[P1] Browser Problems...

[patdart]

My Firewall is off...and there isn't a 'hosts' file...

so, now what?

Pat
On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 08:06 PM, Brian Pearce wrote:

>> Okay, I've checked with the only other Mac user in town, and he can't 
>> get Google to come up and he's directed to another server than I 
>> am...and they say they can't ping me because my 'firewall' times them 
>> out...so where is it?  I could cut it off for them, couldn't I?
>
> In your System Preferences, choose "Sharing" and select "Firewall." 
> There's an option there to turn it off. (Don't forget to turn it back 
> on when you can, though.)
>
>> Where would I as a single user find the 'hosts' file?
>
> If you don't have a file called "hosts" in Library-->Preferences, it's 
> not the source of the trouble you're having; don't worry about it.
>