Mac Forum / General / Networking / June 2007

Is there any easy way outside of e-mail to move big files over the
Internet -- from computer to computer? This would be mostly with friends
and sometimes clients. I use ftp often, but none of the people I would
be exchanging files with do. I could give them the address of a

System: DP MDD G4, OS 10.4.9
Inet connection: DSL with static i.p.,Broadcom Gateway to Linksys
WRT54G Wireless Router using DHCP, 1 computer connected via enet, 3
connected wirelessly, basic home use only

     I have a friend with a problem. They work on a boat, and they need
to get weather reports via wireless broadband. The harbor where their
steel hull boat is docked is surrounded by steel-frame skyscrapers and
steel hulled boats. Consequently, signal in this harbor is spotty ...

I thought that the FTP function built into the Finder was read-only, and
that it wouldn't let you upload files.  Then I read this week's Apple
Tip of the Week:

The Network pane in System Preferences allows you to specify a web proxy
and then addresses for which you want to bypass the proxy, but what I
want is the opposite.
Namely by default don't use a web proxy, but force it for a particular

I took very often pics from the web to iphoto; every import is a new
film roll, even i do it step by step in one session.
How I can do that all these pics in many filmrolls with one pic (e.g.
24 pics) are in my foto archiv in one film roll?

I currently have 2 Macs & 1 XP machine at home. The Macs are both
laptops (1 PowerBook and 1 MacBookPro); my wife who uses the PowerBook
is constantly running out of HD space. Having 2 small kids, we put a
bunch of pictures and smaller videos on it, and it just filled up the

I have a problem in that my Mac is on one side of the apartment and
the wireless modem on the other.  I see several other networks and
when one in particular is active the reception I get goes way down and
I usually have to reboot in order to continue to access the internet.

Hi and help.
We are trying to network a Mac OSX (10.2.8) to a PC (XP SP2) using a
BT Home Hub.
Is this possible?

I would like to connect a remote PC ( I think it is using XP) to a Mac
running 10.4.9 over the net.
Where can I find instructions either in this group or on the net?
Google searches provide too many hits none of which so far I have

I'm downloading Safari 3.0.2 beta as I write this, so of course I can't
say anything about its performance yet, but I was amused to notice that
Safari 3.0 beta encountered one error opening the thank you page for the
3.0.2 download.

I'm considering getting DSL from Bellsouth.  It's frustrating to seek
information at their website.
I have a Bellsouth phone line.  Besides computer software, what would
the installation require except plugging in a modem and some filters?

The following is from AppleInsider's summary of Apple's new 25-minute
Quicktime guided tour of the iPhone:
Apple offers 25-minute iPhone guided tour
By AppleInsider Staff

My company uses AT&T as a global VPN provider and I can connect from
my work PC to the office network using AT&T Global Network Client.
I'm trying to connect to this VPN with my powerbook with no luck.
Is it just a pipe dream or is there a way to do it using the OS X

Every time I try to connect I get the below error:
Lost connection to server [1102 @ 166]
That last number varies, but the first part stays
the time. It's not that I cannot connect or read