How to connect to the internet via Ethernet

[CmdrLaForge]

Hi folks,

I am currently on my round the world trip sitting in an internet cafe in New Zealand. My problem is that I cannot connect to the internet through their LAN via Ethernet. I am running 10.2.8 and I really tried everything. Of course its a WINDOWs network and no one could help me. I went trough every step as described in the help. Nothing. Maybe someone has an idea. Would be great.

Thanks
LaForge

[varmit]

Hi folks,

I am currently on my round the world trip sitting in an internet cafe in New Zealand. My problem is that I cannot connect to the internet through their LAN via Ethernet. I am running 10.2.8 and I really tried everything. Of course its a WINDOWs network and no one could help me. I went trough every step as described in the help. Nothing. Maybe someone has an idea. Would be great.

Thanks
LaForge

In the Network Settings, try turning off the 56k modem, which is what I'm guessing you are using right now. When my friend that comes over, he uses dial up at home, he has to do this to get an ethernet connection. I hope they are using DHCP, so double check that your ethernet is setup for it. Otherwise, you havn't explained how they give out internet connections at the place you are at, so I can't speculate more than I have.

[Westside guy]

CmdrLaForge - your profile page says you have an iBook G3. This means an old Airport card, rather than Airport Extreme, right?

The old Airport cards can't handle the short preamble version of 802.11b. Many public WiFi hotspots will be using short preamble by default, since it cuts the packet size down quite a bit.

Unfortunately if this is the case, there's nothing you can do about it (unless you can somehow convince them to switch to long preamble; but I'm betting they won't even know what that means).

[CmdrLaForge]

In the Network Settings, try turning off the 56k modem, which is what I'm guessing you are using right now. When my friend that comes over, he uses dial up at home, he has to do this to get an ethernet connection. I hope they are using DHCP, so double check that your ethernet is setup for it. Otherwise, you havn't explained how they give out internet connections at the place you are at, so I can't speculate more than I have.

Hi Varmit,

thanks a lot ! Now its working. I disabled the modem and the airport card and I am sitting this moment in an Internet cafe in Auckland writing this on my iBook ! ;)

Cheers
LaForge

[varmit]

Glad to be of some service to you. Have a nice trip.