Can't find server with internet connection.

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Can't find server with internet connection.

I have dsl and trying to connect two computers via ethernet. I have both 9.2's connected via ethernet but when I go to the OSX system and set up I get a can't find server message. I know I have connectivity with the modum because I can operate in Classic. I have followed all the ISP instructions using the DHCP ethernet settings in the network mode but no internet connection via the dsl. I pinged this and get a response through an IP address but when I add an address like yahoo.com it comes back with can't find server. Not a clue what is wrong here?

Imac G3

Posted on Oct 22, 2007 9:26 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 23, 2007 6:59 AM in response to captain crash2

From your post, I cannot figure out if you are trying to connect both computers to the internet at the same time. You will need a router to do that.

This is the procedure for connecting OS X via a DSL modem, i.e. one computer, directly connected to the modem via ethernet. The following is for either 10.3 or 10.4.

After the cables are connected, with the modem powered on, power up the Mac. Then open System Preferences. Click on Network, then click on Assist Me. You will be asked for the user id and password. The connection uses PPPoE.

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Answer 2

Oct 23, 2007 6:42 PM in response to Eustace Mendis

Eustace,
Thanks for the response. Ihave two Imacs attached to a dsl modum with ethernet cable connections that link both computers.I am trying to connect to the internet in OSX 10.1 .5 which has a Classic environment where I work the majority of the time. I can connect in this platform. When I changed start up disks and in OSX I set up with the network assistant using TCIP using ehternet and DHCP server and save and try to bring up exploer typing in an address brings a can't find server message. I will try using thePPoe setting and see what happens. The tech support from the isp had instructed me to setit up the way I described. Will let you know what happens

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Answer 3

rccharles

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Oct 23, 2007 8:01 PM in response to captain crash2

I suggest that you try pinging Google.com.

Macintosh-HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
mac $ ping -c4 google.com
PING google.com (64.233.187.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=177.617 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=251.899 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=169.291 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=250.119 ms

--- google.com ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 169.291/212.232/251.899/38.894 ms
mac $ ping -c4 64.233.187.99
PING 64.233.187.99 (64.233.187.99): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=245 time=176.723 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=245 time=247.889 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=245 time=176.890 ms
64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=245 time=244.623 ms

--- 64.233.187.99 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 176.723/211.531/247.889/34.744 ms
mac $

Analysis: If you cannot ping Goolge.com but you can ping 64.233.187.99, then you need to enter you dns address. For some reason Mac OS X sometimes doesn't set the dns. You can set it manually.

apple > system preferences > network

tcp/ip tab and enter address of dns servers

example 162.33.160.100

You will need to use a different number.

Robert

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Answer 4

Oct 24, 2007 5:06 AM in response to captain crash2

Please clarify. The picture I have: one iMac connected by ethernet cable to another iMac, and the second iMac is connected by ethernet to the modem.

If that is what you have, this setup cannot work.

To connect two (or more) iMacs to a DSL modem you must go through a router. You connect the Macs to the router, and then connect the router's WAN port to the modem, all with ethernet cables.

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Answer 5

Oct 24, 2007 6:53 PM in response to captain crash2

Eustace,
the ppoe doesn't work. same error message can't find server. The set up is via a router modem connecting two Imacs . the dsl works on both computers in the 9.1 and 9.2 operating systems. It is when I start up in OSX is when I have the problem finding the server????

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Answer 6

Oct 25, 2007 5:53 AM in response to captain crash2

Using a router, you need to connect via TCP/IP, not PPPoE.

What do you get when you click on System Preferences / Network?

"Built-in Ethernet" is the key. If "Built-in Ethernet is active .." your problem is to configure. Click on the Configure button. Then select "TCP/IP", and in the Configure IPv4 slot select Using DHCP. Your router IP will be automatically displayed (as well as other other information). It will read something like 192.168.x.y. The DNS Server space will be blank. In that space enter the router IP. i.e the same 192.168.x.y you see immediately above.

Then click Apply Now and close the window.

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Answer 7

Oct 25, 2007 12:41 PM in response to Eustace Mendis

Eustace,
That is exactly what I have done with the configuration. I save that set up and try to open up the internet in explorer and get can't find server. I don't have that problem in 9.2.2 platform but I would like to be able to use firefox or safari browsers that are not supported by the Classic environment. I am not sure where the problem is it appears to be in a confiuration but when I have checked that it appears to be set up correctly. confused here.
Richard Martin

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Answer 8

Oct 25, 2007 12:56 PM in response to captain crash2

Two more things I would try.
1. System Preferences / Network; click on Assist Me, and ask the Assistant... to do the job. If that fails, go back and ask for Diagnostics... to figure out what is going on.
2. If both those options fail, I would create a new user in System Preferences / Accounts. See if the new account solves the problem.

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Answer 9

Oct 25, 2007 7:57 PM in response to Eustace Mendis

Eustace,
I have tried the diagnostics and the new user and still have a cannot find server message on the internet.???

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Answer 10

Oct 26, 2007 5:57 AM in response to captain crash2

1. What was the error when you ran diagnostics?
2. Have you tried the one problem Mac by itself, connected directly to the modem (i.e. no router), and connecting via PPPoE? I think that is worth trying.

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Answer 11

Oct 26, 2007 4:07 PM in response to Eustace Mendis

Eustace,
the diagnostics are not all that helpful. All they are saying is that there is an invalid server. Doesn't direct you to the problem or solution. I haven't set this up separately because I know the ehternet works in the classic environment on the same computer.???? I am sure it is something simple but cannot find out what. Maybe downloading another Browser would work. I tried to Down Load firefox two but opened the file moving it from 9.2 and got a bunch of unledgible characters.?????

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Answer 12

Oct 26, 2007 4:58 PM in response to captain crash2

Go to System Preferences / Network /Show: Built-in Ethernet.
Could you please post back what you see when you click on TCP/IP.

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Answer 13

Oct 28, 2007 12:39 PM in response to Eustace Mendis

It says that it is using DHCP under ehernetand provides all the address settings that I have verified with the provider.

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Answer 14

Oct 28, 2007 12:56 PM in response to captain crash2

What is in the space for "DNS Server:" ?

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Answer 15

Oct 30, 2007 8:31 AM in response to Eustace Mendis

the DNS server is blank. IWhen trouble shooting with the dsl provider we put in something there but that didn't work. I believe they said it should work with out it.

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