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have you tryed to just take that ip so the computer will awayse have it. that is what I do with my home computers and it works fine. that should give you a connection no matther what

Well, I tried plugging the Internet connection directly into the computer instead of in the router and of course, everything worked without a hitch. The problem really seems to be at the router level... Really, no one has any ideas ????

That was actually a very helpful reply. I probably will wait until I get my iMac back. In the meantime, I took myself off the router and plugged the cable directly into the Ethernet connection : my partner is in Europe for a few months and so I don't need to share the connection. Everything now works just fine. I also need the router for the laser printer, but I don't print that often and can also print on my inkjet, which uses the USB port.

I noticed something else : behind the router, no matter how I set it up, I can't host a website on my Mac, whereas when I'm directly plugged in, it works fine. Behind the router, even in the DMZ zone with all the right ports forwarded, it doesn't work. Finally, even on my iMac, I would regularly have strange things going on, like my MSN contacts repeatedly going off-line, then on-line again during our chats... except that they did NOT experience a bad connection. The problem seemed to be at my end. I guess there could be a problem with the cable or cables, but they are new. Also, the PC connected to the router NEVER had these problems. It seems to be happening between Macs and the router. So maybe you put your finger on the problem. We'll see what happens when I get my iMac back.

I've been experiencing many problems with the iMac over the past couple of months... We still haven't figured out what caused the problem (it affected speed and, eventually, my hard drive, which had to be replaced once already, and might have to be replaced again), but it could have had to do with one of my USB peripherals. I am wondering, though : could a defective router actually cause problems to a hard drive ?????

Hi,

Thanks again for your reply. I don't really know what I plan to do... First, I'll wait until I get my machine back. It's a very strange problem, that slowing down thing. Very erratic. I used the computer without a hitch for months and then, boom... But not long after trying that webcam that could be at the cause of it : when I unplugged it a couple of weeks ago, my computer actually shut down... and it happened twice. But I did wonder about an electrical problem, or even if my computer being very close to a window (indeed, a wall) that have poor insulation... and being in Montreal, it's COLD here right now. Anyway, it's strange. It'll work fine at first, then, when I start using it, sometimes within minutes, it'll happen : the first time I'll start up a program, it'll take forever. If I quit the software and start again, it'll start up normally... Certain things will suddenly take a long time : it wonce took me an hour and a half to burn a CD ! When the problem happens, if I restart the computer, the whole process can take from 7 to 15 minutes. And this is on a new flat-panel iMac.

As for the router, well, I'll wait and see. I'm not behind the router now and can do everything, including hosting a website. Maybe there IS a problem with router, maybe it's what you mentioned. As for that last thing you talked about (and that you said I could do in Jaguar), I have NO idea what that all means. :-)

Anyway, I have to go for now. I'll keep you posted. If you have any other thoughts or ideas, don't hesitate.

Thanks again.