> I have Panther on a powerbook G4, and VPC7 with XP Professional
> installed.
> It worked fine through the airport for internet access for several
> months,
> but I guess one of the Apple updates, or Windows updates did it in.
> Now I
> get a network connection, but can't get to the internet from the VPC.
> The
> Mac says that there is another firewall (when you check the sharing,
> firewall
> tab in System Preferences) whenever the VPC is running. There isn't.
> I even
> unistalled PCCillin, and turned off the windows firewall. Anyone else
> suddenly lost internet connectivity with VPC7?
>
> (Obvious questions: Mac has access. Repaired disk and file
> permissions.
> Current update on Mac OS (Panther, not Tiger))
>
> The only knowledge base article on this is the one that says not to use
> firewalls. Otherwise, they want $35 to answer an email or phone call.
>
>
> Victims, aren""t we all?
>
>

> I have Panther on a powerbook G4, and VPC7 with XP Professional
> installed.
> It worked fine through the airport for internet access for several
> months,
> but I guess one of the Apple updates, or Windows updates did it in.
> Now I
> get a network connection, but can't get to the internet from the VPC.
> The
> Mac says that there is another firewall (when you check the sharing,
> firewall
> tab in System Preferences) whenever the VPC is running. There isn't.
> I even
> unistalled PCCillin, and turned off the windows firewall. Anyone else
> suddenly lost internet connectivity with VPC7?
>
> (Obvious questions: Mac has access. Repaired disk and file
> permissions.
> Current update on Mac OS (Panther, not Tiger))
>
> The only knowledge base article on this is the one that says not to use
> firewalls. Otherwise, they want $35 to answer an email or phone call.
>
>
> Victims, aren""t we all?

> There IS another firewall running, as far as the Mac OS is concerned...
> it's called Shared Networking (it's redirecting ports, just like NAT
> does) within Virtual PC, and all that warning means is that you can't
> change Apple firewall settings while VPC is running. This is expected
> behavior.
>
> If you've never called MS for support, that $35 fee will be waived (you
> get one free incident).
>
> How does this "no internet connectivity" manifest in Windows? I'm going
> to assume you can't browse the web, but have you tried pinging another
> machine's IP address?
>
> You might also try searching this group with the phrase "MTU".
>
> usul wrote:
> > I have Panther on a powerbook G4, and VPC7 with XP Professional
> > installed.
> > It worked fine through the airport for internet access for several
> > months,
> > but I guess one of the Apple updates, or Windows updates did it in.
> > Now I
> > get a network connection, but can't get to the internet from the VPC.
> > The
> > Mac says that there is another firewall (when you check the sharing,
> > firewall
> > tab in System Preferences) whenever the VPC is running. There isn't.
> > I even
> > unistalled PCCillin, and turned off the windows firewall. Anyone else
> > suddenly lost internet connectivity with VPC7?
> >
> > (Obvious questions: Mac has access. Repaired disk and file
> > permissions.
> > Current update on Mac OS (Panther, not Tiger))
> >
> > The only knowledge base article on this is the one that says not to use
> > firewalls. Otherwise, they want $35 to answer an email or phone call.
> >
> >
> > Victims, aren""t we all?
>
>

> Is this article relevant to you?
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302212
> (I posted this link earlier, when mentioning the rumour that Tiger
> 10.4.3 was "imminent" )
> Michael Paine
>
>
> Usul wrote:
>
> > Good answers! I'm in the right place.
> >
> > Domain names do not resolve. I haven't tried pinging by address. I'll try
> > that tonight.
> >
> > Explorer just gives the server not found screen.
> >
> > Blew my free call on the MTU issue with my ISP months ago. They went right
> > to the problem. That one was pretty subtle, too. You had access, but
> > couldn't update windows. (Good catch!)
> >
> > The reason I was surprised about the firewall sharing is that the MS
> > Knowledge base said to go there and turn it on. Good to know this behaviour
> > isn't something new.
> >
> > Which brings us back to....
> >
> > Anyone else having this problem? Any ideas?
> >
> >
>

> Good answers! I'm in the right place.
>
> Domain names do not resolve. I haven't tried pinging by address. I'll try
> that tonight.
>
> Explorer just gives the server not found screen.
>
> Blew my free call on the MTU issue with my ISP months ago. They went right
> to the problem. That one was pretty subtle, too. You had access, but
> couldn't update windows. (Good catch!)
>
> The reason I was surprised about the firewall sharing is that the MS
> Knowledge base said to go there and turn it on. Good to know this behaviour
> isn't something new.
>
> Which brings us back to....
>
> Anyone else having this problem? Any ideas?
>
>