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Keep the phone base as far away as possible and... 605 Views / 3 Replies  
Keep the phone base as far away as possible and you could try changing the wireless channel you're connected to. I've heard microwaves can also cause problems as well. I had problems with my cordless...
Posted by merlin, on May 3, 2006 at 05:32 AM, in Networking
Tried swapping the ethernet cable you used with... 559 Views / 3 Replies  
Tried swapping the ethernet cable you used with the G4 yet to see if it's bad?
Posted by merlin, on May 3, 2006 at 05:23 AM, in Networking
Sounds like you might have some problematic... 674 Views / 3 Replies  
Sounds like you might have some problematic pixels. I have not experienced this on my 15" MBP (nor have I heard it reported).
Posted by merlin, on May 3, 2006 at 04:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks
After I got my 17" rev A keyboard repaired for... 1,187 Views / 10 Replies  
After I got my 17" rev A keyboard repaired for the bottom right corner being 'loose', it returned to me with a new keyboard after being fixed at the store. All seemed well until I noticed some number...
Posted by merlin, on Oct 14, 2003 at 12:45 AM, in Mac Notebooks
My 17" rev A keyboard was floating up on the... 711 Views / 4 Replies  
My 17" rev A keyboard was floating up on the bottom right corner near the arrow keys. I don't think it was due to heat. I think the adhesive that's supposed to bond it to the frame was just not...
Posted by merlin, on Oct 4, 2003 at 03:47 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I posted earlier that my 17" rev A keyboard was... 803 Views / 9 Replies  
I posted earlier that my 17" rev A keyboard was 'loose' on the bottom right corner. The adhesive that mounts it wasn't working and it was only about a week old. I took it back to the Apple store I...
Posted by merlin, on Sep 26, 2003 at 01:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Actually it's not really a squeek. I guess it's... 638 Views / 3 Replies  
Actually it's not really a squeek. I guess it's the combination of the adhesive backing and the loose keyboard that's making the noise as I type. The bottom right corner is actually floating a few...
Posted by merlin, on Sep 18, 2003 at 03:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks
22" cinema display shuting down 15" PB 513 Views / 0 Replies  
Has anyone with a 1Ghz 15" had problems hooking up a Cinema display to it? I have a friend who tried connecting it to a 22" cinema display and it kept shutting down his powerbook. Any ideas why that...
Posted by merlin, on Sep 12, 2003 at 07:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
17" Loose keyboard 638 Views / 3 Replies  
I did a quick search but did not see any threads on this topic.

Basically my problem is that my less than a week old 17" keyboard seems to be loose. The bottom right corner where the arrow keys...
Posted by merlin, on Sep 12, 2003 at 07:34 PM, in Mac Notebooks
V7325 with sizzle. Sizzles more when I move the... 5,023 Views / 70 Replies  
V7325 with sizzle.
Sizzles more when I move the Apple mouse I have plugged into the USB port.
Posted by merlin, on Sep 10, 2003 at 02:24 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I noticed that too when I was checking out a 12"... 989 Views / 4 Replies  
I noticed that too when I was checking out a 12" at the Ala Moana Apple store. The 15" and 17" didn't seem to get as hot nor did the ibooks. My 2 hour old 17" (literally) is nice and cool though in...
Posted by merlin, on Sep 7, 2003 at 03:53 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Re: how to get a new IP address from DHCP? 22,149 Views / 11 Replies  
My friend google found this :)
(I'm assuming you're using OSX and you have administrative privileges. Haven't tried it personally.)

From a terminal window, type sudo ipconfig set en0 BOOTP
...
Posted by merlin, on Jun 19, 2003 at 03:41 AM, in Networking
Sorry, don't know about your first question. If... 706 Views / 3 Replies  
Sorry, don't know about your first question. If you'll be using a router, wouldn't having a software firewall be redundant? In case you didn't know, OSX has firewall capability built into it.
...
Posted by merlin, on Jun 16, 2003 at 01:24 AM, in Networking
This should probably be posted in Mac OS X forum.... 517 Views / 4 Replies  
This should probably be posted in Mac OS X forum. Have you tried searching there?

I think holding down "x" while booting up will do it, though I could be wrong. Haven't needed to force boot in X...
Posted by merlin, on Jun 10, 2003 at 10:41 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Normally if you can browse by IP but not by... 679 Views / 5 Replies  
Normally if you can browse by IP but not by domain, it means you have some kind of DNS problem.

It sounds like the DNS for your domain is not resolving when you try to get to from your LAN.

Are...
Posted by merlin, on Jun 8, 2003 at 04:11 AM, in Networking
Pros: -The ABS looks a lot slicker than other... 645 Views / 6 Replies  
Pros:
-The ABS looks a lot slicker than other wireless routers :p
-Wireless printing if your USB printer is supported
-The more expensive model has a modem and option to add an antennae
-Support...
Posted by merlin, on Jun 8, 2003 at 03:52 AM, in Networking
Wow, that is weird. Don't know what the... 543 Views / 3 Replies  
Wow, that is weird.

Don't know what the cause is, but I do agree with the other posters. You're more likely to run into packet collisions and congestion with hubs. A router/switch is a lot more...
Posted by merlin, on Jun 8, 2003 at 03:25 AM, in Networking
I wonder if it has anything to do with your cable... 617 Views / 6 Replies  
I wonder if it has anything to do with your cable ISP assigning a lease to the IP your computers get assigned. If your ISP is assigning IPs via DHCP, sometimes a lease gets attached to try to match...
Posted by merlin, on Jun 8, 2003 at 03:10 AM, in Networking
I use 10.1.5 at work and all my stickies data... 2,106 Views / 3 Replies  
I use 10.1.5 at work and all my stickies data vanished after I installed a 256MB RAM chip. I learned the hard way that you shouldn't keep important data on stickies unless you save them constantly....
Posted by merlin, on May 28, 2003 at 11:35 PM, in macOS
I'm assuming you can check email and surf right?... 762 Views / 6 Replies  
I'm assuming you can check email and surf right? If you can't perform these functions either, than your Internet connection might be hosed in some way.

Perhaps there's a firewall issue?

Have...
Posted by merlin, on May 28, 2003 at 11:15 PM, in Applications
I just picked up a Linksys WRT54G... ... 535 Views / 2 Replies  
I just picked up a Linksys WRT54G...

http://www.linksys.com/splash/wrt54g_splash.asp

...from CompUSA on sale for $129.

It works great in my house. I have a 15" flat screen iMac hooked up...
Posted by merlin, on May 28, 2003 at 10:56 PM, in Networking
Poll: 17" vs 15" and 12" displays 991 Views / 5 Replies  
Interesting short article comparing the quality between the 3 powerbook displays...

http://www.powerbookcentral.com/news/viewnews.cgi?id=EpVFupFkVuCCppNntv

Basically the conclusion is that the...
Posted by merlin, on May 20, 2003 at 01:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I think the answer to your question has a lot to... 537 Views / 1 Replies  
I think the answer to your question has a lot to do with the ISP you decide to go with. I work for an ISP and I can tell you that we have many customers that run servers off their DSL with no...
Posted by merlin, on May 20, 2003 at 01:42 AM, in Networking
You may want to factor out your router/firewall... 497 Views / 5 Replies  
You may want to factor out your router/firewall as the problem. You could hook your mac directly to your Internet connection and simpy remove your router from the equation. If FTP starts to work,...
Posted by merlin, on May 18, 2003 at 03:48 AM, in macOS
Anyone heard anything good/bad about the... 1,887 Views / 25 Replies  
Anyone heard anything good/bad about the SportFolio?

http://www.marware.com/SFExtreme.html
Posted by merlin, on May 16, 2003 at 03:11 AM, in Mac Notebooks
The hub won't work unless that cable connection... 1,066 Views / 5 Replies  
The hub won't work unless that cable connection provides you multiple routable IP addresses. If you're stuck with only 1 routable IP address, you'll definitely need the router. You'll need 1 IP...
Posted by merlin, on May 16, 2003 at 02:51 AM, in Mac Notebooks
 
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