Networking 0S9 + OS 8.6

I've decided to finally send my old faithful beige G3 tower to a friend who still uses these powerhouse machines. To pull off all the relevant data, I'm trying to network this old computer with my Dual Boot g4 running 0S9.2. I have both machines hooked up via ethernet to an Asante FR1004 router and they both connect broadband to the internet fine. Yet, neither computer appears in either machine's network browser. AppleTalk on both machines registers as <no zones available>. File sharing is on. I used to network all the time between these machines using this same Asante router, although stopped when I put Tiger on a year ago (since Tiger doesn't support networking with OS9 or older). What am I missing/forgetting?
G4 mirror door tower Mac OS X (10.4.2) 1.25 gHz Dual Processor, Dual Boot

You may look at the Carlson-document
You can network OS 9 with Tiger from OS 9-you may look at the forum Legacy Networking.
Is the OS 9.2 you use on the G4 the "classic" OS you run with Tiger?

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Problems networking a G4 + G3, 0S9 + OS 8.6

I've decided to give away my old faithful beige G3 tower to a friend who still uses such machines. To pull off all the relevant data, I'm trying to network this old computer with my Dual Boot g4 running 0S9.2. I have both machines hooked up via ethernet to an Asante FR1000 router and they both connect broadband to the internet fine. Yet, neither computer appears in either machine's network browser. AppleTalk on both machines registers as <no zones available>. File sharing is on. I used to network all the time between these machines using this same Asante router, although stopped when I put Tiger on a year ago (since Tiger doesn't support networking with OS9). What am I missing/forgetting?
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Thanks, this is the very thing I forgot! I posted this question at another location on the discussion boards (Power Macintosh G3 (Platinum-Beige)), and received a reply that included very helpful screen shots that walked me down memory lane: http://homepage.mac.com/car1son/os9xnet_nfilesharing.html. I think I stand by OS8.6 being the most solid system I've ever used, but it's time to let it go.
G4 mirror door tower Mac OS X (10.4.2)

Small office network

Hi there,
I want to install/move our office over the weekend and have some lose ends, which i hope can be answered in this forum.
First, let me start off mentioning what i intend to do:
we have three (airport enabled) iMacs sitting in the middle of our office.
At the far end of the office we have the DSL modem, a Gigabit Ethernet Switch, the airport extreme station.
At the other end of the office, I have a HP Color LaserJet (networkable) and a PowerMac G5 1.8GhZ DP (has an airport card installed).
I would like to have the three iMacs connected to the Internet, the Printer and the G5 PowerMac (which will serve as a server). I go about that by connecting the Modem with a jumper cable to the Gigabit switch, as well as the Ethernet cable (regular ONE-WAY) from the printer and the G5 into the Gigabit Switch, I assume. Then I lead one Ethernet Cable from the Gigabit Switch into the airport station, so that an (optional) laptop could access all of teh attached goodies.
Eeventhough the iMacs are airport enabled, I would rather have the option of having them hardwired as well (for speed reasons). I just plug those ethernet cables inside the Gigabit Switch as well?
Thats the technical part.
Now a question about the PowerMac G5. Everyone on the network needs to access files which I will store on the G5, such as photo library and some word and xls documents. Can i just make everything shareable?
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G5 imac, powermac, etc Mac OS X (10.4.6)

It sounds like you have it right - if you're using wired ethernet connections just connect everything back to the switch.
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As for the file sharing, I wouldn't share the entire drive, but designate one folder (or folders) as being shared. If this is running Mac OS X client (vs. Server) get a copy of SharePoints which will make it easy to select which folders are available for sharing.
Unless you're also running as a directory server you'll also need to make sure that the G5 has an account for everyone that is going to log onto it to access the shared folders. You could use one common account, but that's not recommended.

Cannot send email from outlook 2011 (Mac) on public networks but can send via Mac Mail

I cannot send mail with Outlook from anywhere other than my work or home network, will not work even when accessing 4g with my phone hotspot; very frustrating. I am using Yosemite & Macbook Pro (2012). if i use the Apple Mail everything works fine so I can only assume it is a setting on Outlook?

Update - I now have it working.
am not really sure what exactly fixed it.
I changed a lot of things but my setup now has the following which I think fixed.
outgoing server - p06-smtp.mail.me.com
override default port checked - port now 587
on more options button changed it to "use incoming server info".

Network Cable unplugged

I have BT Total Broadband Anywhere Home Hub 2. I have used it successfully on my desktop pc and wirelessly with my laptop. However I went away for 2 months and was unable to use either (everything was switched off whilst away). On my return the laptop can't connect at all, I just get two grey monitors with a red X and the information 'A Network Cable is unplugged'. I bought a netbook when away and am having the same problem with that now.
On the laptop that worked before, on my Network Connections it is showing as follows:
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Broadcom 440 x 10/100 Integrated Controller
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A check on the laptops device manager hardware shows everything as working properly, but when I try the Wireless WLAN configuration utility in Control Panel it tells me there are currently no wireless adapters available and enabled.
I am getting desperate as I cannot sit at the desktop for any length of time and need the laptop, please can anyone help?

chunkleberry wrote:
I have BT Total Broadband Anywhere Home Hub 2. I have used it successfully on my desktop pc and wirelessly with my laptop. However I went away for 2 months and was unable to use either (everything was switched off whilst away). On my return the laptop can't connect at all, I just get two grey monitors with a red X and the information 'A Network Cable is unplugged'. I bought a netbook when away and am having the same problem with that now.
On the laptop that worked before, on my Network Connections it is showing as follows:
Local Area Connection 2
Network cable unplugged
Broadcom 440 x 10/100 Integrated Controller
1394 Connection 2
Connected
1394 Net Adapter #2
I have tried connecting to the Hub with an ethernet cable without success and when I run the Hub Manager on the laptop it just says it can't connect with the hub. When I run the Hub Manager on my desktop it says there is no wireless device detected.
A check on the laptops device manager hardware shows everything as working properly, but when I try the Wireless WLAN configuration utility in Control Panel it tells me there are currently no wireless adapters available and enabled.
I am getting desperate as I cannot sit at the desktop for any length of time and need the laptop, please can anyone help?
Hi, the devices you have mentioned are the 'wired' connections. On most laptops, there are switched you can press to turn on and off wireless, is it posisble this has been done?
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If Wireless Lan is disabled, you can right click on wireless lan and enable it, that should work.
CG
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AIO Remote wont recognize my network printer deskjet 3050

AIO remote app (IOS) did not recognize my network printer (Deskjet 3050), other apps (printer pro lite) did recognize the printer flawlessly, both the printer and the iphone are in the same network, I can print from my PC and my mac but not from AIO remote app (not even recognize the printer).
Can you help me?

Hello MrCrysis,
With the Printer Pro Lite app working to printer, this is excellent to hear. Although this is not an HP app. So to explain as to why the AiO Remote app is not recognizing your printer, and not being able to scan. Your printer does not have AirPrint capabilities according to the 'HP Deskjet 3050 (J610) and 3050A (J611) All-in-One Printer Series Product Specifications'. AirPrint is a requirement for the HP AiO Remote app to work, and because the printer does not have AirPrint the app can not see the printer.
Regards .
I worked on behalf of HP

AIO Remote app cant find HP 3050 printer on my network

Well thats my problem, I tried Fing and it sees the printer, tried ePrint free and it prints like a charm, but AIO does not even see my printer on my network (and yes my printer is in the same network as my mobile device is) I can print from my PC (windows 7) and my MAC (leopard) but I cant print from my iphone 4 using your app. I did the direct connect and it works but I need the network connect instead.
Am I missing something here?
THX for supporting me.

Hi MrCrysis,
Your question has been answered on http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/ePrint-Print-Apps-Mobile-Printing-and-ePrintCenter/AIO-Remote-wont-reco...
Regards
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AIO Remote app cant find HP 7150 aio printer on my wifi network, on Windows Phone 8

HI,
Yesterday I install You App AIO Remote on Windows Phone 8. I have connected to wifi HP 7150 aio printer, but phone cant find this printer... I have Lumia 1520 and Lumia 920 smartphones both is connect to this same wifi network like printer, but You app on both Lumias cant find printer, again but no problem is to connect to printer WEB interface from this both Lumias, so wifi network is correct configured.
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Hi Peter,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums. I understand that you are trying to use the new HP AiO Remote app for Windows phones to print to your Photosmart 7150 printer.
The Photosmart 7150 printer only supports USB connectivity, I have include the Photosmart 7150 Printer Specifications for reference. To be able to use the HP AiO Remote app the printer needs to be connected to a wireless network.
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Google Play on Tablet works on WIFI not Verizon network.

I have an Motorola Ellipsis Tablet. I am unable to use Google Player. When I open the app, I get "Background data disable. Google play store needs background data to be enabled." I hit enable and It asks me to choose either Facebook or Gmail. I choose my email account and it tries to sync and I get the message "Sync is currently experiencing problems. It will be back shortly." Everything works fine when I am on WIFI at home but when I get to work and I'm on the Verizon network it won't work. I can't use Pandora or look at video. Can someone help me figure out why it is not working on the Verizon network? Thanks.

Hi Mollie88,
Oh my! Let's get you back to enjoying your device. Some applications depend upon background data (transferring data when not directly in use). Restricting background data may cause those apps to stop functioning unless a Wi-Fi connection is available. To uncheck Restrict background data in the Google Play application, follow the directions in the link http://vz.to/1f5KM7b .
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X201 Tablet: Drivers not working for Network controller on Windows 7 Pro x64

Hello,
After downloading and installing all LAN and WLAN drivers for X201 Tablet, I couldn't find one that works on Windows 7 x64.
How can I proceed?
Thank you in advance
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I fixed it by downloading this drivers:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/18713/Network-Adapter-Driver-for-Windows-7-
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IPad iOS 8.1 Mail constant network use draining battery

Since updating to iOS 8.1, iPad Mail is rapidly draining my battery. When I go into Mail the network usage indicator (spinning wheel) runs constantly. I left it this way by mistake while traveling and it drained the whole battery with minimal actual usage in one day -- I usually only have to recharge every 2-3 days.
I have checked the battery usage indicator in Settings and it shows that in the last 24 hours Mail used 54% of the battery. I had changed no settings, but went into Mail & Calendar settings and double-checked them, and they were as they had always been. I have three email accounts: Gmail, Verizon, and a company account on an Exchange server. It's the only one that was set to Push, but now I've set it to Fetch like the others and it still continuously accesses the network when I'm in Mail.
This must be a bug of some kind introduced by a recent OS or app update, right? This never happened before, and nothing else has changed in my usage of the iPad or Mail.
One other issue: Mail is not actually fetching new mail when it should. I see new mail show up on Mac Mail hours before it appears on the iPad. Normally email would arrive almost simultaneously on my iPhone and iPad, then a moment later on the Mac. Now the phone is still first, but the iPad lags. The only way I can get the iPad to refresh in real time is to close the app and restart it.
Is anyone else seeing this behavior with the recent update? Any idea how to fix it?

Found a solution at: http://webcamsocialshopper.com/iphone-battery-suddenly-draining-try-this-non-res tore-method
Short version, remove your Exchange account, shut down phone, restart, add the Exchange account back. Problem solved.

ASA 5505 VPN clients can't ping router or other clients on network

I have a ASA5505 and it has a vpn set up. The VPN user connects using the Cisco VPN client. They can connect fine (the get an ip address from the ASA), but they can't ping the asa or any clients on the network. Here is the running config:
Result of the command: "show running-config"
: Saved
ASA Version 7.2(4)
hostname ASA
domain-name default.domain.invalid
enable password kdnFT44SJ1UFX5Us encrypted
passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted
names
name 10.0.0.4 Server
interface Vlan1
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
interface Vlan2
nameif outside
security-level 0
ip address dhcp setroute
interface Ethernet0/0
switchport access vlan 2
interface Ethernet0/1
interface Ethernet0/2
interface Ethernet0/3
interface Ethernet0/4
interface Ethernet0/5
interface Ethernet0/6
interface Ethernet0/7
ftp mode passive
clock timezone MST -7
clock summer-time MDT recurring
dns domain-lookup inside
dns domain-lookup outside
dns server-group DefaultDNS
domain-name default.domain.invalid
access-list vpn_splitTunnelAcl standard permit any
access-list inside_nat0_outbound extended permit ip any 10.0.0.192 255.255.255.192
pager lines 24
logging asdm informational
mtu inside 1500
mtu outside 1500
ip local pool VPNpool 10.0.0.220-10.0.0.240 mask 255.255.255.0
icmp unreachable rate-limit 1 burst-size 1
asdm image disk0:/asdm-524.bin
no asdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
global (outside) 1 interface
nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_nat0_outbound
nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface smtp Server smtp netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface pop3 Server pop3 netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface www Server www netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface https Server https netmask 255.255.255.255
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02
timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00
timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00
timeout sip-provisional-media 0:02:00 uauth 0:05:00 absolute
http server enable 480
http 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 inside
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-SHA esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set pfs group1
crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-SHA
crypto map outside_map 65535 ipsec-isakmp dynamic outside_dyn_map
crypto map outside_map interface outside
crypto isakmp enable outside
crypto isakmp policy 10
authentication pre-share
encryption 3des
hash sha
group 2
lifetime 86400
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
console timeout 0
dhcpd auto_config outside
group-policy vpn internal
group-policy vpn attributes
vpn-tunnel-protocol IPSec
split-tunnel-policy tunnelspecified
split-tunnel-network-list value vpn_splitTunnelAcl
username admin password wwYXKJulWcFrrhXN encrypted privilege 15
username VPNuser password fRPIQoKPyxym36g7 encrypted privilege 15
username VPNuser attributes
vpn-group-policy vpn
tunnel-group vpn type ipsec-ra
tunnel-group vpn general-attributes
address-pool VPNpool
default-group-policy vpn
tunnel-group vpn ipsec-attributes
pre-shared-key *
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
policy-map type inspect dns preset_dns_map
parameters
message-length maximum 512
policy-map global_policy
class inspection_default
inspect dns preset_dns_map
inspect ftp
inspect h323 h225
inspect h323 ras
inspect rsh
inspect rtsp
inspect esmtp
inspect sqlnet
inspect skinny
inspect sunrpc
inspect xdmcp
inspect sip
inspect netbios
inspect tftp
service-policy global_policy global
prompt hostname context
Cryptochecksum:df7d1e4f34ee0e155cebe86465f367f5
: end
Any ideas what I need to add to get the vpn client to be able to ping the router and clients?
Thanks.

I tried that and it didn't work. As for upgrading the ASA version, I'd like to but this is an old router and I don't have a support contract with Cisco anymore, so I can't access the latest firmware.
here is the runnign config again:
Result of the command: "show startup-config"
: Saved
: Written by enable_15 at 01:48:37.789 MDT Wed Jun 20 2012
ASA Version 7.2(4)
hostname ASA
domain-name default.domain.invalid
enable password kdnFT44SJ1UFX5Us encrypted
passwd 2KFQnbNIdI.2KYOU encrypted
names
name 10.0.0.4 Server
interface Vlan1
nameif inside
security-level 100
ip address 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
interface Vlan2
nameif outside
security-level 0
ip address dhcp setroute
interface Ethernet0/0
switchport access vlan 2
interface Ethernet0/1
interface Ethernet0/2
interface Ethernet0/3
interface Ethernet0/4
interface Ethernet0/5
interface Ethernet0/6
interface Ethernet0/7
ftp mode passive
clock timezone MST -7
clock summer-time MDT recurring
dns domain-lookup inside
dns domain-lookup outside
dns server-group DefaultDNS
domain-name default.domain.invalid
access-list vpn_splitTunnelAcl standard permit any
access-list inside_nat0_outbound extended permit ip any 10.0.0.192 255.255.255.192
pager lines 24
logging asdm informational
mtu inside 1500
mtu outside 1500
ip local pool VPNpool 10.0.0.220-10.0.0.240 mask 255.255.255.0
icmp unreachable rate-limit 1 burst-size 1
asdm image disk0:/asdm-524.bin
asdm location Server 255.255.255.255 inside
no asdm history enable
arp timeout 14400
global (outside) 1 interface
nat (inside) 0 access-list inside_nat0_outbound
nat (inside) 1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
static (inside,outside) tcp interface smtp Server smtp netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface pop3 Server pop3 netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface www Server www netmask 255.255.255.255
static (inside,outside) tcp interface https Server https netmask 255.255.255.255
timeout xlate 3:00:00
timeout conn 1:00:00 half-closed 0:10:00 udp 0:02:00 icmp 0:00:02
timeout sunrpc 0:10:00 h323 0:05:00 h225 1:00:00 mgcp 0:05:00 mgcp-pat 0:05:00
timeout sip 0:30:00 sip_media 0:02:00 sip-invite 0:03:00 sip-disconnect 0:02:00
timeout sip-provisional-media 0:02:00 uauth 0:05:00 absolute
http server enable 480
http 10.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 inside
no snmp-server location
no snmp-server contact
snmp-server enable traps snmp authentication linkup linkdown coldstart
crypto ipsec transform-set ESP-3DES-SHA esp-3des esp-sha-hmac
crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set pfs group1
crypto dynamic-map outside_dyn_map 20 set transform-set ESP-3DES-SHA
crypto map outside_map 65535 ipsec-isakmp dynamic outside_dyn_map
crypto map outside_map interface outside
crypto isakmp enable outside
crypto isakmp policy 10
authentication pre-share
encryption 3des
hash sha
group 2
lifetime 86400
telnet timeout 5
ssh timeout 5
console timeout 0
dhcpd auto_config outside
group-policy vpn internal
group-policy vpn attributes
vpn-tunnel-protocol IPSec
split-tunnel-policy tunnelspecified
split-tunnel-network-list value vpn_splitTunnelAcl
username admin password wwYXKJulWcFrrhXN encrypted privilege 15
username VPNuser password fRPIQoKPyxym36g7 encrypted privilege 15
username VPNuser attributes
vpn-group-policy vpn
tunnel-group vpn type ipsec-ra
tunnel-group vpn general-attributes
address-pool VPNpool
default-group-policy vpn
tunnel-group vpn ipsec-attributes
pre-shared-key *
class-map inspection_default
match default-inspection-traffic
policy-map type inspect dns preset_dns_map
parameters
message-length maximum 512
policy-map global_policy
class inspection_default
inspect dns preset_dns_map
inspect ftp
inspect h323 h225
inspect h323 ras
inspect rsh
inspect rtsp
inspect esmtp
inspect sqlnet
inspect skinny
inspect sunrpc
inspect xdmcp
inspect sip
inspect netbios
inspect tftp
inspect icmp
service-policy global_policy global
prompt hostname context
Cryptochecksum:78864f4099f215f4ebdd710051bdb493

Manage-bde command is not generating recovery key on network location

Hi,
I am trying to save the recovery key to the network share location and start up key in the USB drive while enabling bit locker.When the OS drive gets encrypted, the default folder for recovery password shows that it contains 1 file but not getting anything
inside it when i checked the properties of the folder.
i have already changed the group policy as "choose default folder for recovery password".
I am using the command to enable the bit-locker as "manage-bde.exe -on C: -rk
<network location to save recovery key> -sk <location of the USB drive>
-rp to enable the bit-locker. It is generating the start up key in the USB but not the recovery key on network share.
Can anyone suggest what i am missing or what else i should do to generate the recovery key on network share.
Does manage-bde process be able to save the recovery key on network share or it hand over to some other process to perform this task.
Thanks
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I got you Manoj, but I want to ask you one think that what if i lost the startup key or my USB stick. I have my recovery key on the network share. In order to log-in my machine I need the recovery password. From where i will get the recovery
password(48 digit). Surely from the recovery key on the network share. So how can i get the recovery password if only we have the recovery key.
I know both are different in context. Both are two different thing. I have lost my USB stick along with the recovery password and I have to log-in my machine. How can i do that i want to know that. Do there is any method to get recovery password from the
recovery key on network share. I have retrieved the recovery password when the recovery key in AD. But this time it is on network share.
Also one think which I need to solve is that the manage-bde -protectors -add command creates a new .bek file along with the older one. So the .bek file which get shown at the time of the start up of the machine is different from that stored in the network.
So i am getting confused as which .bek file is for which machine and hard to retrieve the password.
Is there any method to store recovery key on network without the -protectors -add command line so that both the .bek file should be matched and can easily be known for indiviual machine in an OU. As if both the .bek files will be different it would be difficult
to to retrieve the recovery password for the machines.
Please do inform if you need some more information about the scenario if i missed something.
Thanks
Gaurav Ranjan

New C310 - Wireless working FAIL - Printer's wireless network seems to be dead

Product: HP Photosmart Premium C310
OS: Windows Vista 64 bit and Windows 7 64 Bit
Error: Wireless working: FAIL
Changes: No changes since this is the first install of this printer ever
Description:
I've just unpacked my new C310 as a replacement for my older HP Inktjet 3845.
But when trying to install the wireless network everything I try seems to fail.
Printer doesn't detect my wireless network (blue wireless led is blinking 1sec on - 1sec off )
HP Network test tool on my laptop (standing next to the printer to test it's location ) gives no issues whatsoever, wireless network is strong and working very well.
Settings of the wifi connection are WPA security, no WPS, Channel 11, ... .
When I run a Wireless Network Test report from the printer menu, the result is (= printout)
* Wireless On => PASS
* Wireless Working => FAIL
* All the other points below are on status NOT RUN so no connection at all ...
Solutions tested:
Tried to reboot printer while waiting 1 minute in between => No result
Reset to factory settings straight on the printer => No result
Tried to run the Wireless network Setup Wizzard several times without merit.
Explanations on the forums seemed to be that this might be a faulty wireless network card in the printer?
Since this is one of the reasons of buying this item, I do need it to work.
Can anyone provide me advice/next steps?
Kind regards,
Raf

Great info and troubleshooting, thanks!
Unfortunately, I think you have a dead radio. This is how to contact HP support: www.hp.com/go/totalcare
Say thanks by clicking "Kudos" "thumbs up" in the post that helped you.
I am employed by HP

New MBP - wireless/internet access networking problem - a summary!

Greetings!
New MBP here, with all the trimmings (MacOS X 10.4.10 - Safari 3 Beta). New also to the Apple/MAC world
MBP >> wireless networking into a Linksys WRT54G router and >> thru HughesNet DW7000 Satellite Internet connection (not the fastest, but hey, the US and especially rural areas are NOT S. Korea when it comes to speedy internet connections!
Frankly, I bought into it for two reasons: First, hearing about the vaunted Mac a/v/ and doc/photo editing capabilities,... and about MacOS stability, etc... Well, it all needs a little work still: on the part of new users like me, but also probably on the part of the Apple/Mac people as well. 2nd reason I decided to purchase the MBP - i.e. ability to run Windows (I have not yet tried BootCanp, etc...: still resolving preliminary issues!). I still live in a heavy Win environment at my business - no other way of course!
Communications issues seem to still prevail: I am hanging out at several VERY HELPFUL forums (AppleDiscussionForum, MacRumorsForums, etc...) and the same issues keep popping up. Im my case, same as all above reported, with a few additional points, as follows:
1. Xmission errors: seem to be - at least in my case - a constant factor, regardless on how close/far i am from my wireless router. For example, I would be attempting to dwnload an upgrade (large)QT or MacOS file. i am barely into the dowmoad, and I already have several Read/Send errors. By the end of the download, I will have probably about 15 Rcv and 5 Send errors. Never gets quite that bad in my Win machines, I must mention. Anything to do here (I know, there are such things always affecting wireless com). AND, MOST importantly, how that this affect the effectiveness of the upgrade (I spotted same thing with MacOS 10.4.10 and Safari Beta 3 upgrade downloads!). Would it be likely that applying upgrades in such circumstances would screw up the OS??? Could OTOH such errors be automatically "compensated" by re-xmits from the source, and eventually the download would be OK? Because quite frankly, I do NOT know if my important upgrade download was OK to apply to the system, given those errors!!!
Also same thing with PING errors. Quite frequent when pinging another device on my network.
2. Quite often, accessing a site will proceed somehow OK, and then things will get stuck twd the end, as if some buffer somewhere gets overloaded??? Of course, as elsewhere reported, same can often happen with com getting stuck right over the "www" part of the URL!
3. AND, of course, the often reported "NO connection to the Internet", but computer shows good signal level and connection otherwise.
4. Strangely enough, seems that the Airport Extreme wifi card sort of "warms up the the internet" as one proceeds to start using it. It eventually picks up on a network, and often "improves" its connection over time!
5. Built in Airport Extreme seems to not exhibit up all immediately surrounding networks. Sensitivity issue?? iStumbler does.
6. iStumbler permanently posts noise level of 9% regardless of how close to my wireless router/broadband modem I am. Anyone uses iStumbler to monitor network traffic?
This is getting longuish: I just want to get over all those p*ant issues and get into putting my a/v stuff together!!
- Roger T
Thanks for just reading all this!. I am not sure it is all fixable (back to the Win "features" terminology, really meaning "bugs"??)

Thanks, BDaqua. This support forum is quite well stocked: I have been perusing all its nooks and cranies!
On the www.dslreports.com - All things Mac - forum, I spotted a couple of mentions of the following type of infromation:
link: »www.hardmac.com/news/2007-07-27/#7039
- The first TechNote provides information concerning the Airport problem affecting the MBP Santa Rosa (but also other Mac Intel). When used on battery, the wireless connection drops and one can even experience kernel panic. Apple Centers are asked not to exchange affected notebook as this is due to a unidentified bug in the Atheros driver, and should be fixed in the future with a simple Airport system update. So for the moment, unfortunate users are asked to directly power their notebook when using wireless network, or using Ethernet connection when running on battery... in other words, turn your notebook into a desktop
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I am wondering if you and folks on this close-to-Apple forum know anything about this. At least, we could just await remedy instead of messing around endlessly looking for solutions and... pondering as to whether it was a wise thing to purchase an expensive machine which happens to have trouble communicating online. After all, seems that the Mac folks are prone to spend MORE time online uploading/downloading music and videos instead of my being normally doing with the rest of my (Win) computers, i.e. work on customer lists, correspondence, inventories, accounting, data bases, etc....
So, seems to me we do have a pb and Apple might just save a few $$$ on silly ads and get to work on com instead. if nothing else to avoid the appearance of further - admittedly rather funny - ad-spoofs!
So back to your further inquiry. I run a wireless network from a HughesNet satellite modem, thru a Linksys WRT54GL wireless router, into some nearby office LANed desktops and point of sale equipment, to another neighbouring facility via wireless bridge, and to my Mac laptop. Distance from the laptop to the router: 50 ft max.
It all works surprizingly very well: up to 200kbps up and 1000 kbps down (in prime time, 150 up and 600 down). OK, my set up looks complex and incurring LOTS of activity. Actually, online activity is quite minimal and well scheduled - right now I am the only machine on the network online. Otherwise, our office processes online money wiring for customers among other things.
I'll try your DNS server choice on the Mac settings first. Will report accordingly.
Thanks for everything!
- Roger T

Networking 0S9 + OS 8.6

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