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Re: [PLUG] Annoying OSX? network? problems
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On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 05:26:51PM -0700, high_desert wrote:
> 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?
My first cut at a fix would be to power cycle the cable modem and
router. It sounds like a lack of DNS service - which I experience
occasionally on my cable modem.
Eric
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