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Philippe Picherit - 21 Apr 2004 07:22 GMT

I run VPC 6.1 on an iMac 800 with MacOSX 10.2.8. I can connect VPC at
internet with my ADSL modem but I have problem when it's necessary to
dowload files from Microsoft Windows Update or other sites, it seems
that Internet Explorer don't find the server. But with a 56 K modem
it's running normaly.
Helps will be very gratefull.

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Jean-Miche - 21 Apr 2004 15:57 GMT

> I run VPC 6.1 on an iMac 800 with MacOSX 10.2.8. I can connect VPC at
> internet with my ADSL modem but I have problem when it's necessary to
> dowload files from Microsoft Windows Update or other sites, it seems
> that Internet Explorer don't find the server. But with a 56 K modem
> it's running normaly.
> Helps will be very gratefull.

I'm French . I presume you are also. If it's the case, I give you a
link in French for a topic about Virtual PC:

Message du 17/04/2004 17:50
http://forums.macgeneration.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=435989&page=
0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=17&vc=1
Dernier sommaire du sujet VPC

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Bernard Rey - 22 Apr 2004 13:25 GMT

> I run VPC 6.1 on an iMac 800 with MacOSX 10.2.8. I can
> connect VPC at internet with my ADSL modem but I have
> problem when it's necessary to dowload files from
> Microsoft Windows Update or other sites, it seems
> that Internet Explorer don't find the server. But with
> a 56 K modem it's running normaly.

It reads like this could be a DNS issue. Are you sharing
the Mac's connection or how did you set the networking
settings or your Virtual Machine? Is it on "Shared
Networking" or "Virtual Switch"?

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Darrel E. Knutson - 27 Apr 2004 09:47 GMT

On 22/04/2004, Bernard Rey wrote in message
<2ac301c42864$f45e7c10$a401280a@phx.gbl>:

> > I run VPC 6.1 on an iMac 800 with MacOSX 10.2.8. I can
> > connect VPC at internet with my ADSL modem but I have
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> settings or your Virtual Machine? Is it on "Shared
> Networking" or "Virtual Switch"?

I experienced similar symptoms and the answer was to change the MTU
settings from 1500 to 1492 in the Windows registry. If you are using
PPPoE, this is a very frequent problem.

A description of the problem and some possible solutions are on this page:

<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk175/tk15/technologies_tech_note09186a008
0093bc7.shtml>

You should change the MTU settings in Windows using the tool linked to on
the page - or directly in the registry if you're feeling lucky. On Mac OS
X 10.3 (Panther) you can go to the Network preference pane, go to the
built-in Ethernet section and click on the Ethernet tab. Then configure it
manually to 1492.

I hope this solves your problem. It worked great for me.

Darrel

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