[G4] OS X connection problem solved - maybe

[Dennis B. Swaney]

At 6:53 AM -0400 10/14/04, Wilkin, Wayne (Mass) wrote:
>Do you have a cable modem running thru some sort of router? If so it maybe
>the router assigning the ip address. Some people get these routers because
>their isp's only allow one connection. Well you can have more than one but
>they charge you for each additional one.
>
>>  ----------
>>  From:	Dennis B. Swaney
>>  Reply To:	A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers.
>>  Sent:	Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:31 PM
>>  To:	g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>>  Subject:	[G4] OS X connection problem solved - maybe
>>
>>  A friend of mine with the same ISP gave me a couple of different DNS
>>  numbers to plug in and they worked! I can now connect from OS X on my
>>  G4 iMac. Here is the strange part: When I connect from the G4 iMac
>>  running OS X, I'm assigned an IP address that starts with 207 every
>>  time. However, the G3 iMac running OS 9.1 seems to always be assigned
>>  an IP address that starts with 69! Are IP addresses assigned
>>  according to the operating system that you are using?
>  > --

Nope. Dial up only, though they do use the same telephone line (but 
not at the same time). Two separate machines, two different OS, two 
different lines to the wall jack.
-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind."