Help! Airport says I'm connected, but Safari won't load a web page!?

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Help! Airport says I'm connected, but Safari won't load a web page!?

Okay, I'm a newbie, I would really appreciate if someone can tell me what's going on here. I purchased an Airport Express unit, followed the instructions, set up my own network, and on BOTH my G4 Desktop and my G4 17" Powerbook, the "internet connect" recognized the Airport and says that I'm connected to the internet (full strength), but on both computers when I try to open a web page Safari gives me an error code "cannot connect to the internet." What gives? Anybody know? There doesn't seem to be a help topic about this particular problem....

Deke
eccofonic@earthlink.net

G4 desktop and G4 Powerbook laptop, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Apr 18, 2006 10:34 PM

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Answer 1

iFelix

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Apr 19, 2006 12:48 AM in response to Deke Dickerson

It sounds like it might be a DNS issue.

In a browser try http://17.254.0.91

and report back

iFelix

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Answer 2

Apr 19, 2006 10:34 AM in response to Deke Dickerson

Thanks for trying to help--I discovered it was because I was accessing the phone line through a DSL filter. Oddly the Airport signal said I was connected, but the DSL signal wasn't getting through. Once I disconnected the filter, the DSL started working great! Thanks for trying to help.

Deke

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