[P1] Ethernet disconnecting

[Tom R. no spam]

without more info, sounds like a timeout, like the iBook
going to sleep or a sharing timeout.

shift-delete is forward delete

On Mon, 26 May 2003, Erin Randel wrote:
 . . .
> I am transitioning from my old 8500 to a lovely new ibook. I have the
> two computers networked with an ethernet cable, and I can connect and
> transfer files. But if I work for a while on the 8500 and sort of
> ignore the ibook, the appletalk disconnects, but doesn't tell me. The
> 8500's hard drive still shows as being mounted on the ibook desktop,
> but if I double-click it, a little color wheel spins and spins until I
> command-ctrl-restart it. Force quit doesn't even seem to work; I tried
> that several times.
 . . .
> PS Is there a way to make a delete-forward key on this keyboard? I'm
> hurting with only the delete-previous key.