Recent content by houchin

Hi all, I'm trying to get squid set up on my Mac OS X 10.2.4 system. My end goal is to put my proxy login info into the squid configuration for my companies proxy server for both HTTP and HTTPS, however, for the moment, I'm just trying to get it to work when directly connected to the...

Have you looked at DayLite from MarketCircle? I don't know if they integrate with the Microsoft server, but they seem responsive to product suggestions. I have only played with the app a small amount (when looking for an alternative to iCal), but it appears to be a very high-quality, very...

Why don't you enable SSH remote login on the system. Then you can login to the system remotely and use the chmod command from the remote terminal session. Or, you can install proFTPd or another ftp server on your system.

Ok, I'll give you this, as I've never tried it on a router that doesn't make the claim in their marketing literature. However, I'm still inclined to stick with vendors that know enough to state it, as they're more likely to deal with other Mac OS issues better. I remember that there were some...

None of the routers support passing AppleTalk packets between the WAN and LAN interfaces (between your local network and the internet). However, the issue is often do the routers transmit AppleTalk packets from LAN port to LAN port, and unfortunately the case is that most do not. However, a few...

Logging out and back in should fix things (unless the GUI app adds a startup or login item). I believe renice works on running processes, not application binaries. If logging out doesn't fix it, check your startup items in the Login preference pane

I have always read exactly the opposite. OS 9 extensions do not and will never run under Mac OS X. Extensions in 9 worked by hacking into the OS foundations, which is expressly a no-no on X.

The file you included in the message looks correct, so I'm guessing that when you saved the file with BBEdit, it used Mac style line breaks (return character) as opposed to Unix (newline character); the shell is seeing the entire file as one line, which would definitely cause it to not work...

Firewire is peer-to-peer. You don't even have to have a computer on a firewire network. USB is master/slave, but you can get a Ethernet to USB adapter (that's how my cable ISP is hooking up PC users that don't have Ethernet). It's understandable that you're confused at this point. There...

Is this a residential or commerical setting? If it's residential, cold-air returns are a great way to get data cable across a house without tearing through the drywall.

Have you turned off the modem before connecting it to the other computer. I also have a Toshiba Cable Modem (DOCIS) and have not had any problems connecting it to multiple devices. Your modem is probably set up by your ISP to only talk to one ethernet interface, and attaching it to a...

As much as I wish I had a solution for you right now, I stronly recommend you postpone purchasing anything until you can affort the router. While it is possible to set up a configuration using a software router on a system with only 1 ethernet interface, I think it is a bad idea and ultimately...

Hmm... The easy answer: Buy an inexpensive (non-wireless) Cable/DSL router and put that between the Cable modem and the base station. Then hook all of the other computers directly to the router. No more software routing, and you have a really good firewall between you and the world...

Open up Print Center and then click Add Printers. From the pop-up menu that by default reads "AppleTalk," select "LPR Printers using IP." You then get the standard IP address/queue name fields. However, out of curiosity, why would you not want to print to that printer using AppleTalk...

Argghhh. Forgot about that. The first thing I do on any unix system is go and put . first in my path. I really wish this was the default... Since you're going to be doing software development, I suggest you add it. Just edit /usr/share/init/tcsh/path. I can't remember if I created this file...