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[PLUG] Annoying OSX? network? problems
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On the home LAN we have:
cable modem <---> Linky router/firewall <---> switch <---> boxes
Boxes are:
* OS X 10.2.x
* Debian (file and print server)
* Two W2K
At one point last week Internet connectivity slowed down, and POP and SMTP
mail didn?t go at all. Obviously an ISP problem. A few calls yielded nothing
helpful.
Events prior to problem, most likely coincidental:
* OSX hard drives were full, once drive space was cleared up, OS and apps
were upgraded/patched to current
* A visiting teen played on-line games, first on the Mac, then a Windows box
After bouncing everything on the phone with the ISP _some_ email now works
on the Windows box (client configured to access six POP accounts) and web
access is okay on the Windows boxes. On the Mac Google and a few other sites
work great, but most of the rest of the ?net is inaccessible. On the Mac I
can ping anything and resolve DNS to IPs for all websites I tried. POP mail
does not come down on the Mac. Noticed no issues with the Debian box?
Swapped out Ethernet cables, changed ports - nothing. Flashed the Linky to
the latest firmware, and when that did nothing, reset it to factory defaults
and reconfigured.
Why on the Mac would Google work, but not other sites? Why would a POP
account work on a Windows box, but a POP account from the same ISP not work
on the Mac?
Everything _had_ been working fine for two months with this setup and ISP.
My next attempt will be to swap a different firewall in for the Linky. After
that, as awkward as it sounds, I might resort to a format and reload of the
Mac.
The cable modem is over two years old, the Linky might be five. The Mac is
maybe six and was upgraded from OS 9.x
My wife, who uses the Mac, is having Internet withdrawal! She does not like
using the Windows machines either?
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