i'm running a xp pc network with ics(don't want router) and apart from some minor problems with the mtu settings the all run fine giving me full download speed. I recently go a mac and am trying to get it hooked up to this network. Despite all my efforts(i even got a program to change the mtu settings for the mac) pages will take up to half an hour to load(if they load at all) and after a while it just jams my modem forcing me to shut off the modem and restarting it. I have tried the TCP/Ip settings more times than i can count, i know it's not the nic or the cable, because i can do an ftp connection to any of the pc's on the network. Lan is fine... it's when the internet gets involved. i have seen a few other posts where people have similar problems... but none that have an answer yet.

Is ICS putting out a DHCP signal? If so, try using it to assign the Mac a static IP instead. p