[X4U] Waiting for network initialization

[Gretchen Hayman]

On May 13, 2005, at 08:44, Jim Hurley wrote:

> When I start up, it takes a full minute to get through: "Waiting  
> for network initialization"
>
> Is there a way to speed this up?

Maybe?

On your system, you could check for and turn off unused directory  
access services/protocols in /Applications/Utilities/Directory  
Access.app. No sense having your computer looking for an LDAP server  
if you don't have an LDAP server, etc.

You could also check for and turn off unused network ports in System  
Preferences > Network > Network Port Configuration.  I'd also drag  
your network ports into the order in which you want them to be  
checked.  Again, if you're never going to use your Firewire or modem  
for network access, turn them off and drag them to the bottom of the  
list.  This way the ports you do use will be checked for network  
connectivity first and you don't have to wait through the timeouts on  
the other ports.

Hopefully one of these suggestions will help.

--
gretchen