Help! my iMac automatically connects to the Net
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Original Message
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Name: Hans
Date: April 2, 2000 at 10:29:57 Pacific
Subject: Help! my iMac automatically connects to the Net |
Comment: Help. My iMac automatically connects to the internet. I don't have
anything in the startup folder. When I disconnect in Remote Access, it
waits 20 seconds, then it reconnects. How can I stop this from happening?
I feel someone is connected to my computer soon after it connects. I don't
know how but this is a suspicion. Is there any place to look to see if the computer is programmed to connect
and for what reason. It randomly started doing this. Much help would be greatly appreciated. I have no idea why this is
happ
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Response Number 1
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Name: Mikie
Date: April 2, 2000 at 15:08:30 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)My guess is you've got TCP/IP set to
maintain a permanent connection. Open
the TCP/IP control panel; from the Edit
menu, choose "User Mode" and set it to
advanced; click "Options," and check the
box for "Load only when needed."
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Response Number 2
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Name: Gary Parker
Date: April 3, 2000 at 09:10:16 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)have you installed Macster? It seems to default to a setting that starts your internet connection whenever you boot.
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Response Number 3
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Name: Hans
Date: April 3, 2000 at 20:13:30 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Man I sure appreciate your advice. I checked the TCP/IP and it was
already set to "only when needed". I haven't installed Macster but do have
other similar FTP apps installed. I'm wondering if any of these would do
that. Where can I find out what is causing the system to connect to the
internet? Something is triggering it and it must be logged somewhere on
my computer. Any suggestions? Thanks much for the responses, Gary and
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Response Number 4
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Name: macgurl
Date: April 6, 2000 at 07:30:45 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)sounds like it may be a virus..try downloading norton AV from the symantec.com homepage..its a free trial version and will have up to date AV defs. you may want to do this even if you are running mcafee as norton catches many more viruses
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Response Number 5
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Name: kevin johnson
Date: April 10, 2000 at 08:05:02 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)Are you running OS9? I am just
beginning to play with this version so this
is just a guess. Go to control Panels and
look at the settings for Automatic System
update. See if the computer is trying to
update the OS at startup. KJ
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Response Number 6
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Name: Drew Williams
Date: April 10, 2000 at 09:08:07 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)One other possibility I have encountered that sounds similar to your problem may be an instant messenger program. I downloaded the AOL instant messenger for Mac and it would connect on startup everytime. Uninstalling it ended the problem as I couldn't find any settings I could change to make it stop doing that. If you recently installed AOL instant messanger or ICQ, you might want to see if that is the problem. DW
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Response Number 7
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Name: Dan
Date: April 13, 2000 at 13:14:37 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)go to the web sharing control panel, turn web sharing off, reboot. that will probably take care of it. -dan
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