[G4] I can't get DSL in my G4...

[Richard H. Blount]

I had a semi similar experience with my Cable connection. I found I needed
to manually set-up my DNS information before I could get traffic to go
through. You might try power cycling the DSL modem and have the DNS
information already in place and let the DHCP (Assumption that the provider
is using DHCP) give you an IP address. Mac address' are hard-coded into the
network adaptor and are all supposed to be unique, although I have seen SMC
adaptors with duplicates.
Just my two pennies. I have seen this on several platforms with my provider.
Naturally YMMV.

Rich

> If your dsl service uses pppoe then the mac address is the problem. If
> it uses dhcp the mac address shouldn't matter. But a router would be a
> good idea.
> 
> On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 09:33, Russell wrote:
>> Marco
>> 
>> Did you have to give a Mac Address for you computer when signing up
>> for DSL.. Some ISP require a Mac Address to ID you Computer. If PC
>> wasthe computer that you signed up with then you may have to get a
>> routerand clone the Mac Address of the PC in it.. Then any
>> computerconnected to router will connect.. Other wise your TCP/IP
>> settings maynot be correct and in some cases have to use a fixed IP
>> address.
>> 
>> Russell
>> 
>> 
>> On Jan 18, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Daniel Brieck Jr. wrote:
>> 
>>         Marco, 
>>         
>>         Going on pure memory with OS 9...
>>         
>>         Try checking in the Control Panel under TCP/IP and make sure
>>         that built-in ethernet is selected and that Automatic DHCP  is
>>         selected.Then it should work after you close and save out of
>>         the TCP/IP controlpanel.    If that is how your DSL service is
>>         set up, like most are with {automatic DHCP}...
>>         
>>         Give this a shot and see what happens...
>>         
>>         Daniel J. Brieck Jr.
>>         
>>         On Jan 18, 2006, at 7:53 PM, marco santos wrote:
>>         
>>                  Hi.....I have a G4 AGP and I cant get DSL working on
>>                 it. Ihave a PC with DSL modem attached to it. DSL
>>                 works fine on it, butwhen I disconect the network
>>                 cable from the PC and plug into thenetwork outlet on
>>                 the back of the G4, nothing happens. Everything Itry
>>                 to do on the G4 that has to do with network doesn't
>>                 work....Ialways get the message AN NETWORK ERROR
>>                 OCCURED....BLAH BLAH BLAH.Please, can anybody help me
>>                 with that.I am running MAC OS 9.2.1
>>                 THANKS
>>                 Thank you
>>                 
>>                 and may God bless you
>>                 
>>                 Marco Antonio dosSantos
>>                 
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