Mac Forum / General / Networking / December 2005

Hello all, I'm visiting my folks and am using a computer that I'm not
familiar with.
The browsers installed on the computer are not compatible with several
sites and crash often.  I'm using IE:Mac 5.1 as well as Netscape 4.77.

I want to make a CD in a drive (actually any CD in that drive)
available via FTP but that is the only thing I want to make available.  
I can't figure out a way of doing this using the FTP and Users
preference panels.  I can turn on FTP without a problem and set up a

I am installing a small wireless network, 2 or 3 machines behind a high
speed modem and a routeur. My problem is that I sometimes (rarely) put a
file, too big for mail, into my Public box for a friend to pick it up.
In that case I gave my URL of the day and all went well.

Has anyone tried this with a G3?  I've got a G3 running Tiger 10.4.3 and the
minimum requirements are a G4 with 10.3.9 or later.
I'd like to use version 7 but if it won't work on this machine, then of
course I won't bother.  It might just run slower and if that's the case then

Anyone know where to get replacement foot for a powerbook.  Lost one
off the battery cover and it's simply annoying when using the touchpad
button?  Figure I'll lose more in the future so it'd be nice to stock
up now.  Thanks.

Here is my  problem (our problem as a country also) my 80yr old Mom
is having nightmares with her Verizon DSL hook up - these morons
(many! of them in the US and India) have been running her in circles
for four+ months! resetting - every setting, each time! and giving

Read about it at:
http://www.cooltechzone.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=2108
Drew

I just got a Mac OS X Server to use as our mail server
(mail.bolen.bc.ca), and I'm having trouble getting it to receive mail.
(It sends outgoing mail no problem). The SMTP logs record all the
messages trying to arrive, but say that they're being refused. Here's

I'm running OS 10.3.9, but am having some system difficulties, like it
can't remember view options. How can I re-install 10.3? I have my
original system discs, but they say that I am running a newer version
and will not let me re-install 10.3.

I have a Mac OS 8.6 machine that I connect to a server over TCP/IP.
There are times when the connected server will disconnect.  Is there a
program out there, or a way for me to automatically re-mount that server
if the connection goes down, without rebooting the machine?

I just spent the entire day trying to get a new airport extreme card
(for iBook G4 on OS 10.3.9) working with our WRT54GS router. After much
work, I am only able to connect with 1 bar of bandwidth power, which
soon drops to none. This is with no security (open), via DHCP.

I have a 2002 Powerbook G4 which is Airport ready.  I know that
airport cards are readily available on ebay at least, but I was
looking for a cheaper and easier to install alternative, perhaps a
PCI port or USB wireless adapter.  I went to Best Buy and they did

Could somebody please make a suggestion of what FTP program I should use
 in Mac OS 8.6 to FTP to a friend's computer running Red Hat Linux? For
some reason Fetch 4.0.1, Fetch 3.0.3 and 3.0.1 all stall out on "Getting
directory list" after making the initial connection. I have ...

"...as of January 31st, 2006, Internet Explorer for the Mac will no
longer be available for download from Mactopia. It is recommended that
Macintosh users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as
Apple's Safari."

I have a G5 power Mac running Tiger. I put a PCI ethernet card in it to
provide internet access to two other machines (a PC and G3) through a
4-port ethernet hub.  It's been working fine for months and then I made
the mistake of turning on the firewall and I could no longer ...