Switching back&forth between Dialup and Cable Modem (Leopard)

Hey folks...I have a client who is using an iMac with Leopard (20inch titanium model from this year, 2gig coreDuo). She has cable modem, but cable service is very new to her area and thus never very reliable. For this reason, she's always had her Network preferences set up properly for both wireless and dialup. When her cable service drops out, she simply switches to dialup for a little while. The airport icon, top right of screen, can be clicked on to immediate access and choose between either of those configs. This always worked fine with Tiger, I set it up with her myself and it went swimmingly. Now that we've upgraded her to Leopard, her configs are still set up correctly, everything interfaces the same way, etc...however when she switches to the dialup method, it never connects. Nothing about the cable or dialup service has changed, and we only OSd in-place, so as i said configs and all relative information is exaclty the same. What do you think we need to correct or change? Thank you for any input!

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I recently bought a new MacBookPro because I needed a more powerful machine to handle my audio mixes in Logic 9.
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Is there a way to synch the 2 machines? I'm using external hard drives for my i-Tunes files & video files, can these by synched between both machines?
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Brian Breen wrote:
I recently bought a new MacBookPro because I needed a more powerful machine to handle my audio mixes in Logic 9.
My previous MacBookPro (from 2006) is still a good machine...I'd like to keep using it for Photos, I-tunes, etc., but there are some functions that I'd like to share between machines.
Is there a way to synch the 2 machines? I'm using external hard drives for my i-Tunes files & video files, can these by synched between both machines?
What is the best way to work with both machines, doing some applications on one and others on the other machine, but sharing the i-Tunes library?
If there are any links on the Apple website that address these issues, I'd appreciate anyone sharing them with me.
Thanks, Brian
This is a complex question.
You can use MobileMe to sync data, bookmarks, etc. Depending upon the amount of stuff you're syncing, and the amount of space you're willing to purchase on MobileMe, you can do a lot.
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I think you should keep your iTunes with your main computer, but set it up for home sharing (iTunes Preferences>Sharing>Share my Library on my local network). Then your older Mac can play music.
I think this will do what you want.

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[svn:osmf:] 13042: Fix for FM-287, reinstating the main sample ( that uses serial and parallel composition), and making another pass at getting all the changed trait methods mapped correctly back- and forth between JS and Flash .

Revision: 13042
Revision: 13042
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-12-17 03:45:27 -0800 (Thu, 17 Dec 2009)
Log Message:
Fix for FM-287, reinstating the main sample (that uses serial and parallel composition), and making another pass at getting all the changed trait methods mapped correctly back- and forth between JS and Flash.
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FM-287
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    osmf/trunk/apps/samples/framework/HTMLGatewaySample/html-template/index.template.html
    osmf/trunk/framework/MediaFramework/org/osmf/external/HTMLElement.as
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Hi,
I setup my HP PhotoSmart 6525 using the "Wireless with a router" setup instructions (i.e. not Wireless Direct). I am able to print from my laptop through the wireless network. I would also like to be able to print from my laptop using the USB connection at times when my laptop is physically sitting next to the printer. At times when it is not, I want to continue to be able to print wirelessly.
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Hey Paul2,
I see you have the HP Photosmart 6525 installed for Wireless printing capacity and would also like to add a USB driver so that it is available for use when near the printer. Please follow the steps below to add a copy of the printer for USB printing. The below steps are for Windows 7 and below based computers. If you have Windows 8, then the steps will be slightly different so let me know. Please let me know if you have a Mac, because I can provide those steps at that time.
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I just purchased a Roku 3500R Streaming Stick (HDMI). I set it up with no problem. What I can't figure out is how to switch easily between viewing the Roku and viewing regular TV. The only way I was able to get rid of the Roku screen was to unplug the Roku from the one HDMI connection on my TV, and replace it with the HDMI connection from my set-top box. If I got an HDMI splitter, would there be a way to switch back and forth without unplugging things?
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Looks like your TV only has 1 HDMI port.
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You have set up your LAN subnet with a /16 subnet mask which is effectively 10.0.0.1 - 10.0.255.254. This is a large subnet allowing over 65k hosts which is not best practice on enterprise networks. It probably won't cause you any issues but I doubt you will have any more than 254 hosts so personally I would use a /24 subnet (255.255.255.0)
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SOLVED: Dropped connections with Time Capsule and cable modem/router

I've been dealing with random dropped connections for quite a while and I thought that it would be useful to share what I've found.
I was having a very puzzling problem where my internet connection would drop randomly on wireless devices. On my laptop, webpages would suddenly become unresponsive for a minute or two, Mail would have connection problems and complain, etc...but incredibly randomly and definitely not repeatable or in any pattern that I noticed.
I also have 2 Nest thermostats in the house which connect via wi-fi. I noticed that they would randomly show Offline very often when viewed from a webpage or iPhone app, but the Nest front panels showed that they were connected with a strong signal.
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I worked with the level 3 tech support guys at Nest for over a week to figure out what was going on. We went through settings on my router and Time Capsule and everything seemed proper and okay. I even replaced the Nests with new ones but still had the same problem. We were all completely stumped.
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                                                     Motorola Cable modem/router
                                                                             |
                                                       Netgear multiport switch
                                                      |          |         |         |          |
                                                     hardwired Macs,            TimeCapsule (bridge mode)
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                                                                             |
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                                                            |                                       |   |   |   |   |
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                                         |         |         |        |
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