Re: Plugging a visiting Mac into my network
- From: Clark Martin <cmnews@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 17:35:53 GMT
In article <4d91b2e396roger.hird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Roger Hird <roger.hird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 28 Jul in comp.sys.mac.misc, Bob Harris
> <nospam.News.Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Most likely a DNS problem.
>
> It was!
>
> > SNIP
> > In system preferences -> network -> TCP/IP you can manually enter DNS
> > values. For a DHCP connection this should not be necessary, but all
> > network connections are not created equal :-)
>
> Indeed - DHCP was doing SOMETHING but what exactly wasn't clear
>
> > The first choice for a DNS entry would be the IP address of your
> > broadband router.
>
> I used that and it worked beautifully.
>
> > But, But BUT caution her to remove these entries when she returns home,
> > or else she could have the same problem in reverse.
>
> She has been warned.
>
> In fact her university IT people had set up her machine to work on their
> system and she sort of remembered some of what they did as I followed your
> advice. She will go and talk to them on her return.
For the reasons shown in this case it's best to, if possible use DHCP
without any manual DNS settings entered. It makes it so much simpler
when you can just sit down and use the computer.
--
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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