PowerBook Duo -- Not Retaining Network Selections

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Baffled Man? A PowerBook Duo may not retain its network connection information when it is ejected from the Duo Dock, used, and reinserted back into the Duo Dock. The problem is related to the version of the Network Control Panel currently installed.

When the Network Software Installer (NSI) is used to install network software, the Network control panel is replaced. The NSI 1.2.3 disk installs Network CDEV version 2.3.3, which remembers the network setting. The NSI 1.3 disk installs Network CDEV version 3.0, which does NOT remember the network selection. The Network CDEV version 3.0.2 (from System 7.5, or NSI 1.4.4 and later) remembers the network connection of the Duo Dock when the Duo is re-inserted.

The problem can be worked around by drag copying the 2.3.3, or the 3.0.2 version of the Network CDEV to the Control Panels folder on the Duo.

You can obtain versions of the Network Control Panel which retain the network settings from the following locations:

  • Network Control Panel v.2.3.3
    • System 7.1
    • Network Software Installer 1.2.3
    • Online services

  • Network Control Panel v.3.0.2
    • System 7.5
    • Network Software Installer 1.4.4
    • Online services

This problem has been corrected in System 7.5, and the Network Software Installer v1.4.4 and later.The Famous Apple!

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