Re: Internal Modem on G4

From: Paul (sp2tech_at_msn.com)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:20:11 -0400

Ok. At the DOS prompt, release the IP address ( ipconfig /release )
Then renew it ( ipconfig /renew )
Note any errors (verbatim)
If no errors, then ipconfig and check for an IP address.
If you get an IP address, ping 4.2.2.2 again

On 3/9/05 9:10 PM, in article
1110417021.991349.53270@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, "Paul McArdle"
<pm@telemar.com> wrote:

> Before seeing your message, I deleted the previous connection in order
> to run IE again and get the internet wizard back; though, IE went to
> browse mode anyway.
>
> Followed your instruction. At the prompt
> C:\Documents and Settings\Paul McArdle>ipconfig got
> "Windows 2000 IP Configuration" instead of an IP address. Pinged at the
> next prompt anyway, and it said it was pinging with 32 bytes, and said
> "Destination host unreachable" 4 times.
>
>
> Paul wrote:
>> In Windows 2000, there are several ways to accomplish this. Try the
>> following route:
>>
>> Go to Control Panel, Internet Options.
>> Click on the Connections Tab.
>> Click on Setup (for the Internet Connection Wizard)
>> Set up the connection manually or connect thru a LAN
>> Put a dot in 'I connect thru a LAN' (your Mac is acting as a server
> here)
>> Make SURE there are no checkmarks in the proxy boxes
>> Select 'No' for email setup
>> Click 'Finish'
>>
>> Make sure that you have an active connection to the Internet on the
> Mac
>> side.
>> In Windows, open Internet Explorer. Try going to www.red.com or
>> www.purple.com
>> If you cannot open a Web page, Click Start/Run
>> Type cmd and press enter to go to a command prompt
>> Type ipconfig
>> Does it give you an IP address?
>> If so, try this command 'ping 4.2.2.2' without the quotation marks.
> That is
>> the DNS server for yahoo.com. You should get 4 replies.
>> Let us know the results.
>>
>> And, by the way, VPC provided 2 'free' incidents of tech support with
>> Microsoft.
>>
>> For help with the Internet Connection Wizard, go to www.oyah.net and
> click
>> on I-SIMS and then on Operating Systems, select Windows 2000
>>
>>
>> On 3/9/05 4:18 PM, in article
>> 1110399490.338316.308620@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, "Paul McArdle"
>> <pm@telemar.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Paul. You made it sound simple, but with my Win2000 it ain't
>>> quite that simple. The Network Connection Wizard had 5 options:
> dial-up
>>> to private network, dial-up to internet, connect to private network
>>> through the internet, accept incoming connection, and connect
> directly
>>> to another computer. The first 2, of course, weren't it; the last
> three
>>> all required at some point a selection of a hard port, either LPT1,
> or
>>> COM1, or COM2.
>>>
>>> Went back to Internet Explorer to get Internet Connection Wizard,
> and
>>> took option 3: direct dial-up or Lan (I forget the other two, but
> they
>>> were not likely choices. I avoided the dial-up and selected the Lan
>>> route; there was a rocky road through some options, but the bottom
> line
>>> was the connection still required picking a pc type port to connect
> to
>>> the Lan. I forced it to end and it did release the Internet
> Explorer to
>>> function, but IE could not successfully load an internet page - it
> said
>>> it couldn't connect with the internet and said I could select to
> get
>>> pages off the local disk, or retry. Tried several sites, including
>>> www.google.com, which is a safe bet for being up. Went back into
> the
>>> connection's options, and made everything I could see automatic and
>>> non-dialup, but it still wanted a hard port assignment for the Lan
> to
>>> get sharing.
>>>
>>> I bought the Win2000 version of VPC because I want to use an old
>>> version of NetObjects Fusion on my Mac and thought an older version
> of
>>> Windows might be a safer bet. Maybe not. Should I pay Microsoft to
> tell
>>> me what to do? Before I return it to Amazon for a refund, (or a
>>> replacement with VPC/XP?), it would seem I have to get Microsoft to
>>> either get me up and running, or not. I need some encouragement
> that
>>> dealing with MS will be worth it. I expect that will be a time
>>> consuming hassle. I'm tired of dealing with this Microsoft junk;
> maybe
>>> I need to get Dreamweaver for the Mac and put this junk behind me.
>>>
>>> But if Paul, or anyone else, can tell me how to connect to the
> internet
>>> through this version of VPC and Windows, I'm still interested and
> will
>>> appreciate it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Paul wrote:
>>>> You do NOT need to go thru all that trouble to get connected to
> the
>>> Internet
>>>> using a dialup connection. GEEZ, the solution to this issue is SO
>>> simple.
>>>> Just do this:
>>>>
>>>> Make sure that you are connected on the Mac side.
>>>> Make sure that you are using Shared Networking.
>>>> In Windows, go to Network Connections and create a new connection.
>>>> When you go thru the New Connection Wizard, ensure that you select
>>> 'Set up
>>>> my connection manually' and then select 'Use a broadband
> connection
>>> that is
>>>> Always on' ( I know, I know....it's a dialup connection..not
>>> broadband.
>>>> Trust me here).
>>>>
>>>> That effectively disables the dialup connection wizard that pops
> up
>>> all the
>>>> time.
>>>>
>>>> By connecting on the Mac side first and having Shared Networking
>>> enabled,
>>>> the Mac OS will provide all networking services to the VPC
> program.
>>> No
>>>> special configuration is required in Windows.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/9/05 11:06 AM, in article
>>>> 1110380765.060272.149490@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "Paul
> McArdle"
>>>> <pm@telemar.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Should I pay Microsoft $35 for email support on how to get my
>>>>> vpc7/win2000 to share the modem?
>>>>>
>>>>> Paul McArdle wrote:
>>>>>> Thanks Steve. My VPC Scripts Menu does not have the "set
>>> networking
>>>>>> type" option that Pia Jones said should be switched to shared
>>>>> sockets.
>>>>>> She was responding to Herbert, who had VPC 6.1, rather than my
> VPC
>>>>>> 7.0.1. My VPC troubleshooting scripts menu shows only Toggles,
> and
>>>>> they
>>>>>> are toggles for Compatibility Mode, FastAssist Mode, Hardware
>>> Cursor,
>>>>>> MMX Setting, Shutdopwn System Halt, System Disk Cashe. Do I
> toggle
>>>>> one
>>>>>> of these, or is there another way to get shared sockets?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve Jain wrote:
>>>>>>> On 8 Mar 2005 19:59:15 -0800, "Paul McArdle" <pm@telemar.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Using VPC 7.0.1 / Win2000 on Mac Mini w/ internal modem
> dial-up.
>>>>>>>> Shared Networking is on, but starting Internet Explorer on
>>> Win2000
>>>>>>>> only brings up Internet Connect Wizard, which wants an
> external
>>>>>>>> modem. (Mac internet connection was established before turning
>>> on
>>>>>>>> VPC and Win2000)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can someone tell me the workaround to get VPC/Win to share
> modem
>>>>>>>> connection?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Turned on scripts, as Pia jones suggested and found folder:
>>>>>>>> library/scripts/virtual pc scripts/ but it contains only
>>>>>>>> troubleshooting
>>>>>>>> scripts, no script menu, or am I looking in the wrong place?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The shared sockets script is a troubleshooting script.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have you enabled the script menu in VPC? If not, you need to.
>>> See
>>>>>>> the VPC help for detailed instructions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>>>>>>> Website: http://www.essjae.com
>>>>>>> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
>>>>>>> no warranties, and confers no rights.
>>>>>>> You assume all risk for your use."
>>>>>
>>>
>

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