[fisherKing]

i just moved my office from 9.2 to 10.3.4 (finally!).
we network filemaker & word.
np.
use aol dialup (ie one-at-a-time...small office)

when a mac is on aol, i cannot access the network.
it's there as soon as i quit aol.

how can i run both at once?


help! am being yelled at by owner...

[fisherKing]

anyone??

[tooki]

It's UNIX, so there must be some way of doing it, but by default, OS X uses only one network interface at a time. As soon as the AOL goes up, it becomes the active network interface.

I'd suggest you get some real internet connection for your network, and either ditch AOL altogether, or use AOL's bring-your-own-connection service which connects over your existing internet connection.

Apple's Airport base stations with modem allow you to share an AOL dialup connection onto a network, by the way.

tooki

[msuper69]

Have you tried changing the order of the port configurations with which OS X tries to connect to the network?

System Preferences/Network

Show: Network Port Configurations

Drag Built-in Ethernet to the top (assuming you are using that port when not using AOL).