powerbookg3

[sheilaiam]

I was given an old '98 powerbook and we've tried to connect to the internet explorer with a dsl cable (at my daughters) and the explorer comes up for a few seconds then disconnects. We've tried 2 different connection lines but it still disconnects. I took it to the Apple Store and had the software upgraded to 9.2.2 and it worked fine there. My daughter has her pc and a laptop connected at her house but mine just won't hold the connection there. Can you tell me what might be the problem?

Also the powerbook freezes up when I try to use the floppy disk drive or the zip drive.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

How are you connecting to the Internet there...via Ethernet I assume. Do they have a router in place after the cable modem?

C

 

[sheilaiam]

Hello and welcome.

How are you connecting to the Internet there...via Ethernet I assume. Do they have a router in place after the cable modem?

C

Thanks for the interest Cory. Yeah it's via ethernet and
I think so - her router has 4 plug-ins and only 2 are occupied. I asked her if maybe she needed to pay more to have 3 systems hooked up to the server but she said no.
She's on Verizon.

 

[bluekatt]

then its most likley the hardware firewall in the router

 

[sheilaiam]

then its most likley the hardware firewall in the router

thanks bluekat. I sent your reply to my daughter I hope she doesn't start yellin' at me again.

 

[Cory Cooper]

It could also be that the Mac isn't setup correctly for TCP/IP using DHCP.

C

 

[bluekatt]

thats also possible but she said that it worked fine in the applestore there for i am assuming the tcp is configured correctly and that its the firewall in the router causing problems

 

[Cory Cooper]

You could try hooking it up to one of the functioning ports that the other computers are currently using and see if that works.

 

[sheilaiam]

You could try hooking it up to one of the functioning ports that the other computers are currently using and see if that works.

I suggested that to her but that's when she became overwrought and yelled at me - I guess her kindness had expired. She has already accepted the Mac thru the firewall - it just keeps switching back to an old IP. BUT it didn't do that at the Apple Store. I can only assume it's her router and either get a wireless card for it or find someone else with dsl I can hook up to when I need to.

Sheila

 

[sheilaiam]

I suggested that to her but that's when she became overwrought and yelled at me - I guess her kindness had expired. She has already accepted the Mac thru the firewall - it just keeps switching back to an old IP. BUT it didn't do that at the Apple Store. I can only assume it's her router and either get a wireless card for it or find someone else with dsl I can hook up to when I need to.

Sheila

But I forgot to put the verizon software on!!

 

[Ric]

So is it working now ?

regards

Ric

 

[sheilaiam]

So is it working now ?

regards

Ric

No!!!! That version of verizon won't work.

I don't know what to do - except maybe request a different version from verizon. I only have a part time job at the moment so I can't afford something more expensive.