Surfing Ethernet web connection lost, but email works!
Mac Desktop connected to Airport via Ethernet & DHCP fails to connect to the web but my email still works.
Symptoms:
On wake from sleep,(message may or may not appear: "Another machine is using this computer's IP address." Did not appear today with this incident.) Safari nor Firefox will connect to the internet, saying web server is not responding. However!
My email can still be received.
If I open Airport utility : unable to find any Airport wireless devices.
Fast User switching shows same symptoms.
Going into Network Utility, renewing IP addresses, it shows a received IP address from the Airport unit: 10.0.1.35, e.g.
Wireless laptop can make the connection. And Airport is visible from laptop and it shows my desktop is connected with a valid IP address.
A restart of the desktop usually reconnects the ethernet.
I can access a Cloud/DropBox folder from my Desktop.
The problem appears specifically related to browsing....
Something seems to be jammed up in the local Mac in the ethernet server. I changed DNS servers in the Desktop to 8.8.8.8 to be sure it wasn't the local DNS server giving me trouble...
Any help much Appreciated!
2 x 2.8 Ghz Quad-Core & MacBook i7, Mac OS X (10.6.8), ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, 6 gigs RAM