On 2008-07-26 12:28:35 +0100, Shawn Hirn <srhi@comcast.net> said:
> In article <nZadnSmeirlGURXVnZ2dnUVZ8u-dnZ2d@bt.com>, > "Steve Thackery" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote: > >> I'm trying to help out a friend who has two Macs on a network connected via >> ADSL to the internet. I should warn you in advance that I'm not a Mac >> user!). >> >> They've got a really weird problem on one of their machines (a G5 running >> Tiger 10.4.11). It refuses to display certain web pages, and refuses to >> download their emails. >> >> They have a domain hosted by me2uweb.com, and use the SMTP and POP servers >> on their domain for their emails. For some reason, their Mail program >> simply won't connect to their me2uweb email servers. Interestingly, they >> also have an email account with BT Internet, and it will get and send emails >> on that account just fine. >> >> I obviously thought there was something wrong with the account settings in >> Mail, but they are perfectly correct. >> >> I then discovered that Safari won't display any web pages that are hosted by >> me2uweb! However, Safari will happily display pages anywhere else on the >> Web. >> >> I immediately thought that me2uweb.com were blocking their IP address for >> some reason, but they assure me they are not. In any case, my friends' >> other Mac, which sits on the very same network behind the very same ADSL >> router, works perfectly! It will send and receive emails from their me2uweb >> email servers, it will display web pages from me2uweb-hosted domains as well >> as everywhere else. >> >> I believe that their router provides their IP address, so if it were blocked >> by me2uweb it should block both machines. >> >> In summary, one of the Macs on their network refuses to play ball with >> anything hosted by me2uweb (web pages or email servers), but works fine in >> all other respects. The other Mac on their network works perfectly, >> including with me2uweb. >> >> I am completely stumped. Could anyone make any suggestions? Is this a >> known problem? I'm afraid I'm totally in the dark when it comes to Macs! > > For starters, compare all the network settings on both Macs. The network > settings are accessible via "system preferences" which is available > under the pull down Apple menu.
Could the problem be name resolution? Check the /etc/hosts file on the misbehaving machine to see if someone's (misguidedly) hardwired some bogus IP addresses for their ISP in it.
