conform or move out????

[zeb]

so in my house three of us have apple computers and this english twat that also lives here has a pc....everytime he is online either my computer or my girls computer will not connect to the internet.

 

is it cos he has a pc???

[phonetics]

windows rulz ok.

 

 

 

my computer is the virus and your apples are the white failing anti-bodies. failing hard.

[zeb]

ok...so .....like,......can someone that does NOT live in our house help here???

[Pakage]

cant see why that would effect it to be honest.

[Reform]

Had somthin a lil similar to this happen when we moved just recently, my flattie opened his Apple and my interweb's were no more.

Happened only once, and was wird cos we'd had no problems @ the last place..

Sneaky Gates code imo.

[Known One]

check that he's not setting his IP address manually... if so, set it to automatic. Each computer must have its own IP address... if they are both using the same one on your LAN, they will conflict

 

 

Craig, you worked on helpdesk right?

[Ignition]

Yeah def check that none of you have conflicting IP's.

 

Could be a complete coincidence though too... what sort of modem/router do you have and how old is it?

[Pakage]

Craig, you worked on helpdesk right?

 

yeah..

 

thats a good suggestion cat. could definately be something to check.

 

tbh i dont know much about how to troubleshoot mac's really. if it was causing issues on the windows one i could probably sus it out pretty quick.

 

when the problem occurs, try and bring up the command console window, i think its called 'Terminal' and typing:

 

ifconfig

 

and press enter.

 

this will tell you your what your default gateway (modem/router) IP address if you didnt already know it.

 

its probably somthing like, 192.168.1.1

 

So then type in:

 

ping 192.168.1.1 (or whatever your modem IP is)

 

then press enter and see if you get replies.

 

if you get replies it means you can still contact your modem, so the problem isnt between your comp and your modem.

 

if you do get replies, then close that window, open another terminal window and type:

 

ping 74.125.45.10

 

and hit enter.

 

if you get replies from this then it means that you can contact google.com by its IP adress and your computer does have internet access.

 

close that window and open a new terminal window.

 

type in:

 

ping www.google.com

 

and press enter.

 

if you get replies from this, then it means everythings working fine, even domain names and it must be a browser issue or possibly something wrong with your firewall.

 

let me know how you get on with these test and i can hit you up some more things to try depending on the results.

 

hope this isnt too confusing.

 

(hows that cat? )

[Grind]

paging Bugsy, paging Bugsy!

 

it's definitely easy/possible to have PCs/Macs running on the same network without issues.. i used to hate troubleshooting Macs when i worked on help-desk though. .

[Dr Awesome]

Sounds like your router failing @ DHCP imo.

[Known One]

Txt me Zeb or Limey when you're at home... if I'm able to I'll pop over and suss it out for you.

 

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