'm using a G4 PowerBook (made in 2004), and I'm having a problem with
my high-speed internet connection -- which I hope does NOT mean my Mac
is damaged. Me and my wife have both been connecting to the internet
via a high-speed cable modem and a router that lets both of us connect
to the modem via ethernet cables. Recently,, there was a lighteneing
strike right outside of my house, which seems to have fried our
opriginal modem and my wife's ethernet card. The cable company gave us
a new modem and got my wofe connected via a USB adaptor, and now we;re
MORE OR LESS back in the saddle --
-- but I'm having two persistant problems with my ethernet connection
to the internet. First, I can establish and keep a connection just
fine -- until I put my Mac to sleep by closing the cover. That breaks
the connection and I have to reboot to re-establish it. WHat may be
relevant is that this behavior started when I switched to running the
Mac from the bettery, although it's persisted after I;ve gone back to
running it from an AC connection. I'm wondering if running it from the

battery changed a preference that I need to reset.

The second problem is specific to one of two locations at which I can
connect -- each of which uses a different ethernet cable. At one
location, I can re-establish the connection as soon as I reboot the
computer. At the second location -- at which I connect using a
different ethernet cable -- , it takes awhile to establish the
connection. WHen the Mac first recongnizes the ethernet connection
after rebooting, the LED on the router that corresponds to the port I'm

using flashes off and on and I can't connect. After awhile, the LED
comnes on steaadlity and I cxan connect. I know it's not the port,
because I connected each of the two cables to that port and it happens
with one cable and not the other. Could this behavior be due to a
damaged ethernet cable.

Any advice anyone could give would be appreciated.