Re: Is any part of Ethernet circuitry tied to Open Firmware? (final post summation)
- From: Mark Conrad <this.is@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:35:11 -0700
In article <300620081145270319%this.is@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Conrad
<this.is@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I intend to make one more post detailing the exact resolution of
the problem, with the aim of making life easier for any Mac
user of the Vista Ultimate OS who faces the same set of choices
that I faced, when this specific problem reared its ugly head.
Okay, here is the final post about how to avoid the problem,
a solution of sorts, as much as one can "solve" Vista problems.
It is kinda long winded, however I wanted to illustrate the
general "confusion" that Mac users will encounter
when using Vista.
Here goes -
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Purpose of this post is to make life easier for
those few Mac users who intend to use Vista on
a Boot Camp created partition on their Macs,
when using a DSL modem to connect
to the Internet.
I know, Boot Camp, Vista Ultimate, DSL modem,
one year old MacBook Pro - - - I am probably
the only one in this NG that uses them all
together, as a kind of bundle.
Hardware setup here:
Siemans "Gigaset SE567" DSL modem
About a year old MacBook Pro, 4GB ram
87.875 GB (exactly) OS X partition, OS 10.5.3
60.9 GB (approx') Vista Ultimate partition
with SP1 (Service Pack 1) installed plus all
Vista updates installed.
The Vista Circus
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If you are lucky, your DSL modem will start
right up and "just work" with Vista, that is
the default, I think. Mine did, I was lucky.
That is not the problem, however.
If you become nervous about that DSL modem
being on 24/7 then you might make some attempt
to shut it off when it is not being actively used.
That is when I got into trouble.
I opened Vistas "Network and Sharing" control panel
then clicked on "View Status" text. An additional
window opened, named "Local Connection Status".
A prominent button named "Disable" is in the new
window, so I clicked it.
Several things happened at once:
1) "Local Connection Status" window closed.
2) "1" light of the DSL modem went off,
indicating that #1 Ethernet connection
had been turned off.
3) Previous "Network and Sharing Center" window
is now visible on screen, because it is no
longer covered up by the "Local Connection Status"
window.
4) A new big red "X" is on the diagram between two
icons in that window, an icon looking like a
computer, and an icon looking like a world globe,
signifying that the connection between the two
has been broken.
Everything okay so far, the DSL connection is broken,
a cracker can't follow that path to break into Vista.
Now to look around for a button named "Enable", so I can
turn the connection back on.
Big Problem, no such button handy.
There are 4 prominent choices offered:
1) View network computers and devices.
2) Diagnose why Windows can not find any networks.
3) Set up a connection or network.
4) Open network and sharing control panel.
What! - that is the control panel window that I
am working from right now! - - - stupid Vista OS.
Which of these four should I pick, which would you pick.
I clicked on "View network etc. ...", that opened a window
named simply "Network".
Close scrutiny of that window shows a message:
"This computer is not connected to a network. Click to connect."
Well, duh...
Okay, I clicked on the:
"This computer is not connected to a network. Click to connect."
text, a drop-down menu appears with 3 choices:
1) Connect to a network.
2) Help about connecting to a network.
3) Open Network and Sharing center.
What! - Again! - you stupid Vista OS,
the window I am presently working from is
your stupid !@*%$@**! "Network and Sharing" window.
Stupid, stupid, stupid, !@*%$@**! &&&#@*!*
Uhh, 'scuse me, I think I have regained control, that
outburst will not happen again.
Gotta keep focused, can't let Vista get me down, gadd,
forgot what I am trying to do.
Oh yeah, I remember, am looking for an "Enable" button.
So I click the "Connect to a network" text which was
choice #1 above.
Window pops open with message:
"Windows can not find any networks"
Settle down, settle down, obviously I am going to have
to try something different, because I have not yet found
the magic "Enable" button.
Here again are the 4 choices in the "Network and Sharing"
window:
1) View network computers computers and devices.
2) Diagnose why Windows can not find any networks.
3) Set up a connection or network.
4) Open network and sharing control panel.
What to do, what to do.
None of those choices look like they will pay off.
Getting out my magnifying glass,
I spotted some text in the left margin of the
"Network and Sharing" window, under the
heading of "Tasks".
Tasks
*******
1) View computers and devices
2) Connect to a network
3) Manage wireless networks
4) Set up a connection or network
5) Manage network connections
6) Diagnose and repair
"Manage network connections" looked kind of interesting,
besides I was desperate to find my long lost "Enable",
so I clicked on the text "Manage network connections".
A "Network Connection" window opened, _not_ the usual
"Network and Sharing" window, just "Network Connections".
The window offers 3 prominent choices:
1) Local Area Connection
2) Wireless Network Connection
3) Bluetooth Network Connection
Hmm, I always thought that a "Local" connection meant
connecting nearby computers to each other, as in a house,
building, or other confined area - - - they usually call
such a connection a LAN, for "Local Area Network"
Hmm, think I get it now, Vista is using secret code, they
just invented a "LAC", a connection to connect thing-a-ma-bobs
together, thingamabobs that are inches apart.
Of course! - we should all have known that. We are all stupid.
I clicked on the text "Local Area Connection"(LAC for short)
Bingo! Success! My DSL modem magically sprung to life.
Now see how easy Vista is, you just gotta learn to speak
a little Vista.
Interesting, a search for LAC below turns up no results,
while the recognized term LAN turns up a definition:
<http://www.all-acronyms.com/?t=lac&m=d&g=1>
Like I say, you jest gotta larn to speak Vister ;-)
Mark-
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