In korea..limited website access.

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In korea..limited website access.

My husband is in korea with his new mac book pro, attempting to sign on to his school website so he can do classwork, but his internet connection is acting funny. It is only giving him access to some site, and not others... mainly the ones he needs to get to (ie., school site, and apple.com).

Is there something he need to configure?

Or how does he scan to find out if he has a virus?

He is at a school in korea, using a shared internet connection I believe..if this helps.

Thanks in advance!!

Mac Book Pro 2.33GH z

Posted on Mar 2, 2007 9:50 PM

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RachelHNJ Author

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Mar 2, 2007 10:00 PM in response to RachelHNJ

OK..I talked ot him. He is using a LAN line.

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Answer 2

Mar 2, 2007 10:34 PM in response to RachelHNJ

I don't know how it is in Korea, but many school website are only compatible with Internet Explorer. So instead of using Safari/Firefox, he should download Internet Explorer for Mac and give it a shot. Hope this helps!

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iVmichael

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Mar 3, 2007 2:52 PM in response to RachelHNJ

A few thoughts;
a) There's a local DNS Lookup issue/problem/failure
b) The ISP/Government block access to some web sites
c) The recent undersea cable outage has impacted traffic flow

Q: Does the domain name resolve to an IP number and can you Trace to it ? (Use /Utilities/Network Utility)

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Answer 4

Mar 4, 2007 2:14 PM in response to RachelHNJ

The school probably blocks most websites. Tell him to use an online proxy such as ninjaproxy.com to view his websites.

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Answer 5

Mar 4, 2007 5:45 PM in response to RachelHNJ

He will face problems in Korea because almost all commerce/government websites use an encryption scheme implemented only for ActiveX on Internet Explorer for PCs. I don't know if this is what is causing this, but I think he'll be in for a tough time. He might want to get Parallels running and try from there.

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