Mac Forum / General / Networking / February 2005

I went to a computer show earlier today, and bought a USB to IrDA
adapter.  The device was sold only as a Windows device, but I was hoping
it would also work on Max OS X.
I first confirmed that it works with Windows, after loading the drivers

    Since recent OS upgrades, I have not been able to network from my Imac G4 to my Windows XP pc. I can open a shared folder from my PC to my mac and pings work both ways. When I try to access the PC from the mac, I get a window to put in my name, password, and Domain name. I ...

I was given an old LaserWriter 4/600 Printer which I'm trying to use
with an iMac running OS 10.3.8 and Classic. I have a Farallon EtherMac
Printer Adapter PN552C-1 and have attempted to load the software that
came with it. However, it asks me choose LocalTalk in the "Network

Recently I was in a hotel in the USA where they had a complimentary
wireless network in the lobby. My Powerbook detected the network, asked
if wanted to join it, but then it came back with a self-assigned IP
adress, even though I obviously used DHCP as option. The router must

I just purchased an Airport Express to extend my current Airport Extreme
network, but both our Macs are running Jaguar. I thought that only the
Airtunes function of the Airport Express required Panther, but now
discover that even setting the thing up requires Panther. Once it's set

The external modem on this ('98 era) G3 seems to have died.  Is there a
cheap replacement?  Just looking for generic 56K modem.
On another note, while searching on this topic, I see people seem to be
running OS-X on the older G3s?  How does that work?  (If the modem is

PowerBook G4, Panther.
What is the proper method for forwarding an email, in Apple Mail, with
full headers and body intact?
I found the menu items to make the heders then the body display in full

I just noticed in VersionTracker's mailings that Firefox has gone final
with the 1.0 release.  Since I've been urged to try it out as better
than alternative browsers, I installed it and I like it pretty well so
far.  But there's one annoyance I'd like to figure a way around.

We have a Windows 2003 domain and Mac OS9.0 network. Windows XP Pro users
who have been able to access shared folders on the Mac Server via Windows
Microsoft Network previously for a long time are now recieving the error
"\\kkserver\Sales is not accessible. You might not have ...

Folks
I'm having a small problem with SSH.
Basically everything works fine except that my server does not seem to
allow port forwarding.

Thanks.

After trying a number of P2Ps for Mac, I ask myself: Is there a
program (Mac version) worth the name for file sharing? All clients
I've tried, including LimeWire, is incredibly slow.
Any good news?

I recently set up a friend with broadband on a wireless network using a
Netgear WGR614 attached to her Motorola Cable modem.
She uses a couple of portable Macs (1 Powerbook + 1 iBook) running OS
9.22 to access the network from around her house.

I have an old Macintosh with OS 9.2, and I'm trying to block ads with a
hosts file.
Here's what I've done so far:
1. Copied the contents of http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/Macintosh/Hosts 

Although I feel I can hold my own in the world o' Mac, I have never
worked with a wireless system before, and have ignored it until now.
I have my new iMac G5 running 10.3.8 on a cable modem at home, and a
Powerbook G4 running 10.3.8 whenever my sister comes to visit. We're