Hi, I realize I am posting this in pc tshooting…
Trying to help a friend put iBook on DSL/MSN. Don’t know macs since os7 i think it was…
it is OS 10.3.3. the used 3 yr old iBook came for xmas from friend’s ex who is professor at Duke. got laptop talking to dsl router ok, 4 green lights (power, dsl, internet, ethernet) but only can surf if i type in ip address, not by name.
so researched a bit on apple and so forth and tried the following, to no avail:
entered isp’s dns addresses manually in Network properties.
created new Location with only port built-in ethernet port (which we have hard cabled to router and a green link light)
tried both manual and automatic ip’s
forced dhcp renew multiple times
can ping dns servers and router
peaked in router to see Status ‘connected’ and no place to enter dns servers (tech said was dynamic)
looked for udp 53 (dns) entry in System refs/Sharing. did not see anything dns related. did not understand what i was seeing.
looked for firewall programs but didn’t know what to look for. didn’t see any. seems to be pretty bare bones. had vpn client and time synch program configured for duke on it but don’t think it is interfering.
my feeling is if i brought my pc over, it would get on dsl and surf web.
something is blocking or not working dns wise on the laptop. i feel i have correctly input dns settings and the known workarounds for this problem and no joy. so looking at the unix stuff now: could ipfw be in place and me not know. how do i look what is the file name. i think i have the root account password…thanks in advance for help and ideas…