Re: abnormal disconnects


Subject: Re: abnormal disconnects
From: Matthew Geier (matthew@arts.usyd.edu.au)
Date: Tue Sep 25 2001 - 19:03:39 EDT


Mark Guertin wrote:
>
> No need to have other programs request an IP first, the OS can do it for
> you...
>
> Go into the TCP/IP control panel on the mac, then into the options button
> (make sure you are in advanced or administration mode), and make sure the
> "load only when needed" in NOT checked and it should do a DHCP request at
> startup when it initializes TCP/IP.

 Doesn't help in this case, as AppleShare is the first 'application'
that needs TCP/IP. That option doen't force OpenTransport to load, it
just stops it unloading when it thinks its unneeded. We unset 'load only
when needed' as a matter of course when setting up machines.
 

-- 
Matthew Geier			matthew@arts.usyd.edu.au
Arts IT Unit			+61 2 9351 4713
Sydney University




This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Sun Oct 14 2001 - 03:04:53 EDT