Hi there! I'm new here and I wanted to tell you a problem I'm having but I was told an apparent solution.
It's the eternal Airport trouble with full bars, full wi fi connection but no ability to connect to the Internet and browse the web, and Network Diagnostics with red dots on Internet and Server... Well... In the official Apple forums I saw MANY people with the same problem and no one gave a single solution, but the guy who sold me the MacBook i have, told me that he went thru the same issue and he realized it was all a matter of DNS Servers.
The fact that Airport shows full connection bars but doesn't allow you to browse is just a lack of DNS numbers in the network settings... While PCs track those numbers automatically, he told me Macs don't... So, what we should do is to get the ISP DNS Server numbers and write it/them. That should solve the problem.
Now, knowing that fact, a new problem arises: How the heck do we get those DNS numbers? Well... it would be good to call every Wi Fi ISP and ask them about them. but if you can't do that you could go to someone else with a PC logged to the same network and ask them for the DNS numbers in the connection Properties menu.
But, what if you're shy or just don't have time to do so... This is my question:
Is there some kind of software for Mac that allows you to track and find those DNS numbers based on, for example, the IP address the connection is giving you? Or something like that??
I don't really imagine myself wandering PC user by PC user asking for the DNS numbers in a public wi fi place like an airport or cafe.
Please help w/this one!! I know there should be a software like that!
Thank you in advance!
It's the eternal Airport trouble with full bars, full wi fi connection but no ability to connect to the Internet and browse the web, and Network Diagnostics with red dots on Internet and Server... Well... In the official Apple forums I saw MANY people with the same problem and no one gave a single solution, but the guy who sold me the MacBook i have, told me that he went thru the same issue and he realized it was all a matter of DNS Servers.
The fact that Airport shows full connection bars but doesn't allow you to browse is just a lack of DNS numbers in the network settings... While PCs track those numbers automatically, he told me Macs don't... So, what we should do is to get the ISP DNS Server numbers and write it/them. That should solve the problem.
Now, knowing that fact, a new problem arises: How the heck do we get those DNS numbers? Well... it would be good to call every Wi Fi ISP and ask them about them. but if you can't do that you could go to someone else with a PC logged to the same network and ask them for the DNS numbers in the connection Properties menu.
But, what if you're shy or just don't have time to do so... This is my question:
Is there some kind of software for Mac that allows you to track and find those DNS numbers based on, for example, the IP address the connection is giving you? Or something like that??
I don't really imagine myself wandering PC user by PC user asking for the DNS numbers in a public wi fi place like an airport or cafe.
Please help w/this one!! I know there should be a software like that!
Thank you in advance!