Modem Port on iMac?

I know the intel iMacs don't come with internal modems, but do they have a modem port? I only have dial-up where I live, and my G5 is totally hosed. If I can't hook-up a modem, no mac for me.

The Apple USB modem does not seem to be offered by the Apple Store anymore, at least not the U.S. online store.
However, it is still available from other resellers
[Apple USB Modem - 56 Kbps Fax / modem|http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=safari&rls=en&q=appleusbmodem&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=9832728713848179501&ei=JxDQSvHCLYi6swOqwZDwCw&s a=X&oi=productcatalogresult&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CB4Q8wIwAw#ps-sellers]
There are also similar products from other companies; make sure it is described as working with Mac OS X.
You basically connect the modem, which is more of an adapter, to your iMac's USB port. Connect the other end to the phone line.

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IMac11,2: How do you use internal modem without a modem port?

This is driving me nuts. How on earth do I dial up somewhere from my iMac, or even send or receive a fax, when there is no modem port to connect my modem lead to, and thus connect the Mac to a phone line?
I rang Applecare but they didn't even seem to know there was an internal modem on the Mac, or even how it used to work with a direct connection to the phone line. They seemed to think I could attach the modem lead to my router. But I rang BT re my Home Hub 3 and they didn't know either. There is no modem socket on the router.
So I searched Apple Support and found a reference on page 11 of the following manual:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iMac_Early2009_UG.pdf
saying:
"To use a dial-up connection, you need the external Apple USB Modem, available from the online Apple Store at www.apple.com/store or from an Apple Authorized Reseller. Plug the Apple USB Modem into a USB port on your iMac, and then use a phone cord (not included) to connect the modem to a phone jack"
But when I rang the Apple Store they said they didn't sell Apple USB modems. They, too, didn't seem to have any idea of what I was talking about.
I cannot be the only person in the world who wants to dial-up places from their Mac. There are three reasons for wanting direct dial-up:
1) Sending and receiving faxes
2) Connecting to a company server via dial-up (and I am talking a major national newspaper here, not a small outfit)
3) Using a dial-up internet service when the broadband goes down
All very good and important reasons for needing to be able to connect the Mac to the phone line, I am sure you will agree.
But how on earth do I do that now?
Thanks
Sarah

Hi Niel,
Thanks for the speedy reply.
But my iMac does seem to have an internal modem because it shows up in Network prefs under the list of available connections, and there is still a fax option in System prefs too.
Plus it shows up in System profiler under Network/Locations/Automatic as follows:
Internal Modem:
Type:          PPP
IPv4:
Configuration Method:          PPP
IPv6:
Configuration Method:          Automatic
Proxies:
FTP Passive Mode:          Yes
PPP:
ACSP Enabled:          No
Display Terminal Window:          No
Redial Count:          1
Redial Enabled:          Yes
Redial Interval:          5
Use Terminal Script:          No
Dial on Demand:          No
Disconnect on Idle:          Yes
Disconnect on Idle Timer:          600
Disconnect on Logout:          Yes
Disconnect on Sleep:          Yes
Idle Reminder:          No
Idle Reminder Time:          1800
IPCP Compression VJ:          Yes
LCP Echo Enabled:          Yes
LCP Echo Failure:          4
LCP Echo Interval:          10
Log File:          /var/log/ppp.log
Verbose Logging:          No

How to connect many devices with only one FW800 port in iMac?

Hi,
I am upgrading to a new Intel iMac from a 2004 vintage Dual2.0GHz PowerMac. I currently have 8x d2 Quadra drives chained by FW800, and 2x Iomega drives connected vis FW400 hub which also connects HD cams.
My questions is that with only one FW800 port in iMac, I think my devices connectivity is the following?
(1) Get a FW 800 hub (I can only find 2 port ones at the Apple store and BestBuy)
(2) Connect the d2 Quadras to one port of the FW800 hub
(3) Get a FW 800 to FW 400 cable
(4) Connect my 6 port FW400 hub to the 2nd port of the FW800 hub
Thanks for reviewing this solution, and I would also appreciate other suggestions or hear about your experiences if you have a similar set-up.
Will

In addition to your listed considerations, you should consider the following.
Many storage needs do not required FireWire 800 speed. For example, USB 2.0 works fine for your Time Machine backup drive. If you are just storing user data such as your iPhoto or iTunes media files, USB 2.0 is more than fast enough. So, as much as possible, if any of those external drives have USB 2.0 connections and the data storage does not need FireWire 800 speed, offload as much as possible to USB 2.0. I used to be a +FireWire snob+, but since getting an Intel iMac, I find that USB 2.0 works quite well for most data storage purposes.
There are new hard drives that are power efficient and as large as 2TB. Consolidate your data storage needs onto a smaller number of very large drives, partitioned as needed. This will make your setup more reliable (smaller number drives), and save reduce power consumption. If any of your current externals are SATA, you can probably replace the existing drive with an extra large one.
So, I think you setup should be, extra large FireWire 800 drive connected to the FireWire 800 port directly. Using a 9-pin to 6-pin cable, connect the FireWire 400 hub. Connect any non-storage FireWire 400 devices there. Do some data transfer testing to make sure having the 400 hub there on the chain does not cause the 800 connection to slow down.
Connect other drives as needed using USB 2.0, existing or new. Retire the smaller of your external drives.

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Si no tengo internet de Banda Ancha sino modem portátil puedo usarlo en TC? ?

YO no tengo internet de Banda Ancha, sino que me conecto a través de un modem portátil con conexión USB. Puedo por este medio sacar provecho de las opciones que Time Capsule ofrece usando internet? Gracias.

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Desafortunadamente, el Time Capsule debe estar conectado con el módem mediante un puerto Ethernet, que no tiene el módem USB. No puede usar el Time Capsule.
Hay algunos routers llamados MiFi en los Estados Unidos a los cuales se les puede conectar un módem USB y difundir su señal de Internet mediante Wi-Fi, por lo que podrá conectar sus dispositivos. Consúltelo con su operadora.
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Shocked: No Modem Port!

got a new macbook a few days ago. was unpleasantly surprised to find out there was no modem port on it for dialup connection to the internet. what's the point of that? and what's the solution?

I just discovered this myself...
I have Wireless DSL at my house, but I'm house-sitting for a friend and wanted to check my email. So, my new MacBook Pro in hand, I was ready to use my "back-up dial-up" account (reserved for when DSL goes down or nothing else is available... rare, but it still occurs!) and discovered that there is nowhere to plug in the phone line. So, I had to wait until I could go elsewhere to go online.
Kind of a PITB (and a disappointment)... guess I'll either have to buy an external modem, or use my older laptop for such instances.
Even "on the road": not all hotels have wireless Internet, so I've had to rely upon "old faithful" dialup (with tweaked modem scripts for 112k analog service) on more than one occasion!
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No modem port but 2 of RJ-45 Ethernet ports?????

I have MAc Pro Dual Core Intel Xeon, I dont have a modem port is that normal but I have 2 of RJ-45 Ethernet ports, why do I need 2 and what is 2nd RJ-45 Ethernet for, can anyone explain this, thank you very much.

You can buy a Modem if you want one. Apple decided that very few Mac Pro users wanted a Modem, so they dropped it from the standard Hardware. Today, you would probably add a USB modem, if needed.
Two Ethernet ports gives you great flexibility. It can allow you to connect to the internet on one, and to a Storage Area Network (shared Drive Farm) on the other. It can allow you to use the two ports together as a team when connecting to special high-speed networking gear and run at twice Gigabit speeds (this is not for "regular" home or office use). Or it can allow you to extend your Internet connection over the other port to another computer.

No modem port

Every time I boot up my G5, 10.5.1 hangs me up stating it cannot connect to the Internet.
I CAN connect to the Internet with any browser and I have an modem I could install but there is no Modem port at all in the back of the computer. Can I replace a Firewire port with a modem port?

Modem port ?? What do you mean by that?
Do you mean analog telephone jack? If so, that is not possible.
I CAN connect to the Internet with any browser...
So what is the problem?

Daisy chain or FW to each 400/800 port on imac?

I have a 2007 intel imac with 1 FW400 port and 1FW800 port.
I have one 5400RPM 1TB external hard drive to house all my media files (music,pics & movies) with FW 800 or FW 400 ports.
And one 7200RPM 2TB external hard drive to serve as a backup for both my imac & the 1TB hard drive, with FW 800 or FW 400 ports.
Question is what is the best way to connect these without slowing the whole thing down? Connect the 1TB drive to the FW400 port on the imac and the 2TB drive to the FW 800 port on imac....or daisy chain one to the other then to the imac, all using FW 800???
Thanks!
Ivansnikki

Okay, so just to clarify: 1TB (5600RPM) HD <-> 2TB (7200RPM) HD <-> imac?
Thanks for the quick response!

Problem with java communication api for gsm modem port

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Can I have cable modem connected to iMac but shared with Airport Express?

I have my internet access to my iMac through a cable modem wired to the Mac. I use the Airport Express to play music from the Mac wirelessly to my stereo. Can I then share the internet access I have on the iMac through the AX without actually connecting the modem to the AX? The wiring is easier to get to the Mac than it would be to get wiring from the cable modem to the Airport Express at the stereo. I want to be able to access the internet wirelessly from a PC laptop that I also have.
Thanks

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Note that if your internet connection stops working when you do this, then you may need to change your network port priority so ethernet is higher than AirPort.
Mac OS X 10.5 Help: Changing the priority of your network connections
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/8853.html

Can't find how to set up wires modem, Airport Express, imac

My imac gets its internet using ethernet cable from cable modem (only one ethernet port out of it) to imac. Just bought airport express to send wireless signal to my house so kids can use wireless pc laptop. But want to keep my imac hard wired to internet. What cables do I need to plug in where?

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Kernel Panic using modem on Intel iMac

Received the new iMac two days ago and all seems well under Rosetta, including the AOL client, which Walt Mossberg reported would not work. I got the external USB modem as a backup if/when my cable service dies. Every time I try to dial out I get a kernel panic as soon as I click connect. I sent the problem logs into Apple support with note upon restart. Anyone else try this and have a problem?

panic(cpu 0 caller 0x0019C352): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers: CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x29ed1000, CR3: 0x00e73000, CR4: 0x000006e0 EAX: 0x29ecea9b, EBX: 0x02926dc0, ECX: 0x00001403, EDX: 0x00007572 ESP: 0x29ed1000, EBP: 0x13e2be14, ESI: 0x29e8f910, EDI: 0x29ed0fff EFL: 0x00010217, EIP: 0x0019217a, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010 Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack) 0x13e2bc48 : 0x128aea (0x3b9dcc 0x13e2bc6c 0x130c94 0x0) 0x13e2bc88 : 0x19c352 (0x3bf21c 0x0 0xe 0x3befd4) 0x13e2bd38 : 0x196c9b (0x13e2bd4c 0x13e2be14 0x19217a 0x130048) 0x13e2bd44 : 0x19217a (0x130048 0x2af0010 0x24c0010 0x10) 0x13e2be14 : 0x5fb71b (0x295a800 0x2f 0x295e2f0 0x5f7700) 0x13e2be54 : 0x5fb7fc (0x295a800 0x3 0x28c89c4 0x19aaa4) 0x13e2be94 : 0x60e7cc (0x295a800 0x495070 0x13e2bed4 0x19aaa4) 0x13e2bed4 : 0x703433 (0x293d000 0x650d90 0x13e2bf14 0x6507b4) 0x13e2bf14 : 0x650ddc (0x12499100 0x186a 0x13e2bf54 0x134588) 0x13e2bf34 : 0x38d96e (0x291e740 0x2926dc0 0x13e2bfd4 0x49b800) 0x13e2bf84 : 0x13c70b (0x2926dc0 0x28db734 0x0 0x0) 0x13e2bfd4 : 0x196b69 (0x0 0x0 0x256c880 0x2926dc0) Backtrace terminated-invalid frame pointer 0x0 Kernel version: Darwin Kernel Version 8.4.1: Tue Jan 3 18:23:53 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.7.90.obj~1/RELEASE_I386 Model: iMac4,1, BootROM IM41.0039.B00, 2 processors, Intel Core Duo, 1.83 GHz, 1 GB Graphics: ATI Radeon X1600, ATY,RadeonX1600, PCIe, 128 MB Memory Module: DIMM0/BANK 0, 512 MB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz Memory Module: DIMM1/BANK 1, 512 MB, DDR2 SDRAM, 667 MHz AirPort: spairportwireless_card_type_airportextreme (0x14E4, 0x89), 100.9 (3.120.28.3) Bluetooth: Version 1.7.1f14, 2 service, 1 devices, 1 incoming serial ports Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1 Serial ATA Device: ST3160023AS, 149.05 GB Parallel ATA Device: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-846 USB Device: Built-in iSight, Micron, Up to 480 Mb/sec, 500 mA USB Device: Hub, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA USB Device: DeskJet 940C, Hewlett-Packard, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA USB Device: Hub in Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/ sec, 500 mA USB Device: Apple Optical USB Mouse, Fujitsu Component, Up to 1.5 Mb/sec, 100 mA USB Device: Apple Pro Keyboard, Mitsumi Electric, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 250 mA USB Device: Bluetooth HCI, Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA USB Device: IR Receiver, Apple Computer, Inc., Up to 12 Mb/sec, 500 mA

How to use modem port on WRT54GS

Hi, I have a network like this:
ADSL -> THOMSON wired modem -> LinkSys SR2016 wired switch -> LinkSys WRT54GS wired/wireless router
My problem is with the connecction between the SR2016 -> WRT54GS. As you probably will know the WRT54GS has 5 ports, one is called 'INTERNET' and the others are numbered 1, 2, 3, 4. According to the documentation of the WRT54GS it should be possible to configure the internet-port (the 5th connector on the back-side) so that it can be connected to another router.I can't get this to work.
My current workaround is to sacrifice one of the 4 router ports to connect to the SR2016. This works well, but takes up 1 wireless channel.
I would like to hear if there are any tips or experiences in this forum to get this working.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

If the purpose of the WRT is to provide a wireless access point for your LAN (and not create two separated and protected LANs) then you have to connect the WRT through one of the numbered LAN ports. You also have to turn off the DHCP server on the WRT.

Internet does not work. Modem is fine. iMac is fine. SOS!!!

My iMac is connected to the internet via ethernet. For some reason my internet doesnt work anymore. I went through all the diagnostics and went through all the proper steps provided on the homepage of safari to try and get working myself. NOTHING. I then called my ISP and had them remotely check and see if they can work it out and they said,"It was not an issue with their hardware they can see, nor and issue with their line. You should take your iMac to get it checked."
I did. I went to the Apple retail store in Escondido, Ca. and like always they were awesome! They checked my iMac and ran all the diagnostics that they have in-store. They even connected it to the ethernet cable that they had. INTERNET!!! Everything checked out clean and with no issues, Even my non Apple ram that I installed. I then went to the ISP and even exchanged my modem for a brand new one with new cables. Went home and nothing. short of pulling my hair out I scheduled an appointment for the ISP to come and take a look at the issue. The tech even pulled out his laptop (which was not apple) connected the ethernet and wala!! INTERNET. For the next 45 mins he toyed with the settings and tried to work his way around the computer and I got nothing, just a handshake and in a regretful tone, like my dog failed to make it home from being lost across country, "I'm sorry, but you still have no internet." I am currently at work, but when I get home I am going to reformat my computer and reinstall snowleapord and see where that takes me.
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Wait, don't reinstall yet.
Hi, this has worked for a few...
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
10.7…
System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.
For 10.5/10.6, System Preferences>Network, unlock the lock if need be, highlight the Interface you use to connect to Internet, click on the advanced button, click on the DNS tab, click on the little plus icon, then add these numbers...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Click OK.
Also, turn off IPv6:
System Preferences » Network » Ethernet » TCP/IP tab » Configure IPv6
Or whatever Interface you use.

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