Mac - Snow Leopard - Could not find the Network Adapter - After reboot

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Wed, 01/20/2010 - 12:55
amarand
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When I install the latest version of Tether for Mac on my Snow Leopard MacBook, it works great.

After a reboot, I receive the error "Could not find the Network Adapter" on the Mac side. I can see that the Blackberry application is running, states "Registered" and "Tether is running" using the USB connection. When I go to the Network control panel, I can see that Tether is listed, and that AirPort is turned off.

If I remove the driver from the Network control panel and reinstall, it (again) works great until the next reboot.

Any ideas?

It's annoying but, hey, it's a great service and my thought is that the hassle of working out these bugs is more than worth the money it's saving me in service fees through my carrier!

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Thu, 01/21/2010 - 09:42
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hzhao
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Have you check under "Security" settings in Preferences of you Mac, if there is anything preventing you to modify the Network Settings.... Does your Network Preferences settings have a "lock" icon at the bottom, if so, make sure it is "unlocked" before any setting can be changed...

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Thu, 01/21/2010 - 13:26
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amarand
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During the installation of Tether, I am asked for my administrative password, which I offer, for the application installation as well as the network adapter creation. There is nothing in the Security control panel which explicitly allows or denies these two actions - they are handled by the system by prompting for a password, which I correctly enter.

As an update, I receive this error after every reboot. I do not actually have to removel the Network entry for Tether, nor do I have to remove the application from Applications or my Icon Dock. I can simply re-run the installation program and, poof, it works again until the next reboot.

Hopefully this can be figured out.

Thanks!

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Thu, 01/21/2010 - 15:04
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amarand
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Oh, and when I say "I do not actually have to remove..." I mean, I have done this many times in the past. So before you recommend that I do this, I have.

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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 08:18
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bburk
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I have this exact same problem. It is a shame really. I like this program, but we Mac folks have now had two major setbacks. First, we can't use the USB connection because of the DTM conflict and now I have to reinstall the program every time I reboot. $50 is a lot of money for a program that has a slow BT connection and has to be reinstalled a few times a week.

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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 08:23
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bburk
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I need to update my last comment. For some reason my speeds have really picked up, so that part is not a complaint anymore. 465 download and 360 upload is respectable for a bluetooth connection.

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