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It could be the Ethernet card on the Dell or perhaps the G4. You state that the problem begins when you start the Mac G4 so I would suspect it first. My advice would be to replace the Ethernet (NIC) card in both the Dell And G4 since NIC cards are fairly inexpensive ($20 to $40 in the US) and are not difficult to change. Ethernet cards are somewhat more prone to failure than other PCI cards because of heavy usage (I am guessing) with broadband.
Gene
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