" and "CD ReadMe.html". You can use your internet browser to read them. System Needs To run Virtual Composer you need: Ï A fast color Macintosh. (Speeds higher than 100 Mhz strongly recommended). Ï System 7.x or later. Ï At least 4 Megabytes of RAM. Ï QuickTime version 2.1 or later which includes the extensions QuickTime and QuickTime Musical Instruments. If they are not installed you cannot play the music through the QuickTime musical instrument synthesizers but can still edit documents. The program will function with older versions of QuickTime as well. Ï The extension Color Picker. If it's not installed you cannot change the color of symbols. Ï The font Petrucci (both the TrueType and Postscript files) as is provided in the distribution package. Without the Postscript version of Petrucci the program will run but your printouts may not show correctly. Ï If you are using my antivirus INIT DelProtect you have to put Virtual Composer in its exception file, otherwise you won't be able to print. [Archived as /info-mac/gst/virtual-composer-28.hqx; 926 K] ------------------------------ Date: 9 Apr 2001 From: Francesco Fumanti To: Subject: [*] VisualKeyboard 1.2 This is the VisualKeyboard 1.2 package. It contains - an extension that creates a floating onscreen keyboard, so you can type using the mouse. - an utility to configure the layout of the floating keyboard - a Read Me - Matt Slot's TextServiceManager Fix. Requires: System 7.1 or later, PowerPC or 68k machine. New in version 1.2 : Creation of the configuration utility and adjustments to the extension so that they can communicate. [Archived as /info-mac/gui/visual-keyboard-12.hqx; 239 K] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 11:28:18 +0100 From: B.L.Cohen@bio.gla.ac.uk (B.L.Cohen) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Apple-1 scanner I have an Apple OneScanner of 1990-1991 vintage, which arrived with Ofoto 1 software, with an apparent resolution limit of 300 dpi. The manual does not indicate whether this resolution limit is also determined by the harware. Can anyone tell me whether any software is available that will drive this scanner and give higher resolution, e.g. 600 dpi? Apologies if this is a silly question b.l.cohen@bio.gla.ac.uk ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 18:15:53 +0200 From: Jacob Palme To: The Info-Mac Network Subject: Dreamweaver 3 and 4 conflicts Functionally, Dreamweaver 4 seems like a very good system. However, I have strong reason to believe that my computer crashes much too often when Dreamweaver 3 or 4 is running. Dreamweaver 2 did not have this problem. At first, I thought it was a conflict with Action Utilities, but the problem seems to appear even if I am not using Action Utilities. Do anyone else know anything about this problem? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 23:48:41 -0700 From: schram@webenet.net (Chris Schram) To: digest@info-mac.org (Info-Mac Digest) Subject: HELP me find Keyspan USB Card Driver. [ A copy of this message has been posted to the newsgroup ] [ comp.sys.mac.misc ] Chris Schram wrote: > I just glommed onto a Keyspan USB PCI card (Model UPCI-2). > Unfortunately, the person who gave me the card could not find the CD > with the driver software. Many thanks to those who replied, both publicly and privately, including those who either sent or offered to send software. -- Chris Schram cschram@mac.com C's Attic Sale M's Music Sale This Line Intentionally Left Blank. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 07:52:41 +1000 From: Geoffrey Heard To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: HELP me find Keyspan USB Card Driver. At 3:38 AM -0400 6/4/01, Chris Schram wrote: > >I just glommed onto a Keyspan USB PCI card (Model UPCI-2). > >Does anyone know of an alternate download site for this driver? Can >someone who has that CD tell me exactly what is on it? Try the MacFixIt Library Cheers Geoff ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 18:12:35 -0500 From: Ron Kataoka To: The Info-Mac Network , Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #57 >At home and at work I use appletalk ethernet networks to connect my >computers to each other and to printers using an ethernet hub. No problems. > >I ordered DSL at home and at work from Verizon. The Mac is supposed to >connect to the DSL Modem via ethernet. It works fine if you connect the >cable directly from the Mac to the modem. Doesn't work at all if you try to >connect through the hub - even when the Mac and the modem are the only >things connected to the hub. > >Verizon is predictably unhelpful ("we do not support ethernet network >environments"). > >Anybody got a clue how to make this work? Or should I just ship the whole >mess back to Verizon and wait for broadband? Connecting a DSL modem to a hub port usually requires a cross-over cable. If the hub has an uplink port you can connect the modem to the uplink port with a straight through cable. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 09:25:50 -0700 From: Bill Rausch To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #57 At 12:38 AM -0700 4/6/01, ngpappas wrote: >Subject: Verizon DSL problem with Ethernet > >At home and at work I use appletalk ethernet networks to connect my >computers to each other and to printers using an ethernet hub. No problems. > >I ordered DSL at home and at work from Verizon. The Mac is supposed to >connect to the DSL Modem via ethernet. It works fine if you connect the >cable directly from the Mac to the modem. Doesn't work at all if you try to >connect through the hub - even when the Mac and the modem are the only >things connected to the hub. > >Verizon is predictably unhelpful ("we do not support ethernet network >environments"). > >Anybody got a clue how to make this work? Or should I just ship the whole >mess back to Verizon and wait for broadband? > >Nick Pappas It should work fine. The cable from the DSL modem should be plugged into the "uplink" port of the hub. If the hub doesn't have one, you'll need a crossover cable to connect the modem and hub. Bill --- Bill Rausch, Software Development, Unix, Mac, Windows Numerical Applications, Inc. 509-943-0861 bill@numerical.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 23:05:52 +0200 From: Alfons Stockinger To: ngpappas Subject: Info-Mac Digest V18 #57 > Verizon DSL problem with Ethernet > Subject: Verizon DSL problem with Ethernet > Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 21:54:15 -0400 > From: ngpappas > To: "digest@info-mac.org" > > I ordered DSL at home and at work from Verizon. The Mac is supposed to > connect to the DSL Modem via ethernet. It works fine if you connect the > cable directly from the Mac to the modem. Doesn't work at all if you try to > connect through the hub - even when the Mac and the modem are the only > things connected to the hub. Maybe the problem is the with the cabeling. If you got a "special cable" with your DSL-Modem it might be a Crossover-Cable causing the problem. Solution: 1) replace it with one of your "working" cables (maybe unconnecting a printer) IMPORTANT: this might NOT work if the "special cable" that came with your DSL Modem is not a Crossover-Cable but a non-standarized-cable by the modem-manufacturer. 2) IF your modem features a special port that permits the connection of Crossover-Cable connect the cable that comes from your modem to this special port on your hub. BE SURE TO READ THE MANUAL THAT CAME WITH YOUR HUB FOR CORRECT SETUP OF YOUR HUB!! ======================= Some Theory Behind This ======================= Ethernet over twisted pair (eg. 10BaseT) knows 2 kind of cables: 1) Straight-Thru-Cable: This cable can be used for connecting Ethernet STATIONS TO A HUB/switch etc. 2) Crossover-Cable: This cable can be used for connecting two Ethernet stations back-to-back WITHOUT A HUB. Basically the difference between them is the location of "transmit-data-wires" and "recieve-data-wires". To get stations communicating correctly you use a) 1 hub and ONLY Straight-Thru-Cable for hub-to-station connections b) 1 Crossover-Cable connecting two Ethernet stations back-to-back WITHOUT A HUB Generally it is not possible to use a mix of Straight-Thru-Cable and Crossover-Cable to connect stations to a hub. (of course there are exceptions, there's one in solution 2). more information follows. ======================= More Theory Behind This ======================= Straight-Through: A length of multi-stranded cable in which the transmit wire(s) of one end is/are passed directly through the cable to the same location on the other end. Straight-through cables are used for most facility cabling. Crossover: A length of multi-stranded cable in which the transmit wire(s) of one end is/are crossed over within the cable to connect to the receive wire(s) of the other end. Crossovers are used to connect devices to like devices, ensuring that transmit and receive connections are properly made. To get 2 ethernet-interfaces (A and B) to communicate with each other the twisted pair (=2 wires) that A uses as transmit-data-wires (let's just say the 1st and 2nd wires from the right û when looking at the connector end of the cable with the cable running away from you) must reach B as the pair that B identifies as receive-data-wires (let's just say the 3rd and 6th wires from the right û when looking at the connector end of the cable with the cable running away from you). and vice versa. I mentioned before that in general it is not possible to use a mix of Straight-Thru-Cable and Crossover-Cable to connect stations to ONE hub. BUT: SOME hubs allow this kind of connection by offering some kind of internal "reorganisation-of-wires" on 1 (I have never seen more) "special port" usually the highest numbered one. there are 2 designs (that I know, maybe more; they should work similar) 1) there are 2 jacks for one port. 1.a) 1 named "Normal" or "To PC" or similar or uses an "="-like icon 1.b) the other is named "UpLink" or "Cascade" or "To Hub" or "To Switch" or something like that or uses an "x"-like icon for identification Identification varies with manufacturer, ... USUALLY ONLY ONE JACK CAN BE USED AT A TIME please consult the manual that came with your hub to make sure. 2) there is one jack with an associated switch (= selection device), which allows to select one of two options for the associated port: 2.a) 1 named "Normal" or "To PC" or similar or uses an "="-like icon 2.b) the other is named "UpLink" or "Cascade" or "To Hub" or "To Switch" or something like that or uses an "x"-like icon for identification Identification varies with manufacturer, ... please consult the manual that came with your hub to make sure. When using options 1.a) or 2.a) the "special port" behaves just like any other port of your hub allowing you to connect a device with a standard Straight-Thru-Cable. When using options 1.b) or 2.b) the "special port" does this internal "reorganisation-of-wires" allowing you to connect a device with Straight-Thru-Cable. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 08 Apr 2001 04:21:07 GMT From: "Marc Baime" To: comp-sys-mac-digest@moderators.isc.org Subject: OS X--What's root password When I bring up a terminal in OS X and try to su to root I have had no luck guessing the password. What is it? Please email me at mbaime@gte.net. Thanks! Regards...Marc Baime ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 10:52:07 -0500 From: GibHenry@realpeople.com (Gib Henry, Real People) To: digest@info-mac.org, ngpappas@nii.net (ngpappas) Subject: Verizon DSL problem with Ethernet On Fri, Apr 6, 2001, 2:38:39 AM The Info-Mac Network wrote: >Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 21:54:15 -0400 >From: ngpappas >To: "digest@info-mac.org" >Subject: Verizon DSL problem with Ethernet > >At home and at work I use appletalk ethernet networks to connect my >computers to each other and to printers using an ethernet hub. No problems. > >I ordered DSL at home and at work from Verizon. The Mac is supposed to >connect to the DSL Modem via ethernet. It works fine if you connect the >cable directly from the Mac to the modem. Doesn't work at all if you try to >connect through the hub - even when the Mac and the modem are the only >things connected to the hub. > >Verizon is predictably unhelpful ("we do not support ethernet network >environments"). > >Anybody got a clue how to make this work? Or should I just ship the whole >mess back to Verizon and wait for broadband? First, see if there are TWO outputs from the DSL device, one labelled for a single computer only and the other labelled for a hub. You must use only ONE at a time. If that's not the case, try a cross-over cable between the DSL device and the hub. Hope this helps. Cheers, -- Gib Henry ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:44:37 -0400 From: Mike Pinkerton To: ngpappas Subject: Verizon DSL problem with Ethernet Nick: Many DSL modems (a/k/a ATU-R) and routers have a crossed port so that the user can use a straight through cable to connect them directly to their PC or Mac. This is contrary to the standard practice among most network devices of having a straight through port (for connection to a hub) and requiring the user to employ a cross-over cable to connect directly to an individual PC or Mac. SO, if you are using a hub with a DSL device, you probably need to use a cross-over cable to reverse the effect of the crossed port on the DSL device. Hope this isn't too confusing. Mike Pinkerton At 21:54 -0400 2001/04/04, ngpappas wrote: >At home and at work I use appletalk ethernet networks to connect my >computers to each other and to printers using an ethernet hub. No problems. > >I ordered DSL at home and at work from Verizon. The Mac is supposed to >connect to the DSL Modem via ethernet. It works fine if you connect the >cable directly from the Mac to the modem. Doesn't work at all if you try to >connect through the hub - even when the Mac and the modem are the only >things connected to the hub. > >Verizon is predictably unhelpful ("we do not support ethernet network >environments"). > >Anybody got a clue how to make this work? Or should I just ship the whole >mess back to Verizon and wait for broadband? > >Nick Pappas ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 12:16:16 -0500 From: "Chaz Larson [mailing lists]" To: ngpappas , "digest@info-mac.org" Subject: Verizon DSL problem with Ethernet At 9:54 PM -0400 4/4/01, ngpappas wrote: >At home and at work I use appletalk ethernet networks to connect my >computers to each other and to printers using an ethernet hub. No problems. > >I ordered DSL at home and at work from Verizon. The Mac is supposed to >connect to the DSL Modem via ethernet. It works fine if you connect the >cable directly from the Mac to the modem. Doesn't work at all if you try to >connect through the hub - even when the Mac and the modem are the only >things connected to the hub. When you connect the DSL modem directly to the Mac, you're using a crossover cable. If you're using that same cable to connect the DSL modem to the hub, you need to plug it into the "uplink" port on the hub, which is designed for use with a crossover cable. If your hub has no "uplink" port, then you should use a standard non-crossover cable to connect the DSL modem to the hub. The former is how my system is set up at home. Cisco DSL Box --- x-over cable --> uplink port on hub hub ---- standard 10base-T cable --> iMac hub ---- standard 10base-T cable --> PowerCenter hub ---- standard 10base-T cable --> PC HTH chazl -- I'm gonna tell my son to grow up as pretty as the grass is green and as smart as the English Channel is wide... - Liz Phair, Whip Smart Chaz Larson - chaz at spamcop dot net - http://www.visi.com/~chaz -------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest-- End of Info-Mac Digest ******************************