Globelines DSL and OS X

[NoisyCricket]

I have a connection to Globelines DSL here at the office, using that funny green colored sting ray USB modem.

My uncle has an iBook G3 using OS X and wants to go online using this connection.

What do I do to make this connection work? Can I just plug in the USB modem to his mac?

[El CaMOTe]

Oh boy, you are stuck with the green frog, USB 1.0, real slow.

You cannot just plug the USB cable to your uncles ibook. You have to install the Alcatel USB driver first and then using the settings/password given to you by Globe, you configure your unc's iBook and then you can surf etc.,

if you uncle is using Jaguar, the Speedtouch CD driver should be OK, but if you are in Panther, you would have to do some extra tweaks. Best if you call 730 1357 and ask them to help you get up and running.

If you do not have the CD of your modem, (usually they conveniently forget to give it back to you!), you can download it from www.speedtouch.com. Get the latest drivers.

Good luck with Globe, go to www.utilities.globequest.com.ph, bookmark it and then click on bandwidth meter, and check your DSL speed (don't download anything while checking your speed). If you are a 384 Kbps, I wonder if you will ever hit 280 or 300+ Kbps. I never did for the last 6 months !! :dry:

Good luck and keep us posted. Cheers,

[NoisyCricket]

Originally posted by El CaMOTe
You cannot just plug the USB cable to your uncles ibook. You have to install the Alcatel USB driver first and then using the settings/password given to you by Globe, you configure your unc's iBook and then you can surf etc.,

I have the installation CD. So it will also work with a mac?

if you uncle is using Jaguar, the Speedtouch CD driver should be OK, but if you are in Panther, you would have to do some extra tweaks. Best if you call 730 1357 and ask them to help you get up and running.

Sounds like a plan. Just for a primer though, (I know ZILCH about the Mac OS.. which is Jaguar and which is Panther? And where would I find network settings to tweak? ) I hope to know the answers to these questions by Christmas when I plan to have my own iMac G5

Good luck with Globe, go to www.utilities.globequest.com.ph, bookmark it and then click on bandwidth meter, and check your DSL speed (don't download anything while checking your speed). If you are a 384 Kbps, I wonder if you will ever hit 280 or 300+ Kbps. I never did for the last 6 months !! :dry:

Wow. Let me try this on my pc.. on Kazaa (although this was a long time ago), I could download around 48k/sec.. which was pretty good. Anyway, I just need to surf and chat and email so its good enough

THANKS!

Good luck and keep us posted. Cheers, [/quote]

[elbert]

Jaguar is OS 10.2.x. Panther is OS 10.3.x

You can tell which OS version the iBook is running on by clicking on the blue Apple icon in the top left corner (menu bar) of the screen Select the first option About This Mac.

[Edited on 9-19-2004 by elbertc]

[NoisyCricket]

Originally posted by El CaMOTe
Oh boy, you are stuck with the green frog, USB 1.0, real slow.

Good luck with Globe, go to utilities.globequest.com.ph, bookmark it and then click on bandwidth meter, and check your DSL speed (don't download anything while checking your speed). If you are a 384 Kbps, I wonder if you will ever hit 280 or 300+ Kbps. I never did for the last 6 months !! :dry:

Good luck and keep us posted. Cheers,

GlobeQuest Bandwidth Meter
Your current bandwidth reading is:

483.96320 kbps

which means you can download at 60.50000 KB/sec. from our servers.

[coffeelover]

That's fast, I usually get around 320kbps from the bandwidth meter. You're paying for 384kbps?

[El CaMOTe]

YeaH, NOISY C.

What is your plan/speed ?? exact location ?? How much are you paying ??

Cheers

[NoisyCricket]

Aba malay! Basta NXDSL ang gamit ko. Personal (yung 1 comp lang). Use it in office (pero residential line yata.. not sure). Supposedly 382kbps, but hmmm.. wag nalang ako mag-reklamo . I pay P2700 a month yata then P600 for phone line so mga P3,300 a month yata. Charge to mom and dad (este charge to company )

I tried that this morning, Monday, Sept 20, mga 10am siguro.

[vicicasas]

After months and months of waiting for a phone line and a broadband connection (and a disappointing episode where a Globelines tech finally showed up but brought a USB modem despite our explicit instructions that we would only accept an Ethernet modem) ... today, October 6, we are ONLINE!

The funny thing is, I actually took off early from work to rush home and try out the connection - this time around they brought the correct modem, an Alcatel Ethernet modem that I availed of thru a one-time upgrade fee of P2,000 (as per the Globelines website, only for Mac and Linux, not available for PC users... belat) So I hooked up the cable to my PowerBook, hit the PhilMUG shortcut button on my browser, and prepared to smile a really big smile.

Nothing. Zip. Nada.

After a couple of fruitless minutes of dicking around with various software and hardware settings, I gave in and called the Technical Help Desk. The tech on the other end gave me the worst possible news ... nothing was wrong with my settings, my modem, or my computer. Globelines Broadband was offline, nationwide, as a result of a service outage. AAAAAAAARGH!!!!

Anyway, I tried again a little later, and a little later, and a few hours later, and it was only after I decided to call the help desk again that they gently suggested I try resetting my modem since the service outage had only lasted for a couple of minutes past my original phone call and it was now over four hours later. Gee, why didn't I think of that. Stupid. And I call myself a technically savvy person.

So here I am, blissfully surfing thru the wireless magic of Airport Express (yes, it truly IS plug and play!) on my couch, and much to my delight, the connection is a lot faster than the gloom-and-doom Globelines stories that I've read on PhilMUG have led me to expect.

I'm attaching my screencap from the Globelines bandwidth meter below. Measured at 7:35pm on a Wed night, here in Cavite, on an Explore/Unlimited 384/128 package. I'm actually getting MORE than I'm paying for, so I certainly can't complain!

Hay. Finally. Grabe.

[vicicasas]

Tried bandwidthplace.com and 2wire.com to get an idea of how other sites see the Globelines bandwidth ... though admittedly, their meters are geared more towards broadband users in the US.

Bandwidthplace.com gave me a 330.2Kbps and 2wire.com gave me a 337.6Kbps. Still nothing to complain about.