[P1] I Got Dem Holiday Inn Blues

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Of course I'm still in the System 9.2 Dark Ages. However, I did just 
as you suggest. Ethernet. DHCP. Nada. Not the connection that one 
would expect. Zip. Bupkus.

There was a jack (RJ45) and I couldn't google anyone due to the lack 
of connection.

In theory we didn't need the IP number, but faced with the dead line, 
it seemed like the next logical place to look.

I just googled and the first hit I looked at said Ethernet, Manual, 
Enter IP address supplied by ISP. Apparently some outfits still 
require manual settings.

I keep threatening to attack OSX, but my early attempts were futile, 
primarily because I have so much old software that I was running in 
Classic all the time and couldn't see much point in stacking one OS 
on top of the other. It must be time to move into the light.

Thanks for the input.


>>
>>Friday afternoon: I'm staying in a Holiday Inn in Madison, WI this
>>weekend. The desk answers the phone proclaiming "FREE HIGH-SPEED
>>INTERNET ACCESS IN ALL ROOMS". they neglect to mention "FOR WINDOZE
>>ONLY."
>>
>This is simply not true. TCP/IP is TCP/IP and doesn't give a fig 
>what platform you are using. Indeed, most of the machines that 
>PROVIDE that "high speed internet" are themselves NEITHER Windows or 
>Mac, but UNIX servers.
>
>In Mac OS X, you probably need do nothing. Plug in the Ethernet 
>cable, change your TCP/IP setting in the Network system pref to 
>Show: Built-in Ethernet, "Using DHCP," wait a few seconds, boom.
>
>Wireless is a slightly (sometimes) trickier story, but you didn't 
>mention wireless so I'm assuming they had an RJ45 jack in the room 
>like most hotels these days do.
>
>>They have no list of IP numbers.
>>
>Well of course they don't. You (nor they) don't need it. They are 
>supplied automatically by the DHCP server.
>
>You might google up a page on "cable modems and Mac" or find the 
>relevant page in the Apple Help or Knowledgebase and email it to 
>those guys at the Holiday Inn for reference. That will help them FAR 
>more than attempting to find out their IP and DNS info (which 
>they've clearly never needed before, so to their minds Macs must be 
>WAY more difficult than PCs).
>
>_Chas_
>
>"The Mac interface is not 'sexy', and it would be grotesque to want 
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>utilitarian grounds, and they do not pretend they mean to be. They 
>are there to, in aggregate, change the nature of your relationship 
>with the device. They are joyful, and they hope their joy is 
>infectious." -- Glenn McDonald
>
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