rubaiyat
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I have just upgraded one of my drives to OSX 10.3.9. It was a brand new HD, I installed OSX 10.3 then upgraded directly using the 10.3.9 combo updater.
I am getting prompts every 15 min from Internet Connect to stay connected (I have VDSL) and hunted fruitlessly everywhere for the place to turn this off.
With help from MacOSX.com I was pointed to the "PPPoE Options" button buried in Systems Preferences>Network>PPPoE between Save Password and Show PPPoE status.
Despite unchecking all the options in Session Options it is still prompting me to disconnect.
May I suggest Apple:
1. Offer a link to change the setting in the dialog box that pops up as well as the menubar.
2. Put that option with Internet Connect where it belongs
3 Make any changes actually apply
This whole area of networking settings desperately needs fixing, it is one of the more complex and confusing parts of OSX.
I have long ago stopped trying to share with my older OS9 machines which crash when trying to share with my G4. This is more than just annoying when I receive client files on floppies.
I also cannot share a Mac volume with my PC without resorting to 3rd party software. Windows 2000 can share a volume, so can OS7-9, why not OSX? Having to pass files via shared folders is slow, clumsy, full of permission errors and leaves a trail of files that leads to version errors.
Further, I use my G4/OSX to route my VDSL connection to my network of 5 Macs and 1 PC. Each time I restart the G4 (not out of choice) I must go back to Sharing and click on Share Internet again. Locking settings is counter intuitive because settings change in the disabled options.
Nor have I been able to discover an option to automatically log on to the VDSL connection when I start up.
I have looked for these features ever since OSX came out and am curious, not hopeful, that there will be improvements in Tiger.
I am getting prompts every 15 min from Internet Connect to stay connected (I have VDSL) and hunted fruitlessly everywhere for the place to turn this off.
With help from MacOSX.com I was pointed to the "PPPoE Options" button buried in Systems Preferences>Network>PPPoE between Save Password and Show PPPoE status.
Despite unchecking all the options in Session Options it is still prompting me to disconnect.
May I suggest Apple:
1. Offer a link to change the setting in the dialog box that pops up as well as the menubar.
2. Put that option with Internet Connect where it belongs
3 Make any changes actually apply
This whole area of networking settings desperately needs fixing, it is one of the more complex and confusing parts of OSX.
I have long ago stopped trying to share with my older OS9 machines which crash when trying to share with my G4. This is more than just annoying when I receive client files on floppies.
I also cannot share a Mac volume with my PC without resorting to 3rd party software. Windows 2000 can share a volume, so can OS7-9, why not OSX? Having to pass files via shared folders is slow, clumsy, full of permission errors and leaves a trail of files that leads to version errors.
Further, I use my G4/OSX to route my VDSL connection to my network of 5 Macs and 1 PC. Each time I restart the G4 (not out of choice) I must go back to Sharing and click on Share Internet again. Locking settings is counter intuitive because settings change in the disabled options.
Nor have I been able to discover an option to automatically log on to the VDSL connection when I start up.
I have looked for these features ever since OSX came out and am curious, not hopeful, that there will be improvements in Tiger.