Subject: Info-Mac Digest V17 #128 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Info-Mac-Digest" --Info-Mac-Digest Info-Mac Digest Tue, 15 Aug 00 Volume 17 : Issue 128 Today's Topics: [*] TidBITS#543/14-Aug-00 [*] ACRONYMS (v2.0) - A Casual Round-up Of Novelties in Your Message [*] ACRONYMS Update List {1}Bondi (1.0->2.0) [*] Anagrams 1.6 - a fast, friendly anagram generator [*] Argybee Submission [*] Asset Basset 2.96 [*] Big Red Button Submission [*] Book of Decks 2.5.5 Submission [*] BrnAgain.hqx--Run Mac OS 8.1 on 68030 Mac's [*] Butterfly II Folder icons [*] Cache Killer Pro II 2.0 - web browser cache management [*] Catalog Search FM III, FM Pro 4-5 DB to catalog disks and folders [*] Deathly Duel Abstract [*] Down&Out 1.0 [*] Duck Timmy [*] Poor Man's Solitaire v2.1 [Q] Info on USB digital camera drivers how to error check .uu? HyperSearch is back Internet Explorer 5.0 & Central European texts Personal LaserWriter NTR Sort menus by Label Which name server is a DHCP server giving? Which name server is a DHCP server giving? Which name server is a DHCP server giving? (R) The Info-Mac Network is a volunteer organization that publishes the Info-Mac Digest and operates the Info-Mac Archive, a large network of FTP sites containing gigabytes of freely distributable Macintosh software. Working with the Info-Mac Digest: * To submit articles to the digest, email . * To subscribe, send email to with the words subscribe info-mac in the message. * To unsubscribe, send email to with the words unsubscribe info-mac in the message. * To change your address, unsubscribe from the old address, then subscribe from the new address. * Please send administrative queries to . 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America Online donated the main Info-Mac machine . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --Info-Mac-Digest Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Info-Mac Digest V17 #128" ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 21:00:00 -0700 From: TidBITS Editors To: digest@info-mac.org, Mac-L@clio.lyris.net, evangelist@macevangelist.com Subject: [*] TidBITS#543/14-Aug-00 TidBITS#543/14-Aug-00 In this week's installment of Hacking the Press, Adam sheds more light on the inner workings of the computer media with an examination of different types of editorial coverage. We also recap a pair of TidBITS events at Macworld Expo, announce a new sponsor, and take a quick look at icWord, a $20 utility that lets you view and print recent Microsoft Word documents. Finally, we offer another quiz whose results could improve your productivity! Topics: MailBITS/14-Aug-00 TidBITS Expo Events Recap Hacking the Press, Part 3: Types of Coverage [Archived as /info-mac/per/tb/tidbits-543.etx; 32K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Angela Brett To: Subject: [*] ACRONYMS (v2.0) - A Casual Round-up Of Novelties in Your Message (words and phrases in capitals are acronyms whose expansions are in the stack) The purpose of this FREEWARE HYPERCARD STACK is to provide an introduction to a MIRTHFUL use of ACRONYMS on the INTERNET. Have you ever wished you had a better alternative to LOL? Or thought "Who makes up these WITTICISMs?" Well anybody can, you can! Don't say you're JUST TOO BUSY! and you don't want to READ A MANUAL. You can create an ACRONYM out of ALMOST ANYTHING! You can make them from any old CLICHE, use them to tell people to SHUT UP, state that THAT'S NOT FUNNY, tell a GIRL that she's FEMININE, SMILE a SMUG SMILE or just find FLAWS in the MEMORY of a UNIVERSITY EINSTEIN. Take a DIRTY MIND, add a CHUCKLE, stir in a QUIP, and a QUANTITY of SNORTING, stick on a DISCLAIMER, and that's THE WAY THINGS ARE! You can politely tell people to PISS OFF, PUT A SOCK IN IT, BE CIVIL or tell them THAT'S CHILDISH. You can tell people that they're talking BOLLOCKS! And if you're ON A ROLL, you can create a HUMDINGER of a reply to someone who won't TRY ONSCREEN HELP. So who began this BIZARRE ADVENTURE through the ALPHABET? A CRAZED KIWI and an ABNORMAL IRISH man with a DIRTY MIND, who found themselves making up LAUGHTER ACRONYMS during their EPISTLES to the ANTIPODES - a sequence of combinations started when TONY MCCOY O'GRADY (MAXIOGEE) sent ANGELA BRETT AN EMAIL about his SLEUTHing in some of her SHAREWARE. They decided not to continue DOING NOTHING about their HILARIOUS ACRONYM stash, so they compiled them into this STACK, and in the process created a SUPERHERO called MACGIRL, her SIDEKICK KEYBOARD, and many DASTARDly VILLAINs. Both these WEIRD ACRONYM WRITERS like APPLE and think that MACINTOSH IS THE BEST! ANGELA has two POWERBOOKs and the DIRTY OLD IRISHMAN has a BONDI BLUE iMAC, a broken NEWTON and a few other MACINTOSHes. We haven't yet collected EVERY ACRONYM UNDER THE SUN, but we'd like to try... think some up yourself and send them to angela@kagi.com for inclusion in the next update list for this stack. (You can download the latest update lists from the acronyms site on the WORLD WIDE WEB at http://un.co.nz/angela/acronyms and import them into the stack.) Changes in this version: The web pages generated now look okay in MSIE as well as Netscape The stack can now generate web pages listing the acronyms by a particular person and also 'tours' of acronyms. The URL for the ACRONYMS website has changed. There's a new logo, and an improved splash screen. The graph now remembers the size you last viewed it at. A minor problem in the searching for acronyms containing a particular ********** ABSTRACT CROPPED ********** [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/acronyms-20.hqx; 2000 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Angela Brett To: Subject: [*] ACRONYMS Update List {1}Bondi (1.0->2.0) Update List {1}Bondi can be imported into ACRONYMS 1.0 or 1.01 so that it has all the new acronyms which are in ACRONYMS 2.0. It does not add any of the new features which are in ACRONYMS 2.0, just the 857 new acronyms. If you don't have ACRONYMS 1.0 or 1.01, you don't need this update list, you can download ACRONYMS 2.0 from http://un.co.nz/angela Update List Bondi can take a long time to import into versions 1.0 and 1.01 - about 2 hours on my 133MHz 603e PowerMac. It would probably take a much shorter time on a G3, but if you have a slower Mac it would be better to just download ACRONYMS 2.0. There shouldn't be a problem with the speed of importing future update lists into version 2.0 since the process has been sped up quite a bit. Attachment Converted: "H:\info-mac in\ACRONYMS Update 1.01-2.0.sit"-- Angela Brett angela@kagi.com http://un.co.nz/angela (includes my homepage, my Mac's homepage, my Mac software and ACRONYMS: A Crazy Roundup Of Nonsense You Must See!) "Microsoft became a big winner, selling crap that didn't respect the humans that want computers to work well and easily" -- Steve Wozniak [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/acronmys-update-list.hqx; 51 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Andrew Trevorrow To: Subject: [*] Anagrams 1.6 - a fast, friendly anagram generator Anagrams is a fast and friendly anagram generator. David Pogue wrote in Macworld: "Meet the new champion ... polished, screamingly fast". A handy companion for Scrabble and crossword fans. Main changes in version 1.6: - Word lists appear in a tickable list, so much easier to switch. - Grep-like patterns can be used to select usable words. E.g., *(ED|ING) would select words ending in ED or ING. Anagrams is a fat app that runs on all Macs using System 6 or later. The shareware fee is $15. For more details see the new web page: http://www.trevorrow.com/anagrams Andrew Trevorrow (andrew@trevorrow.com) aka Overt Word Warren [Archived as /info-mac/game/word/anagrams-16.hqx; 452 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Allan Udy To: Subject: [*] Argybee Submission Arybee 1.0.1 Argybee is a simple, freeware, RGB colour-Hex calculator. This application is a very simple program to allow software (and web) developers to calculate a hexadecimal representation of an RGB colour. In addition the value of the RGB sliders is also displayed at the left hand side of the window. This is useful when you are using development environments that require the RGB colour in the form RGB(red, green, blue) where the colours are a number from 0 to 255 (rather than hex). Note that you can also enter a hexadecimal number into the 'Hex Value' field, and Argybee will display the correct colour. Argybee will run on all Macintosh computers. It requires 1300K of free RAM, and a minimum of System 7.1. A version for Windows 95 (minimum) is also available. Cheers, Allan [Archived as /info-mac/gst/grf/argybee.hqx; 424 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Ben Sharvy To: Subject: [*] Asset Basset 2.96 Asset Basset 2.96 Requires a PowerMac Asset Basset tracks investments, specializing in asset allocation. It will perform the following useful functions: 1) It tracks allocations in various asset classes (foreign/domestic, equity/bond, small-cap/large-cap, etc.). A unique feature is the ability to allocate percentage amounts within a single investment; for example, a mutual fund 60% in stock and 40% in bonds can be accurately represented in Asset Basset. By enabling percentage allocations within an investment, Asset Basset lets you monitor the allocation and performance of your investments with a precision limited only by your knowledge of your own investments. 2) It lets you define portfolios using allocation criteria, e.g., "foreign" or "foreign fixed-income" and monitor the performance of the portfolio. 3) It calculates the cost-basis of each investment, using either the average-cost or first-in-first-out methods, and generates tax-reports of capital gains and distributions for any year. 4) It calculates total profit using the time-value of money, with methods such as the internal rate of return, and the discounting/compounding of cash flows. 5) It keeps track of total worth, out-of-pocket cost, and so on. I added a little color. It's a little buggy, in a harmless way, and can be turned off. As of AUG 2000, Asset Basset costs $13. [Archived as /info-mac/data/asset-basset.hqx; 942 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Allan Udy To: Subject: [*] Big Red Button Submission Big Red Button 1.5.1 The Big Red Button is a simple, freeware timer/stopwatch. Whether you will find this application useful or not, will depend very much on how you work at your computer. The program itself was designed to solve one very specific requirement that I had-I needed a very quick and easy way to start recording a block of time, while sitting in front of my computer. Other timing apps can be great and very useful. I continually use TimeSlice by Maui Software, and this has one very useful function-after several minutes of inactivity the timer automatically turns off. This means if I get up from my desk to make a cup of coffee, the timer does not continue to record time against the project that I'm working on. However, there are times, such as when the phone rings, or when someone walks into my office when the 'auto-pause' feature of TimeSlice is not what I need. In these cases I need some form of stopwatch to record the amount of time I spend in this unexpected activity-thus the Big Red Button was born. Double-click the application and it will start timing. Press the start/stop button to turn it on/off. The top portion of the window is editable, so you can modify times, add notes and so on. The notes section can be printed, or you can use drag and drop to drag it someplace else. Simple. Probably been done a million times before. System Requirements The Big Red Button will run on all PowerPC-based Macintosh computers. It requires 800K of free RAM, and a minimum of System 7.1. A version for Windows 95 (minimum) is also available. [Archived as /info-mac/app/time/big-red-button.hqx; 454 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Jonathan Scott To: Subject: [*] Book of Decks 2.5.5 Submission I've been playing the game Magic: The Gatheringü for several years now. I finally decided that I wasn't very good at it. I played the actual game well enough, but it always seemed that my decks were pretty weak. So, I made the Book of Decks. Essentially it is a database of all of the Magic: The Gatheringü cards available. It also allows you to select from these cards to assemble your own decks. As you assemble your decks the software gives you feedback that helps you see your decks' weaknesses and strengths. It will also give you suggestions to help you improve your deck. It's a valuable tool. Please pay the rareware fee. [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/book-of-decks-255.hqx; 3921 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Ruben Brochner To: Subject: [*] BrnAgain.hqx--Run Mac OS 8.1 on 68030 Mac's Born Again permits users of certain 68030 Macintosh models to operate Mac OS 8.1 on their computers. With the introduction of Mac OS 8, Apple no longer supported certain 68030 models--even if those models had been upgraded to a 68040 processor. However, many of those computers remain in use and--especially if upgraded with a 68040 processor--they still perform quite well for many tasks. Yet, using these older Macintosh models is difficult in an environment that includes new models running Mac OS 8 and later. Thus, I created Born Again. Its purpose is to permit these legacy computers to use Mac OS 8.1. By using Born Again, a user may take advantage of several key features of Mac OS 8.1, including: Ç Mac OS Extended Format (HFS+) compatibility Ç Open Transport 1.3.1 Ç Spring-loaded folders Ç Contextual Menus Ç Internet Setup Assistant These features permit legacy Macintosh models to work more efficiently with the newer Macintosh models by allowing seamless sharing of hard drives and removable media regardless of whether or not the media is in HFS or HFS+ format and by making the user interface more consistent across models. [Archived as /info-mac/cfg/born-again.hqx; 854 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: royerm To: Subject: [*] Butterfly II Folder icons Enjoy this new complete collection of my butterfly folder icons.....all your old favorites are back plus a slew of new ones taken from my newest Kaleidoscope scheme, Butterfly Garden. FInd out about Kaleidoscope at http://www.kaleidoscope.net/ and See and download my Kaleidoscope schemes here: http://www.kaleidoscope.net/schemes/completelisting.shtml Click the letter "R" and find my schemes there -Martha Royer [Archived as /info-mac/gui/icon/butterfly-ii-icons.hqx; 164 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: "Scratch Software" To: Subject: [*] Cache Killer Pro II 2.0 - web browser cache management Cache Killer Pro II is a Macintosh application that deletes the web browser caches for Netscape Navigator, Netscape Communicator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, America Online, or any other browser. Using Cache Killer will: - maximize hard disk space by eliminating the hundreds of individual cache files that browsers leave behind - vastly improve browser stability by eliminating the overhead required to internally track the numerous cache files - enhance system performance by reducing the number of files the operating system must track in its desktop databases Cache Killer Pro II requires a Macintosh running System 7.1.3 or later. It is fully compatible with MacOS 9.0. Cache Killer Pro II is shareware and costs US$14.00 for a single-user license. Cache Killer Pro 1.x users may upgrade for US$10.00. A standard site license costs US$280.00. Other specialized bulk purchase options (such as a world-wide site license or an educational site license) are also available. For more information, send e-mail to sales@ScratchSoftware.com. Visit the Cache Killer web site at http://www.CacheKiller.com for the latest product information. [Archived as /info-mac/comm/inet/cache-killer-ii.hqx; 1191 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: jfileguy@musselrock.com To: Subject: [*] Catalog Search FM III, FM Pro 4-5 DB to catalog disks and folders I have received several requests from users to include the Finder's desktop comment in the information gathered for each item cataloged. Getting comments is added as an option to the former method, rather than the default. It runs slower when comments are added. The time drain for adding comments is somewhat offset by the new script code, which is is more efficient than Catalog Search FM II's code. If you don't add comments you should see an improvement in speed from the last version. Note to Archivist: Catalog Search FM III replaces: /disk/catalog-search-fmp.hqx This FileMaker 4 (easily converted to FileMaker 5) database provides drag and drop indexing of disks and folders. It gathers information about each file, such as path, name, size, dates, type, creator etc., during indexing. The database is freeware, and has no locked layouts. It already does a lot, but customization is encouraged. Needs Jon's Commands free OSAX - see read me. Permission for inclusion on various CD ROMs is given. [Archived as /info-mac/disk/catalog-search-fm-iii.hqx; 253 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Alexander Wallace To: Subject: [*] Deathly Duel Abstract Grab a sword and slash your opponent to bits with this fun side-scroller dueling game.¨2000 Spilled Software [Archived as /info-mac/game/deathly-duel.hqx; 1424 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Tobias Peciva To: Subject: [*] Down&Out 1.0 Down&Out is a board game in which a grid of pebbles is to be cleared. It may serve as a diversion that is easy on the eye and mind, or it can be played as a challenging game of strategy, where the results of every sequence of moves have to be painstakingly calculated. Features: * Relaxing or challenging, depending on strategy. * Pleasing 16-bit graphics that can be customized. * Games are quick and fit nicely into a short break from work. * Low machine demands. Requirements: * Any PowerPC Macintosh, such as the iMac. * System 7 or later. * Monitor with thousands of colors (all newer monitors). For more information, please read the manual enclosed with the package, or visit the Down&Out web page at: http://www.dd.chalmers.se/~peciva/software/downout.html If you have any questions or comments, feel free to contact me at: peciva@kagi.com You can also visit my web page at: http://www.dd.chalmers.se/~peciva/ [Archived as /info-mac/game/down-and-out.hqx; 379 K] ------------------------------ Date: 12 Aug 2000 From: Matt Ward To: Subject: [*] Duck Timmy Abstract: Duck Timmy Duck Timmy is a small duck which sits harmlessly in the corner of your screen and yells lines from the South Park character Timmy. Duck Timmy has several speeds and different heads. Provides hours of intellectual stimulation. Requirments: A sense of humor. [Archived as /info-mac/app/duck-timmy.hqx; 121 K] ------------------------------ Date: 11 Aug 2000 From: Allgood Software To: Subject: [*] Poor Man's Solitaire v2.1 With 45 different solitaire variations, Poor Man's Solitaire is bound to have something to suit every taste: from the familiar Klondike, to the more obscure Will O the Wisp. Offering unlimited levels of Undo/Redo, full automatic play of cards to foundations, your playing statistics, Save/Restore of games in progress, and much more. Special features are included to help you to learn new games, as well as cheat like crazy at the games you already know. It's great for the serious Solitaire player, as well as the "I'm just waiting for a printout" types. Version 2.1 adds: Undo / Redo Full Autoplay of cards to foundations Save / Restore Statistics Control over 'Kings Only' rules for spaces. 15 New Games [Archived as /info-mac/game/crd/poor-mans-solitaire-21.hqx; 872 K] ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 23:21:25 -0400 From: "Marlon Deason" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: [Q] Info on USB digital camera drivers I am looking for information on writing my own drivers for a digital camera. I bought a camera whose manufacturer promised USB drivers real soon. Well the drivers never materialized. The company ditched the first camera for the Mac and choose another one. The new camera with driver software sells for $40 more than their first camera which was PC only. I want to write Mac drivers for the PC only camera and release them free for anyone who has or wants the first camera. I have never attempted to write a driver before. I know that the camera's native file format is a windows bitmap. It seems simple enough. I need to get the Mac to access the data stored on the camera and copy it to a file. I can then use QuickTime to display the files as .BMP files. If successful, I will post the drivers on Info-Mac first. If you have info on writing Mac USB drivers, or how to get a telnet/terminal type connection to a USB port/device or if you know where I can get source code for a USB driver, please let me know. -Marlon marlond@earthlink.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 06:58:20 -0700 From: "Dan O'Donnell" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: how to error check .uu? Occasionally when trying to decode a UUencoded multi-part segmented file, the decoder (StUU, Stuffit Expander) will return an error message that the file is incomplete or missing a segment. Sometimes the file will decode properly with one utility but not the other, and on inspection (tedious with files that are x MB in size), all parts appear to be present. Is there a utility that will check for and/or correct this problem? ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:12:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Mary Ann Ladd To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: HyperSearch is back The original HyperSearch on HyperArchive is back. It returns a max of 60 items and is now Y2K compliant. I have left the Excite search tool up as well. It is useful when looking for keywords not contained in the filename or Subject line of the abstract. We have a new person starting on Monday which will bring us up to full staff for the first time since June of '97. This should give me more time to devote to this project. cheers, Mary Ann for hyperarchive@lcs.mit.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:41:30 +0200 From: andreas.prilop@altavista.net (Andreas Prilop) To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Internet Explorer 5.0 & Central European texts Kazik Stys wrote in Info-Mac Digest V17 #126: > I would like to read Polish texts (ie fonts displayed properly) using Internet > Explorer 5.0 & Outlook Express 4.5. My attempts to set the browsers have been > that far unsuccessful. What do I need and how to set up the browsers to read > Central European texts. You need at least Central European (CE) fonts, preferably also a CE script. See for a couple of links. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:23:45 -0700 From: Paul Romaniuk To: "Erica W. Hunter" Subject: Personal LaserWriter NTR I have a Personal Laserwriter NTR, which I have always used via AppleTalk. Looking at my NTR manual indicates that it can be used with a straight serial connection, either with the 8 pin port or the RS-232 (25 pin) port. You control the settings for the ports using the numbered switch at the back of the printer. For use with AppleTalk on Macs, the switch should be at position 0. For the 8-pin port, serial settings that support Postscript include 1 (9600, N, 7, 1, Xon/off), 4 (same as 1, but baud rate is 1200), 5 (same as 1, but 8 data bits rather than 7). I use the Laserwriter 8.6.5 extension (from system 8.6.1) with the NTR. No other special control panels or extensions seem to be installed. Paul >I just received a Personal LaserWriter NTR about which I know very >little. > >Among my questions: > 1. Can it be used with a straight serial connection, or do you have >to use Localtalk? > 2. What printer driver do you use? Will the older LaserWriter driver >work, or do you have to use a specialized driver? > 3. Do you have to have any special control panels or extensions >loaded to work with it? > >I was planning on using it on a Localtalk network, but thought I might >use it straight also. >My computers include a Mac Plus, SE, SE/30, LC, Performa 550, Quadra >650, and Duo 2300. >They are all on an Appletalk network. > >Thanks in advance for any help available. > >Sam M. Hunter >smhdvm@ldd.net ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 22:15:17 -0400 From: "A.W. Neef" To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Sort menus by Label Friday, August 11, 2000 I like many of my menus Sorted by Labels. On my new iMac-DV-se (OS 9.0.4), when I sort by Labels, the result is IN REVERSE LABEL ORDER. That is, the "Nones" come first followed by the "Project 2's", Project 1's, etc ... and ending with the "Essentials" at the bottom of the menu. What'd I do to REVERSE the Label order?? Bill Neef Grass Lake, MI, USA ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 10:12:14 +1000 From: Len Whyte To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Which name server is a DHCP server giving? >Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:00:23 -0400 >From: Vincent Cayenne >To: The Info-Mac Network >Subject: Which name server is a DHCP server giving? > >I'm interested in finding out the DNS name server information sent >when I am granted a lease by my ISP. When I check the TCP/IP Control >Panel, IP address, subnet mask and router are loaded with info, but >the name servers box is not. Is there any tool which will tell me the >name server(s) I've been assigned? > >I can't seem to find this info via OT Tool, MacPing, AGNetTools, >IPNetMonitor, WhatRoute or MacTCP Watcher. I can test DNS to find out >whether name resolution is successfully taking place but I can't see >the address(es) of the name server(s). I think you can do this with IPNetMonitor. Go to the Name Server lookup window and ensure that you uncheck the box next to the specification of which nameserver to use. Then do a ò-T and it should ping the default name server in the PING window. >-- > >--- >'tis as said. [Reality is defined by being described] -- _______________________________________________________________________ Len Whyte (and Sue Terry) __ /\ / \/ \ +61 2 6267 2140 (w) / \ 18 Buntine Cres +61 2 6286 8336 (h) / / ISAACS ACT +61 2 6251 9291 (fax) \ __ */ AUSTRALIA 2607 `-' \_/ lwhyte@acslink.net.au o _______________________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000 15:34:02 +0300 From: Matti Haveri To: digest@info-mac.org Subject: Which name server is a DHCP server giving? In article <8mulk1$2enl$1@traf.lcs.mit.edu>, digest@info-mac.org wrote: > I'm interested in finding out the DNS name server information sent > when I am granted a lease by my ISP. Apple System Profiler (v2.4.2) should do it. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 23:10:46 +0200 From: Christian F Buser To: Vincent Cayenne Subject: Which name server is a DHCP server giving? (R) At Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:00:23 -0400, Vincent Cayenne wrote: >I'm interested in finding out the DNS name server information sent >when I am granted a lease by my ISP. When I check the TCP/IP Control >Panel, IP address, subnet mask and router are loaded with info, but >the name servers box is not. Is there any tool which will tell me the >name server(s) I've been assigned? You can define the nameserver yourself; any valid IP address is okay (but the name server should be as near as possible for you, so the best advice is to use those of your ISP. Ask them about the right IP addresses to put there.) Best wishes, Christian. -- Christian F. Buser, Hohle Gasse 6, CH-5507 Mellingen (Switzerland) Look at Wenn nicht jetzt, wann dann? 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