[X4U] Re: Refreshing the Network Choices

[Timothy Luoma]

On Jul 22, 2005, at 2:54 PM, revDAVE wrote:

> On 7/21/05 8:48 AM, "Timothy Luoma" <lists at tntluoma.com> wrote:
>
>> On Jul 21, 2005, at 11:22 AM, revDAVE wrote:
>>
>>> On 7/18/05 4:06 PM, "revDAVE" <coolcat at hostalive.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sometimes the network choices in the finder get messed up. Is
>>>> there a way to refresh the network - without rebooting?
>>>>
>>>> Is there an easy way - or ...
>>>>
>>>> I know nothing about Unix - but maybe there is a terminal command
>>>> for this?
>>>
>>> I still could use some help - if anyone has any ideas on this...
>>
>> Maybe you missed it or didn't get it, but...
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2005, at 1:02 AM, Timothy Luoma wrote:
>>
>>> What do you mean by "messed up"?
>>
>> I still have no idea what you mean by "messed up" and don't want  
>> to suggest anything drastic before you fill in a little more detail.
>
> Hello Timothy - yes - in fact did miss your e-mail the first time  
> because
> the program entourage has trouble sorting threads with slight  
> variations in
> the subject line:
>
>
> Re: [X4U] Refreshing the Network Choices
>
> Vs
>
> [X4U] Re: Refreshing the Network Choices
>
> ...... DO you have any idea by the way ... why this happens with  
> different
> people's replies?

Well, in my case it probably has to do with the fact that my server  
strips out [X4U] (and all other bracketed Subject tags from mailing  
lists) because I find them useless and annoying (I read a lot of  
email on my cell phone, and 4 extra characters in the Subject line  
*does* make a big difference.

> Is there any way to fix entourage at my end, so that all threads  
> will show consistently, despite slight subject line changes?

No idea.  Some RFC states that Subject lines should not be used for  
sorting, only In-Reply-To headers, but of course that causes problems  
when people hit REPLY and just change the SUBJECT line


> Anyway, to answer your question ...
>
> Basically, when I first boot-up Panther 10.3.9,  the network tab in  
> the
> Finder will display all available servers ... However, after the  
> computer
> has been on for some time ... Either several hours or days...  
> Sometimes the
> network tab in the Finder will not display servers that are currently
> on-line ( and were working previously)...
>
> The only way I currently know around the problem - is to reboot the
> computer...
>
> It seems as though, if there was some kind of magic " network  
> refresh "
> button - that  might solve the problem - (and go out and look for all
> available servers on the network) ... But I don't know if that  
> magic button
> exists... Does it?
>
> Or ... possibly there is some kind of Unix command To take care of  
> this?

Curious.

I don't have any other servers on my network to test this with, but  
if this were my Powerbook, I would simply detach the Ethernet plug  
and then plug it back in.  If this is a desktop, that might not be  
convenient.

Here's what I did (for a completely different reason):

1) Goto System Preferences > Network

2) Where it says "Location: [AUTOMATIC]" click and choose "New Location"

3) Name the new location "OFFLINE"

4) Where it says "Show:" (right under "Location: OFFLINE") choose  
"Network Port Configurations"

5) Uncheck all the boxes (on my Powerbook that means: Internal modem,  
Bluetooth, Built-In Ethernet, Built-In Firewire, Airport)

Now when your network servers go offline, change your Network  
location to "OFFLINE" and then click APPLY and then switch back to  
AUTOMATIC (or whatever it was previously set at) and APPLY again.

That should refresh your network connection.

HINT: LaunchBar will search for network configurations.... I can  
press cmd+space and type "off [enter]" and switch to OFFLINE and then  
cmd+space + "auto [enter]" to go back.

HINT2: "OFFLINE" is a good way to be productive when you don't want  
to be distracted by email, IM, web, etc!