October 28, 2007 Word07 Inspiron
With some trepidation I started to put the new airport extreme wireless network into play. First I installed the software that came with it on the MacBook Pro, revised versions of airport utility and airport disk utility. Then I connected the WAN port on the airport to a port on the switch that has Earthlink DSL on it. Next I connected the shared hard drive BT6 to the USB port on the airport. I was then ready to turn on the airport and run airport utility. It immediately recognized the airport extreme which I was then able to connect to the internet by supplying the ID and password for my Earthlink DSL account. At this point I was able to log the Inspiron on but it was an unsecured service. At earlier times I have tried to log PCs on to an airport network with the message, a 15 or 5 character network password is required. I then went back to airport utility and set up a 15 character network password. I was then able to get on the internet with both the Inspiron and the Alienware laptops. The MacBook, of course is also connected to the internet. I also accessed the Ed 603 Gradebook file on the shared disk drive, made a correction to it, saved it, then saved it as a web page and put it on the MSUM web site with Fetch. I am delighted that everything works so well. I still have to see if Barbara’s iBook can connect and also that all four computers can print on the two connected network printers, the HP Color LaserJet 4600 and the HP LaserJet 2200, but I anticipate that this will work out fine.
Now I can get to work and incorporate the editorial changes brother Bill sent to me for the Passion For Grasses documentary.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
October 27, 2007
October 27, 2007 Word07 Inspiron
It has been a busy day for personal technology. Yesterday afternoon I took the Dell Inspiron in to Connecting Point to have them put Windows XP on the system. I t was something I tried to do but was unable to, it kept going back to Fedora. I also asked them to install a wireless card on the computer but they called later in the evening and said that it already had a Dell wireless card installed. I wanted to pick up the new operating system for the mac (Leopard) but was told I could not pick it up until 6 O’Clock, Apple’s official roll out time. At 6:15 I went back to Connecting Point and got Mac OS X, version 10.6, an inexpensive USB firewire drive (250 GB) to use as a time machine with leopard, and an airport extreme wireless base station. My goal is to set up a wireless station that both macs and pc laptops can use to get on the internet.
I installed Leopard on MacBook HD with no difficulty. I could not install it on the external hard drive, BR150. I was hoping to put a large Windows partition on this drive with Boot Camp but it did not want to accept Leopard. I then SuperDupered the sytem on MacBook HD to BR150 but did not end up with system start up disk. I also transferred all my basic everyday documents to a 250 GB external hard drive, BT6. I want to attach this hard drive to the airport extreme network when I set it up tomorrow.
It has been a busy day for personal technology. Yesterday afternoon I took the Dell Inspiron in to Connecting Point to have them put Windows XP on the system. I t was something I tried to do but was unable to, it kept going back to Fedora. I also asked them to install a wireless card on the computer but they called later in the evening and said that it already had a Dell wireless card installed. I wanted to pick up the new operating system for the mac (Leopard) but was told I could not pick it up until 6 O’Clock, Apple’s official roll out time. At 6:15 I went back to Connecting Point and got Mac OS X, version 10.6, an inexpensive USB firewire drive (250 GB) to use as a time machine with leopard, and an airport extreme wireless base station. My goal is to set up a wireless station that both macs and pc laptops can use to get on the internet.
I installed Leopard on MacBook HD with no difficulty. I could not install it on the external hard drive, BR150. I was hoping to put a large Windows partition on this drive with Boot Camp but it did not want to accept Leopard. I then SuperDupered the sytem on MacBook HD to BR150 but did not end up with system start up disk. I also transferred all my basic everyday documents to a 250 GB external hard drive, BT6. I want to attach this hard drive to the airport extreme network when I set it up tomorrow.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
October 24, 2007
October 24, 2007 Writer Mac
Greetings and salutations to anyone interested in personal technology, that is the use of technology in everyday life.
I just installed Fedora Core Linux in Parallels on the MacBook Pro. The installation went perfectly and I am now using OpenOffice.org Writer to try it out and to prepare an item for my increasingly inappropriately named blog, johnsiphonejournal. The default for Writer appears to be Nimbus Roman No9 L with a font size of 12. It looks good on the screen, guess I will just leave it that way. I can always change it later if I wish to. The fonts on the Fedora list do not include Times New Roman which is my current favorite, anyway. A couple of fonts on the list I may wish to look at are Century Schoolbook L and URW Bookman L.
Yesterday, I continued my attempts to install Dark Age of Camelot on the MacBook under Parallels and on the Alienware. I was unsuccessful with both and am about ready to give up on that task. That will mean I only have two computers I can run DAoC on, the Dell XPS and Barbara's PC. Maybe I can reinstall XP on the Inspiron laptop. I called Connecting Point to get some assistance on reinstalling Windows XP on the Inspiron laptop. They said to press F12 repeatedly after turning the computer on with the XP disk in the DVD drive. Then a menu came up with the choice to boot from CD/DVD and press any key to start. But it still went back to the Fedora core. I tried the same thing with the Dell windows restore disk, and it did the same thing, went back to booting Fedora. Well I better go back to the MacBook HD and check my email and such stuff as that, maybe even work on Passion for Grasses a bit.
October 24, 2007 Word MacBook
This is a word document created by the recently installed copy of Office:mac for MacBook HD. When looking at class assignments today, I found I could open Word .doc files with Pages, print them out and read them nicely. I then opened the Excel gradebook file for the course and was able to add the grade for the lesson I just checked. However when I went to save the file it would not save it to the original file but saved it as a new Numbers file. So I decided I needed to get Word and Excel installed on this hard drive, MacBook HD. I will be replacing these with the Office:mac 2007 when it becomes available. I also added some more subscriptions to podcasts from iTunes. When I finished the subscriptions and installing Word and Excel there is 72.75 GB available on MacBook HD. I still would like to add Adobe Flash CS3 and possibly Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and Illustrator CS3. I think I will have enough space to add them. I will however have to watch it as I start adding photos to iPhoto and additional music (and podcasts) to iTunes. I wonder if there is a way to save iPhotos on a different hard drive, for example the USB drive I plan on adding to the new Airport Exress when I get it. This document seems to look a little small on the screen as I work on it so I am changing the font, which is Times – 12, to Times New Roman – 12, and changing the View perspective from 100% to 150%. I can now read the material on the screen a lot easier.
Greetings and salutations to anyone interested in personal technology, that is the use of technology in everyday life.
I just installed Fedora Core Linux in Parallels on the MacBook Pro. The installation went perfectly and I am now using OpenOffice.org Writer to try it out and to prepare an item for my increasingly inappropriately named blog, johnsiphonejournal. The default for Writer appears to be Nimbus Roman No9 L with a font size of 12. It looks good on the screen, guess I will just leave it that way. I can always change it later if I wish to. The fonts on the Fedora list do not include Times New Roman which is my current favorite, anyway. A couple of fonts on the list I may wish to look at are Century Schoolbook L and URW Bookman L.
Yesterday, I continued my attempts to install Dark Age of Camelot on the MacBook under Parallels and on the Alienware. I was unsuccessful with both and am about ready to give up on that task. That will mean I only have two computers I can run DAoC on, the Dell XPS and Barbara's PC. Maybe I can reinstall XP on the Inspiron laptop. I called Connecting Point to get some assistance on reinstalling Windows XP on the Inspiron laptop. They said to press F12 repeatedly after turning the computer on with the XP disk in the DVD drive. Then a menu came up with the choice to boot from CD/DVD and press any key to start. But it still went back to the Fedora core. I tried the same thing with the Dell windows restore disk, and it did the same thing, went back to booting Fedora. Well I better go back to the MacBook HD and check my email and such stuff as that, maybe even work on Passion for Grasses a bit.
October 24, 2007 Word MacBook
This is a word document created by the recently installed copy of Office:mac for MacBook HD. When looking at class assignments today, I found I could open Word .doc files with Pages, print them out and read them nicely. I then opened the Excel gradebook file for the course and was able to add the grade for the lesson I just checked. However when I went to save the file it would not save it to the original file but saved it as a new Numbers file. So I decided I needed to get Word and Excel installed on this hard drive, MacBook HD. I will be replacing these with the Office:mac 2007 when it becomes available. I also added some more subscriptions to podcasts from iTunes. When I finished the subscriptions and installing Word and Excel there is 72.75 GB available on MacBook HD. I still would like to add Adobe Flash CS3 and possibly Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 and Illustrator CS3. I think I will have enough space to add them. I will however have to watch it as I start adding photos to iPhoto and additional music (and podcasts) to iTunes. I wonder if there is a way to save iPhotos on a different hard drive, for example the USB drive I plan on adding to the new Airport Exress when I get it. This document seems to look a little small on the screen as I work on it so I am changing the font, which is Times – 12, to Times New Roman – 12, and changing the View perspective from 100% to 150%. I can now read the material on the screen a lot easier.
Monday, October 22, 2007
October 22, 2007
October 22, 2007 Notes
Last night I arranged all the video clips for PFG (Passion For Grasses) onto the timeline in FCP6 and exported a QuickTime movie for a DVD I can view and decide what kind of introduction to put into each chapter. I also put in chapter markers on the timeline in FCP6. Next step is to go through the video, making any additions or deletion, then add title overlays at the beginning of each chapter. Call or email Bill to make certain I have the titles and locations correct. Then work on the soundtrack, adding narrative or music as needed. I can use GarageBand or SoundTrack for this or maybe just do it within Final Cut Pro.
1. Getting Started - video segment introducing the documentary and showing the equipment, then show overlay, Getting Started, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
2. Konza Prairie Overlook - delete the segment where airplane is flying over, insert overlay - Konza Prairie Overlook, Manhatten, Kansas.
3. Konza Praire Nature Trail - add intro narration and overlay - Konza Prairie Nature Trail, Manhatten, Kansas.
4. Springhill Ranch - add intro narration and overlay - Springhill Ranch, Strong City, Kansas.
5. Tall Grass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City, Kansas. Do not need intro narration, add overlay.
6. Tower Overview, Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
7. Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
8. Rud's Prairie Project, Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
9. Al's Prairie Project, Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
10, Bill's Prairie Project, Mahomet, Illinois. Add overlay.
11. Bob's Prairie Project, Battle Lake, Minnesota. Add or improve narration, add overlay.
12. Rud on burning, Add overlay.
I installed Appleworks 6 on MacBook HD, leaving 73.93 GB available, and on MacintoshHD2 (G4), with 106.31 GB available. I will be putting Leopard on these two hard drives when it comes out Friday.
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Last night I arranged all the video clips for PFG (Passion For Grasses) onto the timeline in FCP6 and exported a QuickTime movie for a DVD I can view and decide what kind of introduction to put into each chapter. I also put in chapter markers on the timeline in FCP6. Next step is to go through the video, making any additions or deletion, then add title overlays at the beginning of each chapter. Call or email Bill to make certain I have the titles and locations correct. Then work on the soundtrack, adding narrative or music as needed. I can use GarageBand or SoundTrack for this or maybe just do it within Final Cut Pro.
1. Getting Started - video segment introducing the documentary and showing the equipment, then show overlay, Getting Started, Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
2. Konza Prairie Overlook - delete the segment where airplane is flying over, insert overlay - Konza Prairie Overlook, Manhatten, Kansas.
3. Konza Praire Nature Trail - add intro narration and overlay - Konza Prairie Nature Trail, Manhatten, Kansas.
4. Springhill Ranch - add intro narration and overlay - Springhill Ranch, Strong City, Kansas.
5. Tall Grass Prairie National Preserve, Strong City, Kansas. Do not need intro narration, add overlay.
6. Tower Overview, Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
7. Flint Hills National Wildlife Reserve, Hartford, Kansas. Add narration and overlay.
8. Rud's Prairie Project, Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
9. Al's Prairie Project, Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Add overlay.
10, Bill's Prairie Project, Mahomet, Illinois. Add overlay.
11. Bob's Prairie Project, Battle Lake, Minnesota. Add or improve narration, add overlay.
12. Rud on burning, Add overlay.
I installed Appleworks 6 on MacBook HD, leaving 73.93 GB available, and on MacintoshHD2 (G4), with 106.31 GB available. I will be putting Leopard on these two hard drives when it comes out Friday.
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Friday, October 19, 2007
October 19, 2007
October 19, 2007 Word Alien
Just purchased and installed Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 on the Alienware computer. I was using a trial version but it expired. I need Word 2007 to check word files from my online students in Ed 203 who are using Word 2007. Apparently two students are and I could not open their word files with the older versions of Word I had on the Mac and on the PC. Of course Word 2007 files could be saved in a version that the older versions could open, but that would be putting undue restrictions on how students can submit their assignments.
This has been a busy day of installations. I made a SuperDuper copy of the MacBook hard drive on to the firewire drive BT3. This will be my major hard drive for daily work (online courses and practical press). Someday I will get a new airport and attach a 500GB USB drive and put data on that drive that can then be accessed by any computer on line (Ed 602, Ed 603, Practical Press, and PracticalUpdate). I also should be able to access that wireless station with the Alienware computer (PC).
After doing a clean install of Mac OS X (tiger) on the MacBook hard drive, I will have plenty of room to install Final Cut Studio on that drive. Final Cut Studio requires 51 GB of disk space. After installing OS X on MacBook HD it had 17.9 GB used, 130.76 GB available (Total 148.73 GB). But before I installed Final Cut Studio 2 I went back to the BT3 drive, which has the original copy of Final Cut Studio installed on it and resurrect the files for the Passion For Grasses documentary I am working on. I will save the major clips as QuickTime files and then import the QuickTime files in to FCP Version 6. I am placing the files on the Summer 2007 firewire drive, which will also serve as the media drive for FCP6. The files I created are
1. BillsPrairieProject 2.26GB
2. BobsPrairieProject 3.39GB
3. BurntRootsTour 9.01GB
4. RudOnBurning 984.6 MB
5. RudsPrairieProject 5.03GB
6. AlsPrairieProject 3.09GB
I will also need audio files 52-56 for the audio on Al’s project.
I had originally put Final Cut Studio 2 on a firewire drive, but I Superdupered the OS on the MacBook HD to the disk, wiping it out but renamed it as BR150 and installed Parallels on it. I picked up a new copy of Windows XP Home Edition to put on that system. It worked out nicely so I decided to install Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. That seemed to go well so now I am going to try again to download Dark Age of Camelot, starting with the 14 day free trial, which is now downloading. Tomorrow I will try to use FCP6 and work on the Passion For Grasses documentary. I also am watching instructional videos about FCP6 from Lynda.com on the G4.
Just purchased and installed Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 on the Alienware computer. I was using a trial version but it expired. I need Word 2007 to check word files from my online students in Ed 203 who are using Word 2007. Apparently two students are and I could not open their word files with the older versions of Word I had on the Mac and on the PC. Of course Word 2007 files could be saved in a version that the older versions could open, but that would be putting undue restrictions on how students can submit their assignments.
This has been a busy day of installations. I made a SuperDuper copy of the MacBook hard drive on to the firewire drive BT3. This will be my major hard drive for daily work (online courses and practical press). Someday I will get a new airport and attach a 500GB USB drive and put data on that drive that can then be accessed by any computer on line (Ed 602, Ed 603, Practical Press, and PracticalUpdate). I also should be able to access that wireless station with the Alienware computer (PC).
After doing a clean install of Mac OS X (tiger) on the MacBook hard drive, I will have plenty of room to install Final Cut Studio on that drive. Final Cut Studio requires 51 GB of disk space. After installing OS X on MacBook HD it had 17.9 GB used, 130.76 GB available (Total 148.73 GB). But before I installed Final Cut Studio 2 I went back to the BT3 drive, which has the original copy of Final Cut Studio installed on it and resurrect the files for the Passion For Grasses documentary I am working on. I will save the major clips as QuickTime files and then import the QuickTime files in to FCP Version 6. I am placing the files on the Summer 2007 firewire drive, which will also serve as the media drive for FCP6. The files I created are
1. BillsPrairieProject 2.26GB
2. BobsPrairieProject 3.39GB
3. BurntRootsTour 9.01GB
4. RudOnBurning 984.6 MB
5. RudsPrairieProject 5.03GB
6. AlsPrairieProject 3.09GB
I will also need audio files 52-56 for the audio on Al’s project.
I had originally put Final Cut Studio 2 on a firewire drive, but I Superdupered the OS on the MacBook HD to the disk, wiping it out but renamed it as BR150 and installed Parallels on it. I picked up a new copy of Windows XP Home Edition to put on that system. It worked out nicely so I decided to install Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007. That seemed to go well so now I am going to try again to download Dark Age of Camelot, starting with the 14 day free trial, which is now downloading. Tomorrow I will try to use FCP6 and work on the Passion For Grasses documentary. I also am watching instructional videos about FCP6 from Lynda.com on the G4.
Monday, October 15, 2007
October 14, 2000
October 14, 2007 Notes
Another success, the alienware laptop is on the Internet by internal Ethernet to Earthlink DSL. I just turned the computer on and when the Alienware start page came up, instead of dismissing it as I usually do, I clicked on connect to the Internet and it responded with "you are connected to the Internet," and I was, so I played WOW for a bit and then started to install Dark Age of Camelot (unsuccessfully).
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Another success, the alienware laptop is on the Internet by internal Ethernet to Earthlink DSL. I just turned the computer on and when the Alienware start page came up, instead of dismissing it as I usually do, I clicked on connect to the Internet and it responded with "you are connected to the Internet," and I was, so I played WOW for a bit and then started to install Dark Age of Camelot (unsuccessfully).
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John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
Saturday, October 13, 2007
October 13, 2007
October 13, 2007 Word
Greetings and welcome to Microsoft Word on the Dell XPS. This computer can access the internet through a switch connected to the Earthlink DSL modem. This computer can print to the HP LaserJet 3330. That is important because if Barbara uses this computer she needs a printer (and of course Word). I was able to get her PC attached to the switch to the Earthlink DSL modem and thus connected to the internet. So here is a summary of the status of items connected to the Linksys SD 208 10/100 switch.
Port 1 Earthlink DSL Modem.
Port 2 Barbara’s PC. Can print to the HP 2200 printer through a USB connection. While I was checking Barbara’s PC I made some changes in the DSL connection protocol (changed it to never dial up and then read connections automatically) and then it got to the internet flawlessly. Hooray!
Port 3 The Alienware computer (internal Ethernet). Can not get on the internet. Can not connect to the airport wireless network.
Port 4 Dell XPS can get on to internet and can print to the HP 3330 printer via a parallel connection. It can also download scanned images from the 3330.
Port 5 Free at the moment.
Port 6 HP LaserJet2200DN IP Address: 192.168.1.39
Port 7 HP Color LaserJet 4600dn printer IP Address IP Address: 192.168.38
Port 8 Airport Wireless Network (wasson). The MacBook can connect to the internet through the airport and print to the HP 2200 (IP Address: 192.168.1.39) or to the HP 4600 (IP Address: 192.168.1.38). The G4 can also connect to the internet via the airport and print out to the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. The other computer we have to test over the wireless network is Barbara’s iBook. I can not get the Alienware computer to access the internet through its built in Ethernet or through the airport wireless network. I will have to wait until one my multitalented sons visit and see if they can get it working. I really need it working so I can play three accounts on Dark Age of Camelot simultaneously. The other task I can not do currently is put up the wassons.com website. I have one free port on the switch to connect the wassons.com server (an old Gateway computer running linux) if I can figure out how to do it or Paul helps me set it up. So for the forseeable future wassons.com is off the air (or off the ethernet). One other success is that my iPhone seems able to log on to the internet and to send email through the airport WiFi connection.
I prepared this document with Word on the Dell XPR. Now to see if I can post it to my blog at johnsiphonejournal.blogspot.com.
Greetings and welcome to Microsoft Word on the Dell XPS. This computer can access the internet through a switch connected to the Earthlink DSL modem. This computer can print to the HP LaserJet 3330. That is important because if Barbara uses this computer she needs a printer (and of course Word). I was able to get her PC attached to the switch to the Earthlink DSL modem and thus connected to the internet. So here is a summary of the status of items connected to the Linksys SD 208 10/100 switch.
Port 1 Earthlink DSL Modem.
Port 2 Barbara’s PC. Can print to the HP 2200 printer through a USB connection. While I was checking Barbara’s PC I made some changes in the DSL connection protocol (changed it to never dial up and then read connections automatically) and then it got to the internet flawlessly. Hooray!
Port 3 The Alienware computer (internal Ethernet). Can not get on the internet. Can not connect to the airport wireless network.
Port 4 Dell XPS can get on to internet and can print to the HP 3330 printer via a parallel connection. It can also download scanned images from the 3330.
Port 5 Free at the moment.
Port 6 HP LaserJet2200DN IP Address: 192.168.1.39
Port 7 HP Color LaserJet 4600dn printer IP Address IP Address: 192.168.38
Port 8 Airport Wireless Network (wasson). The MacBook can connect to the internet through the airport and print to the HP 2200 (IP Address: 192.168.1.39) or to the HP 4600 (IP Address: 192.168.1.38). The G4 can also connect to the internet via the airport and print out to the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. The other computer we have to test over the wireless network is Barbara’s iBook. I can not get the Alienware computer to access the internet through its built in Ethernet or through the airport wireless network. I will have to wait until one my multitalented sons visit and see if they can get it working. I really need it working so I can play three accounts on Dark Age of Camelot simultaneously. The other task I can not do currently is put up the wassons.com website. I have one free port on the switch to connect the wassons.com server (an old Gateway computer running linux) if I can figure out how to do it or Paul helps me set it up. So for the forseeable future wassons.com is off the air (or off the ethernet). One other success is that my iPhone seems able to log on to the internet and to send email through the airport WiFi connection.
I prepared this document with Word on the Dell XPR. Now to see if I can post it to my blog at johnsiphonejournal.blogspot.com.
Friday, October 12, 2007
October 12, 2007
October 12, 2007 Pages
Once more in to the breech. I have the following items plugged into the Linksys SD 208 8-Port 10/100 switch.
Port 1 - the DSL modem
Port 2 - Airport Express (reset)
Port 3 - MacBook Pro internal ethernet
I disconnected the MacBook Pro and connected to Apple Network ea 1734, the computer responded by saying it could not find a PPPoE server.
I ran Airport Setup Assistant, selecting Set up a new AirPort Base Station, it responded The AirPort Setup Assistant has found a new AirPort Extreme named “Base Station ea1734.” Selected continue.
selected Create a new wireless network, continue
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Airport Extreme Name: extreme, continue
Selected 128-bit WEP (more compatible)
Wireless Network Password: johnbruce1932, Verify Password: continue
Selected I use a DSL or cable modem using PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), continue
If this selection does not work I will start over again and select I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP and that does not work I will start over for a third time and select I connect to my local area netword (LAN).
PPPoE Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
Airport Extreme Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
When I clicked the Show Passwords button, the Show Passwords popup window said:
AirPort Extreme Password: usual
Wireless Network Password: my 13 character password
OK Update Success Reported Quit
When I logged onto Apple Network ea1734 it showed looking for PPPoE host... on menu bar and of course did not connect to the internet.
I then went through the entire proceedure after resetting the airport and selected I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP.
Configure using DHCP continue
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
I will start over for a third time and select “I connect to my local area netword (LAN).”
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
Let’s try once more by resetting the airport extreme and connecting it directly to the EarthlinkDSL modem. I made one change to the set up and set the Airport Extreme password to the second usual password. The summary screen reported the same way as it had through the switch.
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
However it did not work. Let’s set it back to out original configuration and call Apple Care. I can paste Practical Press address labels in copies of Collaboration Handbook while I am waiting.
I spent 3 hours on the line with apple, moving up from one level of specialist to another. What was the conclusion. Something is wrong with the WAN ethernet port on the airport extreme. After that was all over I found the DSL modem had changed, the light for the internet was on, it had not been on earlier. None of the computers except the Dell XPR could get on the internet. Then in a wierd turn of events I plugged the old airport into the Earthlink DSL switch and both the MacBook and the G4 could get on the internet via the airport connection. The MacBook could print to the HP 4600 via a Bonjour printer selection.
The iPhone also seems to have made a WiFi connection to the airport.
Now if I can just get Barbara's PC and the Alienware computer to connect to the internet everything will be OK.
Once more in to the breech. I have the following items plugged into the Linksys SD 208 8-Port 10/100 switch.
Port 1 - the DSL modem
Port 2 - Airport Express (reset)
Port 3 - MacBook Pro internal ethernet
I disconnected the MacBook Pro and connected to Apple Network ea 1734, the computer responded by saying it could not find a PPPoE server.
I ran Airport Setup Assistant, selecting Set up a new AirPort Base Station, it responded The AirPort Setup Assistant has found a new AirPort Extreme named “Base Station ea1734.” Selected continue.
selected Create a new wireless network, continue
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Airport Extreme Name: extreme, continue
Selected 128-bit WEP (more compatible)
Wireless Network Password: johnbruce1932, Verify Password: continue
Selected I use a DSL or cable modem using PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), continue
If this selection does not work I will start over again and select I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP and that does not work I will start over for a third time and select I connect to my local area netword (LAN).
PPPoE Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
Airport Extreme Password: usual
Verify Password: usual
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
When I clicked the Show Passwords button, the Show Passwords popup window said:
AirPort Extreme Password: usual
Wireless Network Password: my 13 character password
OK Update Success Reported Quit
When I logged onto Apple Network ea1734 it showed looking for PPPoE host... on menu bar and of course did not connect to the internet.
I then went through the entire proceedure after resetting the airport and selected I use a DSL or cable modem with a static IP address or DHCP.
Configure using DHCP continue
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
I will start over for a third time and select “I connect to my local area netword (LAN).”
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Connect Using: Ethernet
Configure TCP/IP: Using DHCP
IP Address:
Clicked Update, reported congratulations, Quit
Tried Firefox. Server not found. Failure again.
Let’s try once more by resetting the airport extreme and connecting it directly to the EarthlinkDSL modem. I made one change to the set up and set the Airport Extreme password to the second usual password. The summary screen reported the same way as it had through the switch.
Summary Screen Reported
AirPort Extreme Name: extreme
AirPort Extreme Mode: Create a wireless network
Wireless Network Name: Apple Network ea1734
Wireless Security: 128 bit WEP
Account Name: wassonj@teleport.com
Service Name: EarthlinkDSL
However it did not work. Let’s set it back to out original configuration and call Apple Care. I can paste Practical Press address labels in copies of Collaboration Handbook while I am waiting.
I spent 3 hours on the line with apple, moving up from one level of specialist to another. What was the conclusion. Something is wrong with the WAN ethernet port on the airport extreme. After that was all over I found the DSL modem had changed, the light for the internet was on, it had not been on earlier. None of the computers except the Dell XPR could get on the internet. Then in a wierd turn of events I plugged the old airport into the Earthlink DSL switch and both the MacBook and the G4 could get on the internet via the airport connection. The MacBook could print to the HP 4600 via a Bonjour printer selection.
The iPhone also seems to have made a WiFi connection to the airport.
Now if I can just get Barbara's PC and the Alienware computer to connect to the internet everything will be OK.
October 11, 2007
October 11, 2007
I found out what the problem was with receiving orders from the Practical Press web site. The two online order forms and the catalog request form have a feature so that when the form is submitted a response goes back to the originator indicating that the order has been received. A copy of the order is sent to me via a mailto. The problem was that the email address, johnw@practicalpress.net was not active. I just changed the mailto in each form to my current email address, wassonj@teleport.com, and everything started to work nicely.
I also found I could print from either the G4 or MacBook to the HP 2200 if the computer was logged into the wasson airport. I could not get to the internet that way but could get to the printer. I also went to sharing -> internet on the MacBook while it was connected to the internet via its built in ethernet and set up internet sharing from the MacBook's airport. Using this I was able to get the G4 on the internet with its ethernet connection disconnected. I used a 13 character password so that a PC with WiFi could log on. However when I tried the Alienware laptop, it did not work. I also tried setting an airport network on the G4 and then getting to the internet wirelessly from the MacBook but that did not work. Too bad, that would have been useful, in fact I would not need the airport extreme if that had worked. I did some more editing of the burnt roots tour video.
This entry was created with the Zire 71.
I found out what the problem was with receiving orders from the Practical Press web site. The two online order forms and the catalog request form have a feature so that when the form is submitted a response goes back to the originator indicating that the order has been received. A copy of the order is sent to me via a mailto. The problem was that the email address, johnw@practicalpress.net was not active. I just changed the mailto in each form to my current email address, wassonj@teleport.com, and everything started to work nicely.
I also found I could print from either the G4 or MacBook to the HP 2200 if the computer was logged into the wasson airport. I could not get to the internet that way but could get to the printer. I also went to sharing -> internet on the MacBook while it was connected to the internet via its built in ethernet and set up internet sharing from the MacBook's airport. Using this I was able to get the G4 on the internet with its ethernet connection disconnected. I used a 13 character password so that a PC with WiFi could log on. However when I tried the Alienware laptop, it did not work. I also tried setting an airport network on the G4 and then getting to the internet wirelessly from the MacBook but that did not work. Too bad, that would have been useful, in fact I would not need the airport extreme if that had worked. I did some more editing of the burnt roots tour video.
This entry was created with the Zire 71.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
October 10, 2007
October 10, 2007
Another day in the exciting world of home and office technology. For starters I got a call from MBS textbook excange saying that they have submitted two orders for books to Practical Press on the internet, paid for them by Visa, but have not received them. One was for 6 Collaboration Handbooks and the other was for 7 Collaboration Handbooks. They have records that the first was charged, the amount they stated was not the amount they would have been charged by the online system. I went ahead and sent them the two orders but have to get to work and find out what is wrong with the practicalpress online ordering system.
Another day in the exciting world of home and office technology. For starters I got a call from MBS textbook excange saying that they have submitted two orders for books to Practical Press on the internet, paid for them by Visa, but have not received them. One was for 6 Collaboration Handbooks and the other was for 7 Collaboration Handbooks. They have records that the first was charged, the amount they stated was not the amount they would have been charged by the online system. I went ahead and sent them the two orders but have to get to work and find out what is wrong with the practicalpress online ordering system.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
October 8, 2007
October 8, 2007
Columbus Day today, no mail. Yesterday, I successfuly installed Final Cut Studio on the BT3 FireWire drive. This drive is a SuperDuper clone of the MacBook hard drive and is, of course, bootable. I also started setting up the scenes for a dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as a flash animation. Featuring soda cans, The Strange Adventure of Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb (or Dr. Peeper and Mr. Hibb). After posting my latest iPhone Journal and checking email, I plan to move the PowerBook with BT3 attached, into the rec room and start editing the prairie projects footage. Then the next day, Tuesday, I plan to call apple care center and once again try to get the airport extreme connected to the internet through Earthlink DSL.
Sent from my iPhone
John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
Columbus Day today, no mail. Yesterday, I successfuly installed Final Cut Studio on the BT3 FireWire drive. This drive is a SuperDuper clone of the MacBook hard drive and is, of course, bootable. I also started setting up the scenes for a dramatization of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, as a flash animation. Featuring soda cans, The Strange Adventure of Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb (or Dr. Peeper and Mr. Hibb). After posting my latest iPhone Journal and checking email, I plan to move the PowerBook with BT3 attached, into the rec room and start editing the prairie projects footage. Then the next day, Tuesday, I plan to call apple care center and once again try to get the airport extreme connected to the internet through Earthlink DSL.
Sent from my iPhone
John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
October 9, 2007
October 9, 2007
Might as well write today's journal in an OpenOffice.org Writer document. I notice that when I opened OppenOffice an xterm window opens too with line 67-40-125-196:~ John$ When I enter ls and hit return it shows me a number of files which turn out to be the same files as in the home directory of the MacBook (John). This seems to be the default place to store odt documents. Speaking of which I have been trying to get the MacBook to access the internet through the airport extreme, again with no apparent success. I called the apple care site where I was put on hold, told the waiting time was 8 minutes and then after 5 or 6 minutes the line went dead. So much for Apple Care. I do not seem to have done much today.
I took down the cable modem to return to Charter as Barbara called and canceled our internet connection which costs $50 per month and from which we are getting virtually no connectivity. I plugged the ethernet connection (switch) that had been plugged into the cable modem in to the switch for the Earthlink DSL connection but it did not immediately give internet access. Connected to this switch is the Gateway Computer which runs ClarkConnect software and is the server for wassons.com, the old airport, The G4, the Dell Inspiron (running linux), and the HP 2200 printer. I had to remove the G4 from the EarthlinkDSL switch so I had a port to connect the other switch. It does not do much, but I was able to print a document from the G4 to the HP 4600 which is on the other switch, by using its IP address which was 10.0.1.3
I will continue trying to get the network working and connect to the internet, but I am afraid wassons.com is off the air until Thanksgiving at which time I might be able to get Paul to help me get it going again. Lacking a wireless connection to the internet, my iPhone is also unable to send out email by WiFi. I can however use any of my computers as long as they have an ethernet connection to the switch that is connected to EarthlinkDSL. Also in the success column I have been able to install the upgrade to Final Cut Pro and have been using it to edit the videos for the prairie projects of Rud, Bill, Al, and Bob.
Might as well write today's journal in an OpenOffice.org Writer document. I notice that when I opened OppenOffice an xterm window opens too with line 67-40-125-196:~ John$ When I enter ls and hit return it shows me a number of files which turn out to be the same files as in the home directory of the MacBook (John). This seems to be the default place to store odt documents. Speaking of which I have been trying to get the MacBook to access the internet through the airport extreme, again with no apparent success. I called the apple care site where I was put on hold, told the waiting time was 8 minutes and then after 5 or 6 minutes the line went dead. So much for Apple Care. I do not seem to have done much today.
I took down the cable modem to return to Charter as Barbara called and canceled our internet connection which costs $50 per month and from which we are getting virtually no connectivity. I plugged the ethernet connection (switch) that had been plugged into the cable modem in to the switch for the Earthlink DSL connection but it did not immediately give internet access. Connected to this switch is the Gateway Computer which runs ClarkConnect software and is the server for wassons.com, the old airport, The G4, the Dell Inspiron (running linux), and the HP 2200 printer. I had to remove the G4 from the EarthlinkDSL switch so I had a port to connect the other switch. It does not do much, but I was able to print a document from the G4 to the HP 4600 which is on the other switch, by using its IP address which was 10.0.1.3
I will continue trying to get the network working and connect to the internet, but I am afraid wassons.com is off the air until Thanksgiving at which time I might be able to get Paul to help me get it going again. Lacking a wireless connection to the internet, my iPhone is also unable to send out email by WiFi. I can however use any of my computers as long as they have an ethernet connection to the switch that is connected to EarthlinkDSL. Also in the success column I have been able to install the upgrade to Final Cut Pro and have been using it to edit the videos for the prairie projects of Rud, Bill, Al, and Bob.
Monday, October 8, 2007
October 7, 2007
October 5, 2007 Pages (October 7 follows)
Since I already have posted an October 5 entry to my blog and I want to write some more with pages on the MacBook, I will name this document October 5,2007 Pages. I was using the Alienware computer and found that it will not log on to the internet through the airport extreme, which it did yesterday. I really do not understand what is going on, so I took it back to the office, plugged in the ethernet cable and started to download OpenOffice.Org which I wanted to play around with. I used to have NeoOffice.org on the PowerBook but took it off when I was running out of disk space. At the moment I have 11.5 GB of available space so I don’t want to put it on here. Anyway I am using Pages as my experimental word processing program.
I received the upgrade to Final Cut Studio today and wonder if I have enough space to install it on the MacBook. Will it remove the old program as it installs the new? If it does not I will certainly run out of space on the hard drive. I do not think I can install it on a firewire drive. I believe it has to be installed on the boot drive. I could backup the system to the firewire drive with SuperDuper, boot from the firewire drive and then install the new system on that drive.
I like the way the text for Pages looks on the computer screen as I type. I am using the default font which is Helvetica-12. This is something I can do sitting in the blue recliner without being connected to the internet. I would, however like to get the wireless network working on the earthlink DSL connection. I am also going through some lessons for Flash MX on the MacBook.
October 7, 2007
The information on Final Cut Studio 2 upgrade says that it requires 30.6 GB of memory. There is 10.19 GB available on the Macintosh HD on the PowerBook. So I backed up the hard drive to a firewire drive with SuperDuper! I then proceeded to install Final Cut Studio 2 to the firewire drive. The first time through it gave up when I got to the last installation disk (motion content) and it quit installing so I had to cancel and start over again. The second time through the installation worked fine and I ended up installing Final Cut Pro 6, Color (new to FCP studio), Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4 on the firewire drive named BT3. I then booted the system from BT3 and tried out the new installation of Final Cut Pro, it assigned the BT3 drive as the repository for distribution files. I did not input any new video from a camcorder or tape deck at this time but I did set up a new project to work on the Prairie Project footage from Bill, Rud, Bob, and Al. I then rebooted the system from the original hard drive, opened up the old version of FCP and exported four quicktime movies, the in progress videos for Bill’s Prairie Project (2.26 GB), Rud’s Prairie Project (6 GB), Bob’s Prairie Project (3.39 GB), and Al’s Prairie Project (3.09 GB) to the BT3 hard drive. The distribution files were on another external hard drive, Summer2007, so I had that attached to the computer via a USB port during the process. I also moved a folder of Al’s audio files (399.5 MB) to the BT3 hard drive.
This was Sunday and time to check that all my responses to student assignments and email responses were up to date so I could post the student gradebooks for Ed 602 and Ed 603 to the internet and save backups of the two class folders and the practical press folder, to another external hard drive (BT5).
I then rebooted the system from the BT3 hard drive and proceeded to get all the exported files in to a Final Cut Pro 6 project. This went just fine, I imported all the video clips and the audio files. These are large files (as video files are) but when I import them into the FCP project the files are not copied, the FCP project just has pointers to the files which remain on the BT3 hard drive. I then created a sequence for each of the four prairie projects, dragged the project file to the timeline and saved the entire collection. I am now ready to edit the footage, add the audio to Al’s project, and get the edited output to a DVD disk. I will need to get some audio background from Bob for his project, but for the moment I will back it up with some music. I have some royalty free (or royalty paid for) music from Gene Michael Productions (AV117 Bluegrass Treasures) that I think would work nicely.
Tomorrow, I plan on getting started with the editing of the prairie projects, and when that is finished add videos from the Burnt Roots Tour to the mix.
Since I already have posted an October 5 entry to my blog and I want to write some more with pages on the MacBook, I will name this document October 5,2007 Pages. I was using the Alienware computer and found that it will not log on to the internet through the airport extreme, which it did yesterday. I really do not understand what is going on, so I took it back to the office, plugged in the ethernet cable and started to download OpenOffice.Org which I wanted to play around with. I used to have NeoOffice.org on the PowerBook but took it off when I was running out of disk space. At the moment I have 11.5 GB of available space so I don’t want to put it on here. Anyway I am using Pages as my experimental word processing program.
I received the upgrade to Final Cut Studio today and wonder if I have enough space to install it on the MacBook. Will it remove the old program as it installs the new? If it does not I will certainly run out of space on the hard drive. I do not think I can install it on a firewire drive. I believe it has to be installed on the boot drive. I could backup the system to the firewire drive with SuperDuper, boot from the firewire drive and then install the new system on that drive.
I like the way the text for Pages looks on the computer screen as I type. I am using the default font which is Helvetica-12. This is something I can do sitting in the blue recliner without being connected to the internet. I would, however like to get the wireless network working on the earthlink DSL connection. I am also going through some lessons for Flash MX on the MacBook.
October 7, 2007
The information on Final Cut Studio 2 upgrade says that it requires 30.6 GB of memory. There is 10.19 GB available on the Macintosh HD on the PowerBook. So I backed up the hard drive to a firewire drive with SuperDuper! I then proceeded to install Final Cut Studio 2 to the firewire drive. The first time through it gave up when I got to the last installation disk (motion content) and it quit installing so I had to cancel and start over again. The second time through the installation worked fine and I ended up installing Final Cut Pro 6, Color (new to FCP studio), Motion 3, Soundtrack Pro 2, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4 on the firewire drive named BT3. I then booted the system from BT3 and tried out the new installation of Final Cut Pro, it assigned the BT3 drive as the repository for distribution files. I did not input any new video from a camcorder or tape deck at this time but I did set up a new project to work on the Prairie Project footage from Bill, Rud, Bob, and Al. I then rebooted the system from the original hard drive, opened up the old version of FCP and exported four quicktime movies, the in progress videos for Bill’s Prairie Project (2.26 GB), Rud’s Prairie Project (6 GB), Bob’s Prairie Project (3.39 GB), and Al’s Prairie Project (3.09 GB) to the BT3 hard drive. The distribution files were on another external hard drive, Summer2007, so I had that attached to the computer via a USB port during the process. I also moved a folder of Al’s audio files (399.5 MB) to the BT3 hard drive.
This was Sunday and time to check that all my responses to student assignments and email responses were up to date so I could post the student gradebooks for Ed 602 and Ed 603 to the internet and save backups of the two class folders and the practical press folder, to another external hard drive (BT5).
I then rebooted the system from the BT3 hard drive and proceeded to get all the exported files in to a Final Cut Pro 6 project. This went just fine, I imported all the video clips and the audio files. These are large files (as video files are) but when I import them into the FCP project the files are not copied, the FCP project just has pointers to the files which remain on the BT3 hard drive. I then created a sequence for each of the four prairie projects, dragged the project file to the timeline and saved the entire collection. I am now ready to edit the footage, add the audio to Al’s project, and get the edited output to a DVD disk. I will need to get some audio background from Bob for his project, but for the moment I will back it up with some music. I have some royalty free (or royalty paid for) music from Gene Michael Productions (AV117 Bluegrass Treasures) that I think would work nicely.
Tomorrow, I plan on getting started with the editing of the prairie projects, and when that is finished add videos from the Burnt Roots Tour to the mix.
Friday, October 5, 2007
October 5, 2007
October 5, 2007 Friday 8:45 AM
I am sitting in the living room in my blue recliner with the alienware laptop in my lap. It is the heaviest lap top I have owned.It feels warm but not as hot as the MacBook. I am writing this with Notepad and had to go to the Format menu and select Word Wrap so I would not just get one line of type. The next step was to attempt to log on to the airport extreme network, using the 13 character password and believe it or not I was able to log on. I thought I would try to see if I could print to the HP 4600 which is connected to the same switch as the airport extreme. Next step was to run Firefox and voila I was on the internet with the alienware computer via the airport extreme. This is great, now let's see if I can print this document out with the HP 4600. Well that was successful now there should no reason why my PowerBook and G4 should not be able to connect to the internet via the airport and Earthlink DSL connection. I am now watching Blair Tractor IV: Best in Fest Part 1 on YouTube. The wireless connection seems to be working just great now. Now I should fire up the MacBook and get it working on the airport. I was going to call the apple help line again today if it did not work. I also got the elapsed account with City of Heroes reestablished. Billy Batson and Sleeeeeeper seem to be in good shape. Now let's see if I can post this to my iPhone blog (even if it was not created with Notes on the iPhone).
I am sitting in the living room in my blue recliner with the alienware laptop in my lap. It is the heaviest lap top I have owned.It feels warm but not as hot as the MacBook. I am writing this with Notepad and had to go to the Format menu and select Word Wrap so I would not just get one line of type. The next step was to attempt to log on to the airport extreme network, using the 13 character password and believe it or not I was able to log on. I thought I would try to see if I could print to the HP 4600 which is connected to the same switch as the airport extreme. Next step was to run Firefox and voila I was on the internet with the alienware computer via the airport extreme. This is great, now let's see if I can print this document out with the HP 4600. Well that was successful now there should no reason why my PowerBook and G4 should not be able to connect to the internet via the airport and Earthlink DSL connection. I am now watching Blair Tractor IV: Best in Fest Part 1 on YouTube. The wireless connection seems to be working just great now. Now I should fire up the MacBook and get it working on the airport. I was going to call the apple help line again today if it did not work. I also got the elapsed account with City of Heroes reestablished. Billy Batson and Sleeeeeeper seem to be in good shape. Now let's see if I can post this to my iPhone blog (even if it was not created with Notes on the iPhone).
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
October 4, 2007
October 4, 2007
I continued experiments to get my network set up. I want to get the airport extreme connected to earthlink DSL so I can get an internet connection via the airport extreme.
I have no computers connected to the gateway/charter cable switch. I do want to be able to look at that connections and of course have access to the wassons.com home page. Of course I could get to that via the internet if the Charter cable is functioning. Anyway I pulled the Dell Inspiron laptop out the the closet. It is running linux and connected immediately to the internet when I connected it by ethernet to the switch to the Charter cable modem. I was testing it out by filling out a Practical Press web form when charter went down and interupted my testing.
The next step was to connect the airport extreme to the switch for the Earthlink DSL modem. I then ran Airport Setup Assistant from the G4 but was not able to get to the internet.
I then plugged the HP 4600 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was able to print out this document. I was not able to print out a document with the MacBook.
I then plugged the HP 2200 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was unable to print out this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 2200 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I was unable to print this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 4600 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I could print this document. This is kind of encouraging as I could print out Adobe Photoshop CS2 documents from the G4. I could not print out a document from the MacBook.
Printing summary: I can print this document (G4) when the HP 4600 color laser jet printer is connected to the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on the airport extreme.
I could not print a document from the MacBook to either the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on airport extreme.
So the G4 can print to the HP 4600 and the MacBook can print to the HP 3330 printer connected to a USB port.
I am going to read the documentation for the airport extreme (Airport Extreme Base Station Setup Guide and Designing Airport Extreme Networks) to see if there is something else I can do to get the airport extreme on the internet through the DSL modem.
I called the Earthlink support number but they were unable to get the airport extreme configured to work with the earthlink DSL connection. The earthlink tech said my modem is set to DHCP, the airport is set to PPOE, and the Mac G4 is set to DHCP (address of the G4 is 192.168.1.3). He gave me the telephone number for apple tech support 800-767-2775.
This posting was not created on my iPhone but was created with BBBEdit on the G4.
I continued experiments to get my network set up. I want to get the airport extreme connected to earthlink DSL so I can get an internet connection via the airport extreme.
I have no computers connected to the gateway/charter cable switch. I do want to be able to look at that connections and of course have access to the wassons.com home page. Of course I could get to that via the internet if the Charter cable is functioning. Anyway I pulled the Dell Inspiron laptop out the the closet. It is running linux and connected immediately to the internet when I connected it by ethernet to the switch to the Charter cable modem. I was testing it out by filling out a Practical Press web form when charter went down and interupted my testing.
The next step was to connect the airport extreme to the switch for the Earthlink DSL modem. I then ran Airport Setup Assistant from the G4 but was not able to get to the internet.
I then plugged the HP 4600 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was able to print out this document. I was not able to print out a document with the MacBook.
I then plugged the HP 2200 printer into the earthlink DSL switch. With this connection I was unable to print out this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 2200 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I was unable to print this document. I was also unable to print a document from the MacBook.
I plugged the HP 4600 printer into the ethernet port on the airport extreme. With this connection I could print this document. This is kind of encouraging as I could print out Adobe Photoshop CS2 documents from the G4. I could not print out a document from the MacBook.
Printing summary: I can print this document (G4) when the HP 4600 color laser jet printer is connected to the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on the airport extreme.
I could not print a document from the MacBook to either the DSL switch or to the ethernet port on airport extreme.
So the G4 can print to the HP 4600 and the MacBook can print to the HP 3330 printer connected to a USB port.
I am going to read the documentation for the airport extreme (Airport Extreme Base Station Setup Guide and Designing Airport Extreme Networks) to see if there is something else I can do to get the airport extreme on the internet through the DSL modem.
I called the Earthlink support number but they were unable to get the airport extreme configured to work with the earthlink DSL connection. The earthlink tech said my modem is set to DHCP, the airport is set to PPOE, and the Mac G4 is set to DHCP (address of the G4 is 192.168.1.3). He gave me the telephone number for apple tech support 800-767-2775.
This posting was not created on my iPhone but was created with BBBEdit on the G4.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
October 2, 2003
October 2, 2003
Greetings and Salutations,
I am on the Macintosh G4 computer, writing a document with BBEdit. I don't know if word wrap is in place so I will just keep adding text. Since this is all one long line I guess it is not. I went to Edit, selected Text Options, checked Soft Wrap Text and entered 75 in the to Character Width box. Now I have nice text wrapping in my document.
Unlike, the PowerBook this computer is connected to the airport eXtereme wireless network, so I am going to check if I can print this document on the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. Each of these printers is connected to the same switch as the airport eXtreme is connected to and thus are on the same network and available to any computer connected to the airport eXtreme wireless network.
First can I print this document on the HP 2200? The answer is yes.
Can I print this document on the HP 4600 color laserjet computer? Answer is yes again.
The MacBook Pro is connected to internet via an ethernet connection to the swith that is also connect to earthlink DSL. The MacBook is also connected (wireless) to the airport extreme.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 2200. Yes.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 4600. Yes.
On the airport eXtreme there is a connection to the internet and it is connected to the switch which is connected to the Gateway PC which in turn is connected to the Cable Modem for Charter Communications, which works very sporadically and does not give reliable internet access. There are also ports on the airport eXtreme to connect printers or other netword devices, one ethernet port, and one USB port. I have connected the HP 3330 printer (which is not a network printer) to the USB port on airport eXtreme, now can I print this document out with the HP 3330 printer? The answer is no. I could not print this document on the HP 3330 connected to the USB port on the airport eXtreme. I could not print a doc on the MacBook to the HP 3330 connected to the airport USB port.
Now can I print this document to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB hub on this computer, the G4? The answer is yes it did print.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB port on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
For the next experiment I plugged the ethernet cable on the HP 2200 directly in to the ethernet auxillary port on the airport eXtreme.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly into the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print this document? The answer is yes.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly in the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print a document on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
My next experiment will be to use the G4 which is connected to the internet through an ethernet connection to earthlink DSL and see if I can reinitialize the airport extreme to access the internet through the earthlink DSL modem (via the linksys 8-port 10/100 switch).
Obviously this post did not come from my iPhone. I created it with BBEdit on the G4.
Greetings and Salutations,
I am on the Macintosh G4 computer, writing a document with BBEdit. I don't know if word wrap is in place so I will just keep adding text. Since this is all one long line I guess it is not. I went to Edit, selected Text Options, checked Soft Wrap Text and entered 75 in the to Character Width box. Now I have nice text wrapping in my document.
Unlike, the PowerBook this computer is connected to the airport eXtereme wireless network, so I am going to check if I can print this document on the HP 2200 and HP 4600 printers. Each of these printers is connected to the same switch as the airport eXtreme is connected to and thus are on the same network and available to any computer connected to the airport eXtreme wireless network.
First can I print this document on the HP 2200? The answer is yes.
Can I print this document on the HP 4600 color laserjet computer? Answer is yes again.
The MacBook Pro is connected to internet via an ethernet connection to the swith that is also connect to earthlink DSL. The MacBook is also connected (wireless) to the airport extreme.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 2200. Yes.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 4600. Yes.
On the airport eXtreme there is a connection to the internet and it is connected to the switch which is connected to the Gateway PC which in turn is connected to the Cable Modem for Charter Communications, which works very sporadically and does not give reliable internet access. There are also ports on the airport eXtreme to connect printers or other netword devices, one ethernet port, and one USB port. I have connected the HP 3330 printer (which is not a network printer) to the USB port on airport eXtreme, now can I print this document out with the HP 3330 printer? The answer is no. I could not print this document on the HP 3330 connected to the USB port on the airport eXtreme. I could not print a doc on the MacBook to the HP 3330 connected to the airport USB port.
Now can I print this document to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB hub on this computer, the G4? The answer is yes it did print.
Can I print a document on the MacBook to the HP 3330 when it is connected to a USB port on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
For the next experiment I plugged the ethernet cable on the HP 2200 directly in to the ethernet auxillary port on the airport eXtreme.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly into the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print this document? The answer is yes.
With the HP 2200 plugged directly in the ethernet port on the airport extreme could I print a document on the MacBook? The answer is yes.
My next experiment will be to use the G4 which is connected to the internet through an ethernet connection to earthlink DSL and see if I can reinitialize the airport extreme to access the internet through the earthlink DSL modem (via the linksys 8-port 10/100 switch).
Obviously this post did not come from my iPhone. I created it with BBEdit on the G4.
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