[muglo] Re: new (to me) iBook
- From: Tee Cashmore <teecashmore@xxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 16:55:33 -0400
On 8-Oct-04, at 3:03 PM, doug rogers wrote:
> Just acquired a used G3 iBook. I'm in love. Anyway. Having one small
> problem with getting an Internet connection using the internal 56k
> modem
> at either v 90 or v 34. With troubleshooting at my ISP's end, they have
> no record of the poor little things attempt to log in. Now everything
> is
> set up -as far as I can tell, esactly the same as my regular Beige
> tower
> G3 password wise, phone number wise, username... which can connect
> through a USB global village modem.
>
> It is beginning to look like the iBook's internal modem is overly
> susceptible to line noise (?) or there is something I just don't know
> about in OS X (10.3) which is entirely new to me too. TCP/IP is set up
> as
> per the tower, PPP is set up, networking is set up. The modem dials but
> doesn't connect.
>
> Any one with any good ideas?
Doug, as quoted to me by Terry Steeper, internal modems in power/ibooks
are quite notorious for problems, including those in desktops. A
PCMCIA modem card is often the solution for your stated problem etc.
I have one if you need one
TTFN,
TeeC
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