Couple of Mac related questions

[WickeDKlowN]

My sister has this Powerbook G4, and holy crap is it sweet. I've always hated Mac's for no apparent reason, but I can't deny it's sweetness. Anyway, up in Brooklyn, where she lives, she has DSL but then when she comes down for summer and winter she wants to use my dial-up but we've never been able to figure ouit how to get it to work. Now, I've got AOL and a normal dial-up(isp.com) account, and we always try the latter because I'm afraid AOL will screw up her DSL settings or something.

Basically, I need to know how to set-up a dial-up account on a Mac.

Also, how would I go about seeing if it had Wi-Fi built in? She want's to try wardriving/warwalking but again, I'm retarded when it comes to Macs.

[steimway]

wardriving

The mac is a very good choice for a system when it comes to wardriving/walking. hopefully she has an older tiBook with 802.11b(regular airport card). If she has airport extreme, (you can find out by running a program called "system profiler") then some of the stuff you can do is a limited. I recommend kismac and etherpeek(pay) or ethereal/ettercap(free, but harder to set up). Of, course google to find out as much as you can about packet sniffing, reinjecting, flooding, wep, wap, and all that fun stuff. Visit www.undergroundmac.com/forums/ for more. There are some guys there that are very knowledgeable about this kind of stuff.

So good luck with that, I can tell you that it's challenging and lots of fun.

As for setting up a dial up connection, go into the network pane in system preferences and in the "show" bar, click internal modem. You should be able to get it going from there.


I know that cphil and kevmaster have a few macs, so maybe they'd be able to help you out some more with dial up.

[WickeDKlowN]

OK, thanks man. I knew about Kismac(seen it on TSS awhile back).

I think it's only like 8-10 months old, I'll see if I can find the System Profiler thing to check on the wi-fi.

[Bluestrike_2]

OPEN network pane of System Preferences

Click Internal Modem

Configure number, username, and password

Click Save password

PPP Options

-Connect automatically when needed (I use this, optional)With her DSL, I'd say no
-Click redial if busy - set up times
-Ok

You can also put a status item up at the menu bar

Click Modem in the Network pane of system prefs(you didn't exit did you?)
At the bottom click "Show modem status in menu bar"

Go back to PPP tab - Dial now

Now, when you want to connect, she can do so at the top menu bar. Never needs to mess with this stuff again!

BTW, it's all also in the system help.....


OR, in the PPP part of the Internal Modem in NETWORK pane of System preferences, just click "Assist me" for an intuitive wizard. That's by far the easiest. Then, just tick the menu bar status in the Modem pane. Done. Dialed. Connected.

To see her Airport card:

Apple Menu>About this mac>More Info

For Mac OS X Panther ^

[SCpoloRicker]

The mac is a very good choice for a system when it comes to wardriving/walking. hopefully she has an older tiBook with 802.11b(regular airport card). If she has airport extreme, (you can find out by running a program called "system profiler") then some of the stuff you can do is a limited. I recommend kismac and etherpeek(pay) or ethereal/ettercap(free, but harder to set up). Of, course google to find out as much as you can about packet sniffing, reinjecting, flooding, wep, wap, and all that fun stuff. Visit www.undergroundmac.com/forums/ for more. There are some guys there that are very knowledgeable about this kind of stuff.

So good luck with that, I can tell you that it's challenging and lots of fun.

As for setting up a dial up connection, go into the network pane in system preferences and in the "show" bar, click internal modem. You should be able to get it going from there.


I know that cphil and kevmaster have a few macs, so maybe they'd be able to help you out some more with dial up.

12 posts! I, for one, welcome our well-versed and competent new member overlords.

Welcome to the boards!

Zman is another good mac resource.

[cphilip]

My sister has this Powerbook G4, and holy crap is it sweet. I've always hated Mac's for no apparent reason, but I can't deny it's sweetness. Anyway, up in Brooklyn, where she lives, she has DSL but then when she comes down for summer and winter she wants to use my dial-up but we've never been able to figure ouit how to get it to work. Now, I've got AOL and a normal dial-up(isp.com) account, and we always try the latter because I'm afraid AOL will screw up her DSL settings or something.

Basically, I need to know how to set-up a dial-up account on a Mac.

Also, how would I go about seeing if it had Wi-Fi built in? She want's to try wardriving/warwalking but again, I'm retarded when it comes to Macs.

Looks like you already got the help here you needed.... Easiest set up for a dial up of any computer I ever set up. It should go right to work.

If its got an airport card built in or even stuck in it will go out and find any available WiFi network and ask you if you want to join it. They pretty good about that.

I am using a G4 notebook right now. Connected through my WiFi set up at home. Specs:

Hardware Overview:

Machine Model: PowerBook G4 15"
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.8.4f1
Serial Number: W841904FQW3

System Software Overview:

System Version: Mac OS X 10.3.7 (7S215)

This one has a built in Airport card and blue tooth as well.

[doc_Zox]

set up a new location in the network preferences and none of her old settings get dinked with

i run a DHCP connection at work and ping either a modem or a wireless link at home

all in the same location

the Mac figures out the ethernet connection is offline and seemlessly grabs the other methods

[Z-man]

sigh... beaten to it. Ah well, Ill be at MacWorld buying my new G5 system in under 2 weeks so ho ho ho to you all. Hopefully the movie quality you see me present will x4 after that. More power more RAM more HD space than the rest of AO put together!!!! BWAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!

[cphilip]

sigh... beaten to it. Ah well, Ill be at MacWorld buying my new G5 system in under 2 weeks so ho ho ho to you all. Hopefully the movie quality you see me present will x4 after that. More power more RAM more HD space than the rest of AO put together!!!! BWAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!

Well your going to have to go ahead and get the 2.5 dual one cause I already got the Dual processor 2 GHz G5 already.... Gig of ram in it... I forget the HD space though.... plenty.... and a side drive too... And the 17" studio display...

[Z-man]

Well your going to have to go ahead and get the 2.5 dual one cause I already got the Dual processor 2 GHz G5 already.... Gig of ram in it... I forget the HD space though.... plenty.... and a side drive too... And the 17" studio display...

Never buy before a MacWorld! You never know when Steve might "surprise" you with a new speed bump.

Dont worry. I will post a picture of the new station when its all there. I am hoping to break 2TB in space and 4GB of RAM will be the min.

[SAW]

sigh... beaten to it. Ah well, Ill be at MacWorld buying my new G5 system in under 2 weeks so ho ho ho to you all. Hopefully the movie quality you see me present will x4 after that. More power more RAM more HD space than the rest of AO put together!!!! BWAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!

Purchased a G5 for my father's birthday...believe me: you will NOT be disappointed!

[Z-man]

Purchased a G5 for my father's birthday...believe me: you will NOT be disappointed!

Except for its lack of internal drive space. I miss that. My old G4 tower here can fit 7 HDs inside. I'll be stuck at 2 internal drives and 1 DVD-R drice on this new machine..... it's unlikely but you never know when apple might decide to fix that little deal..... perhaps MacWorld :)

[SCpoloRicker]

sigh... beaten to it. Ah well, Ill be at MacWorld buying my new G5 system in under 2 weeks so ho ho ho to you all. Hopefully the mov

[SCpRKR]/look at the kittie.

ie quality you see me present will x4 after that. More power more RAM more HD space than the rest of AO put together!!!! BWAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!!

beware the power of the mac

/needs more RAM. 1 (as in 1 slot) 512 card on G5 iMac.