David Young dyoung@cabletron.com 21/10/98 00:53 wrote: <snips> >As long as you are not online, pick an IP and >manually assign it to your powerbook. Then in your browser just go >to it 'was exactly the answer I needed. Whilst I'd tried everything else, including talking to the Mac nicely (well, that was the *first* thing I tried, obviously... ;-) and doing a small, but well-rehearsed, dance in praise of King Larry and ArchDeacon Neeracher, the only thing I hadn't done was point the browser numerically at the machine itself. Many thanks David, Pete, Arved and any others whose replies might filter in later on. Regards Lachlan ------------------------------------------------------------ Lachlan Scott Mobile: +44 (0)7771 615832 Email: lachlan@taichichuan.co.uk WWW: http://www.taichichuan.co.uk/lachlan ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch