I have been having trouble with getting online lately with my macbook via ethernet. I am plugged straight into the wall at my apartment, so there are no router issues (that I know of). When I try to get online, my ip comes up as 196.168.... and I cannot connect to the internet. However, when I boot up into bootcamp (vista), I am able to immediately get online through the same connection, and my ip appears to be different (10.1...). Any suggestions? I plan on going home this weekend (dont have my osx disc at school) and trying to reinstall the os to see if that fixes it.
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Macbook ethernet issue
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If you go to System Preferences > Network > AirPort, does it give you any more information? Are you using a router in between your computer and the modem? May need to give us a little more info to fix this one.
No, it says I am connected to that ip (192.168...) and thats about it. I'm not connected through a router, I just plug my cable straight into the wall at my apartment. What I find weird is that I am still able to get online in windows, and not osx.
Yes it's automatically set to find DCHP. As a side note, the clock in the upper hand corner is also wrong, don't know if that has anything to do with it, or if its just from switching back and forth into windows recently.
Clock is probably a bootcamp issue. Try manually setting the IP to the one Windows gets. Note also the DNS server IP.
Try this :
System Preferences > Network > Ethernet > Advanced > TCP/IP > Renew DHCP Lease
Maybe it's stuck and needs to release/renew.
The 10.1... on the Windows partition is from its association to the network of the Mac.
System Preferences > Network > Ethernet > Advanced > TCP/IP > Renew DHCP Lease
Maybe it's stuck and needs to release/renew.
The 10.1... on the Windows partition is from its association to the network of the Mac.