On Sunday 31 October 2004 05:05, Paul Moortgat wrote: > Mark, > > I filled in 169.254.57.141 and pinged for 10 times ant it was 10 Tx and > 10 Tr and 0% errors. > >> IP address : 169.254.57.141 Paul, A 169 ip address is a fake ip, given by the mac itself when it couldn't contact your dhcp server(aka modem). Who is you isp? If it's comcast go to http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108073 Which will explain parts of the problem. I also wouldn't try the fix myself, the work around that i was told by comcast was to buy a router, which i needed anyway, and haven't had problems since. HTH Eric