[X-Newbies] Broadband and Macintosh

[Keith MILLS]

Thank you so much. And such a simple solution. Hours on the phone with 
my provider achieved nothing/30 seconds with your advice and hey 
presto!

Thanks again.
Keith

On 13 janv. 06, at 10:59, J wrote:

> Check the 'proxies' settings in the Safari prefs?
>
> On Jan 13, 2006, at 3:50 AM, Keith MILLS wrote:
>
>> I am bewildered and wonder if anybody has any ideas.
>>
>> When broadband finally reached our small rural village, we were 
>> delighted and immediately bought a connection kit from our Wanadoo.
>>
>> I've done all the installation, spoken to FranceTelecom  to verify 
>> that the line is ready and spent a great deal of time on the Wanadoo 
>> telephone help-line (at my expense of course) trying to find out why 
>> when I try to use the internet all I get is the message:
>>
>>
>>> Safari can't find the Server
>>> Safari can’t open the page “http://www.wanadoo.fr/” because it can’t 
>>> find the server “www.wanadoo.fr”.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> They had me jumping through all sorts of hoops changing various 
>> settings, but in the end decided that they could do nothing and 
>> suggested that I contact the firm that sold me the computer!! They 
>> seemed to be suggesting that it is something to do with Safari (even 
>> though the modem installation was specifically for OS 10.3 and 
>> Safari)! Though things were no different when I switched to Internet 
>> Explorer
>>
>> They are saying (I think) that because Mail is working* the 
>> connection is good and it is nothing to do with them. Can this be 
>> true? No internet for nearly two weeks is beginning to get to me.
>>
>> By the way, the power light and the broadband light on the modem are 
>> both shining.
>>
>> Any thoughts will be (very) gratefully received.
>> Keith Mills
>>
>> *I wrote this yesterday evening. Soon afterwards mail stopped 
>> working. It is finally back - 16 hours later!
>> (Great gnashing of teeth!)
>>
>>
>>
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