internet woes please help

[toyboy001]

Hi there,
I am having troubles connecting to certain websites, and amsn.
I try to go on website youtube and bushtorrent.com and a few others and i get this message.
Unable to connect





Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at youtube.com.


* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few
moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.
Thats using Firefox i have safari and camino same problem but on my brothers computer which is just a microsoft works fine so i know the sites are not down.

Also when i try to connect to amsn i get the following message :

error connecting to server : couldnt open socket : connection refused.

Have i deleted a file or has a file been changed.

I have a powerbook G4, mac os x 10.4.8 and just have dial up , any help will be much appreciated thank you.
apologise if once been posted before.

 

[mklos]

Get the DNS Numbers from your ISP and put them in the modem DNS Settings portion of the Network System Preference. If you use AirPort w/modem then they go into the Airport Admin Utility software in the DNS settings portion.

 

[toyboy001]

thanks for reply
i went to isp website and done ecactly what they specify to do
but still get that same problem, the problem is either whn i use airport wireless or dial up so i dont think its anything to do with the network settings because i cannot recall making any changes to it unless i have s virus or spyware.
Could it be some problem with my firewall settings perhaps??

thanks

 

[MACDRIVE]

Do you have the same problem using Safari? It may have something to do with your security settings in Firefox.

 

[toyboy001]

thanks for your help and reply guys much appreciated

i was browsing through the forums and i can to this page
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/272753/

i started reading it and found out i had another firewall running
well actually the program is called peerguardian so i unistalled it deleted my firewall plist and presto.

silly but thats why im blonde lol
thanks again

 

[mklos]

Just an FYI:

With dial-up you do NOT need a firewall unless you're a security freak. You're not as vulnerable as people on DSL/Cable because the internet isn't always on, its too slow for the outside world, and every time you connect you get a different IP address.