bryant.pimlatt

Q: OS X 10.3.9 internet connection problems:

Safari can't find the server:

 

Safari can't open the page "http://apple.com"

because it can't find the server.

 

Please if anyone could help me with this.

I would really really appretiate it.

 

Bryant

 

Also I just added a new AirPort card.

So I can only assume I messed something up.

 

Anyways please help.

bryant.pimlatt@gmail.com

iBook, Mac OS X (10.3.x), Just added a new AirPort card.

Posted on Jan 20, 2014 11:32 AM

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  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 20, 2014 12:05 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt
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    Jan 20, 2014 12:05 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt

    Hello,

     

    Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...

     

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712

     

    Is that Interface dragged to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations and checked ON?

     

    The Interface that connects to the Internet, needs to be drug to the top of System Preferences>Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations and checked ON.

     

    Then... Try putting these numbers in Network>TCP/IP>DNS Servers, for the Interface you connect with...

     

    208.67.222.222

    208.67.220.220

     

    Then Apply.

  • by bryant.pimlatt,

    bryant.pimlatt bryant.pimlatt Jan 20, 2014 1:08 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 20, 2014 1:08 PM in response to BDAqua

    Ok so I made a new connection name via network locations.

    I then dragged it to the top where I had AirPort at the top of the list.

     

    I even then tried the following:

     

    208.67.222.222

    208.67.220.220

     

    And applied it.

    And still even under my new

     

    location: Helvetica (newly created)

    show: Network Status

     

    It reads

     

    Yellow Light Air Port ( Airport is connected to the network MOB(my home WiFi) Airport has a self assigned IP address and may not be able to connect to the internet.

     

    Red Light Helvetica ( Helvetica is configured, but not connected )

     

    Red Light Internal Modem ( Internal Modem is not set up )

     

     

    And when I try to connect to the Red Helvetica it takes me to a modem config page.

    I swear I sound like a complete rookie.

     

    But I have had several Mac's as well grew up on them.
    This particular iBook was being thrown out at my University and I took it.

     

    Where I have found another iBook G4, and a fully running eMac.

    Anyways @BDAqua I really really want to thank you for your help.

     

    And anything else you could perhaps suggest.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 20, 2014 1:21 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt
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    Jan 20, 2014 1:21 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt

    OK, it's not connecting to the Router, or Modem.

     

    If your Router uses WPA2 you won't likely be able to connect, some early Macs needed a Firmware parch to even do WPA.

     

    Instead of joining it from the list, click the WiFi icon at the top, and click join other network. Fill in everything as needed.

  • by Neville Hillyer,

    Neville Hillyer Neville Hillyer Jan 20, 2014 1:31 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt
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    Jan 20, 2014 1:31 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt

    Whilst it may not be your fault I am afraid it appears that your post is on a forum which is not the best for your OS. It will save the time of the unpaid volunteers here, and may resolve your issue faster, if you could examine the list below and see if there is a more appropriate forum to which you could direct your question.

    OS X 10.9 Mavericks
    OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
    OS X 10.7 Lion
    OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
    OS X 10.5 Leopard
    OS X 10.4 Tiger
    OS X 10.3 and earlier
    OS 9, OS 8 & System 7
    OS X Technologies
    OS X Server
    iPad
    iPhone
    iPod
    Other

  • by bryant.pimlatt,

    bryant.pimlatt bryant.pimlatt Jan 20, 2014 1:52 PM in response to Neville Hillyer
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    Jan 20, 2014 1:52 PM in response to Neville Hillyer

    Well firstly Neville for people who do this for free, I just want to thank them.

    And if you are worried about fellow Mac users time for the unpaid advice they are helping me with.

     

    Help that again I'm very thankful for, you seem to be someone who could have tried to help me perhaps?

    Rather than posting a giant thing saying that I'm in the wrong section.

     

    I have an iBook running OS X 10.3.9 I was under the impression that this section was:

    OS X 10.3 and earlier.

    If not, I apologize.

     

    But I can also say for someone who has been a Mac user for over 27 years, I don't think you need to do your passive aggressive form of cyber bullying.

    ( but that's just what I feel ) as these sites and issues are sort of daunting to say someone who isn't on a computer full time for their job.

     

    I'm simply trying to obtain help, and again I thought I was in the right place.

    Apparently "Apple Support Communities" take wrongful forum comments very seriously.

  • by bryant.pimlatt,

    bryant.pimlatt bryant.pimlatt Jan 20, 2014 1:56 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 20, 2014 1:56 PM in response to BDAqua

    Shoot ok, I just checked my MacBook Pro.

    It says my WiFi is WPA/WPA2 Personal.

    So when I click on my WiFi bar on my iBook it like starts to load.

     

    And then bounces and says Safari can't find the server.

    Thanks so much for everything.

     

    But I guess like you were saying it may not connect since it's so old.
    It works fine with the old school ethernet cable.

     

    I just bought a AirPort card for it thought and was trying to make it wireless.

    This forum is great, and I appretiate everyones help on here.

     

    Thanks again @BDAqua

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 20, 2014 2:35 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt
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    Jan 20, 2014 2:35 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt

    At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Netwok>Airport, report this...

     

    AirPort Card Information:

     

      Wireless Card Type:    AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0x4318)

      Wireless Card Locale:    USA

      Wireless Card Firmware Version:    Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.25.8)

      Current Wireless Network:    AirPort is currently turned off

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 20, 2014 2:38 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt
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    Jan 20, 2014 2:38 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt

    Actually 10.4 Tiger section, not a problem though, as 10.3 Panther & earliar may see few helpers... & I wouldn't take offense at Neville, I'm sure he was trying to help seeing as it isn't solved yet.

  • by bryant.pimlatt,

    bryant.pimlatt bryant.pimlatt Jan 20, 2014 8:45 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 20, 2014 8:45 PM in response to BDAqua

    Hey @BDAqua for my AirPort Card Info I have:

     

    Wireless Card Type: AirPort

    Wireless Card Locale: USA

    Wireless Card Firmware Version: 9.52

    Current Wireless Network: M.O.B.

    Wireless Channel: 9

     

    But shoot.

    When I try to load the internet on wireless it just bounces and says:

     

    Safari can't find the server.

    Safari can't open the page "http://www.apple.com/" because it can't find the server "www.apple.com"

     

    That's it!

    Still no working Wi-Fi lol.

     

    ☹!

  • by Neville Hillyer,

    Neville Hillyer Neville Hillyer Jan 21, 2014 8:28 AM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 21, 2014 8:28 AM in response to BDAqua

    I am still watching this.

     

    I have never used OS X 10.3.

     

    As I indicated, the OP will probably get a quicker resolution on the correct forum used by more people familiar with his very old OS.

     

    I was surprised to see that it was not until September 2000 that an iBook capable of running Tiger was introduced. I am not sure if it is possible to put a minimum Tiger on earlier ones. The hard disk is quite small.

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 21, 2014 9:08 AM in response to bryant.pimlatt
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    Jan 21, 2014 9:08 AM in response to bryant.pimlatt

    Hmmm, so it's connecting to the Router it seems, just not from there out!?

     

    Open Network Utility>Ping tab, ping...

     

    74.125.239.100

     

    Any results?

     

    Then ping...

     

    google.com

     

    Any results?

  • by bryant.pimlatt,

    bryant.pimlatt bryant.pimlatt Jan 21, 2014 12:36 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Jan 21, 2014 12:36 PM in response to BDAqua

    Hey @BDAqua:

     

    For the 74.125.239.100

     

    Ping has started.....

     

    Ping sentto: Host is down

     

    10 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packets loss

     

    As for Google.com

     

    Ping has started....

     

    Ping: unknown host google.com

     

    Thanks again to everyone!

  • by BDAqua,

    BDAqua BDAqua Jan 21, 2014 12:59 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt
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    Jan 21, 2014 12:59 PM in response to bryant.pimlatt

    Still not getting past the router.

     

    In Network Utility>Traceroute tab, try the number one, what is the last IP it gets to?

     

    Traceroute has started ...

     

    traceroute: Warning: google.com has multiple addresses; using 74.125.239.32

    traceroute to google.com (74.125.239.32), 64 hops max, 40 byte packets

    1  192.168.15.1 (192.168.15.1)  2.237 ms  0.932 ms  0.997 ms

    2  * * *

    3  10.41.164.213 (10.41.164.213)  74.948 ms  185.797 ms  59.965 ms

    4  64.13.115.205 (64.13.115.205)  87.546 ms  144.793 ms  64.617 ms

    5  64-13-49-226.war.clearwire-dns.net (64.13.49.226)  75.056 ms  66.079 ms  209.161 ms

    6  64.13.115.170 (64.13.115.170)  70.296 ms  36.044 ms *

    7  66.249.94.214 (66.249.94.214)  394.819 ms 66.249.94.212 (66.249.94.212)  235.480 ms  300.906 ms

    8  66.249.94.201 (66.249.94.201)  329.805 ms 66.249.94.199 (66.249.94.199)  645.401 ms  85.880 ms

    9  209.85.250.126 (209.85.250.126)  79.816 ms  79.383 ms  74.386 ms

    10  216.239.49.199 (216.239.49.199)  75.217 ms 72.14.232.62 (72.14.232.62)  76.106 ms  82.198 ms

    11  209.85.250.61 (209.85.250.61)  85.892 ms nuq04s19-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.239.32)  73.116 ms 209.85.250.61 (209.85.250.61)  90.996 ms

  • by Neville Hillyer,

    Neville Hillyer Neville Hillyer Jan 21, 2014 1:14 PM in response to BDAqua
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    Mac OS X
    Jan 21, 2014 1:14 PM in response to BDAqua

    Would it be useful to check that wireless is set to DHCP both on the Mac and the router?

     

    Whilst DHCP is often the default I have recently changed all my IPs (both wireless and wired) to fixed to increase security - this was slightly chicken and egg and not as easy as I thought it would be - with fixed IPs it is all too easy to have incompatible IPs.

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