Look at it:Īll right, you're all set, go ahead and test your machine by opening Safari and typing performing a search and then testing any of the results.ĭespite the above, things can still not work, so don't panic yet. Go to the proxies tab and make sure that -unless instructed by a crazy network administrator- everything is unchecked, specially the first two.
While we are here, we can check one more thing, Proxies. When you press that, you're given the option to type an IP address (use OpenDNS for this test or the Google servers: 8.8.8.8).
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But I could override this if I wanted by adding more (notice the plus symbol at the lower left corner). The real reason is because I have configured my router to provide these two DNS addresses to my computers and devices, so we all use a reliable service. The reason behind this is because DHCP configured them for me. One thing to note is that they are grayed out, meaning I can't change them.
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I have two that correspond to OpenDNS (which you can use to test if you wish, they are free and open). There isn't much to see here I am using DHCP, so my network is automatically configured for me. If that's the case, then the DNS should be automatically set up for you, but this may not the working (some routers fail to provide this info or provide old info). You should be in a page that has multiple tabs, so let's see the important ones: Now tap on Network (I believe Snow Leopard was the same). Note: the shots come from Lion (10.7.4), so you may see some differences In any case, start by going to System Preferences and typing DNS in the top right corner: Skype may work because it relies less on DNS and instead uses its own discovery protocol, or the entries that Skype requires may be saved from previous sessions. If you can connect to Skype that means you have connectivity, but your computer is unable to perform name resolution (that is, convert the address of a service -like a webpage- to an ip address). This is going to be a starting point answer, hopefully you can find something strange while comparing the shots and fix the problem.