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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Phone Wakes Tiger
Date: 22 May 2014 15:42:56 GMT
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On 2014-05-22, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
> Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
>
>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > On 2014-05-20, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
>> > >      I have a G4 running Tiger with a DSL connection. If the phone rings
>> > > when it's asleep, it wakes up. Is there any way to stop this?
>> > >
>> > >      I'd be quite happy to look this up in the comp.sys.mac.system
>> > > archive. Is there one somewhere? If the USENET archive still at Google
>> > > Groups, I haven't figured out how to find it.
>> > 
>> > Disable this setting:
>> > 
>> > System Preferences > Energy Saver > Wake for Ethernet access
>> 
>>      Many thanks. When looking for that I found another enabled setting
>> called "Wake when the modem detects a ring."I've disabled that one but
>> left the "Wake of Ethernet access" enabled. I'm not sure what "Ethernet
>> access" means (Help doesn't help) but I think I might want it when I try
>> to wirelessly connect another computer to the G4.
>> 
>>      I'll report the results of this experiment.
>> 
>      And here I am reporting. Based on one day's experience, disabling
> "Wake when the modem detects a ring" solves my problem. The computer
> slept happily today while the phone rang unceasingly. (We're in the
> run-up to an election.)

Thanks for reporting back.

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