Mac Forum / General / Networking / October 2007

Just crossed over from windows to my first Mac. Not a unix newb but
new to OS X.
My system is an iMac 2.4Ghz connected via ethernet cable to a wanadoo
livebox.

I am happy to report that upon upgrading to Leopard both Cisco VPN
4.9.01 (0080) and Shimo 1.0.3 (nicer user interface for the Cisco
client) work as they did before.
Marc

I bought a Novatel Ovation U720 earlier this year for use on a 1.2GHz
iBook G4. It is a USB wireless broadband modem for Sprint PCS. It is
large enough to block the second USB port on the laptop, but since I was
away from home and using only the laptop it didn't seem to be a ...

On Leapard Mailsmith seems to work mostly, except for anything
network-related.  
Whenever trying to fetch mail or send mail I get:
   Mac OS error code -25294

I have a Power Mac 7600/120 that bombed and when I restarted, all i
get is a floppy disk with a flashing question mark.
I've restarted several times and still get the question mark.
Don't know what to do next and can't remember how to shut it down in

Somewhere along the line in moving to a new iMac, I have comprehensively
screwed up my Airport network, and I can't work out how to get it back.
I would be perfectly happy to reset everything.
I have two Airport Extreme base stations. One is connected via an

Sorry for using a google account - I cannot post currently with MT-
Newswatcher using my usual server.
I have a strange problem:
Since this evening MT-Newswatcher shows group counts in group window,

There is a very useful website which I used before switching from PC
to Mac, called VOA Pronunciation Guide (http://names.voa.gov/). It
allows you to look up complicated non-Anglo names like "Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad" and hear somebody pronounce them. The application used on

I am trying to set up a router to access Orange ADSL in France.
I can't find the settings that I need on www.orange.fr can anybody
help with the following?
What are the

I have been encountering problems getting network print server(s) to
work with an HP LaserJet 6P/6MP and a Canon iP4300 (inkjet) printer. The
error I get is "Remote host did not accept data file (32)".
The print servers I have tried are Linksys PSUS4, Netgear PS121 and

I have a range of web sites where I need to access them via a remote web
cache reached via a PPTP tunnel (sites which expect me to connect that
way when on the remote LAN).
I have a proxy.pac which specifies this cache for the web sites in

I have a Starmax with OS 8.6.  For years I've been running an external
GV Teleport upgraded to V90.  It almost always negotiates a speed above
50k.
In the last week or so, I have often lost connections as I logged on, or

I have a mac (os x, 10.4.10) which i'd like to share the internet from
to another computer.
The mac connects to the internet through an external modem, and the
other computer

I would apprec info on how to enable wireless internet activity on a
computer in my house.
Computer 1 is a  G5 Power PC , with a Cox Cable-installed Linksys
Cable/DSL router right behind it with two cables. One cable goes from

<http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/10/04/phishers/index.php>
Cullinane¹s experience with phishing goes back to his previous employer,
Washington Mutual Inc., which has been one of the top phishing targets
in the U.S.