No Internet Connection

Something is definitely wrong with my 2012 MBP w Mountain Lion...

Maybe once a month it throws "fits" where I cannot connect to the Internet via my hot-spot.

When I open FireFox I get a white screen. (This also usually happens in other browsers.)

I thought these kinds of issues only happened with Windows...

And days like today where it says I am connected, when I try and surf the Internet I get no response...

For example, when I go to Google, type in Yahoo, and then click on the "Mail" link, nothing happens.

When I clicked on my MacRumors bookmark, same issue?!

Frustrated,


Debbie

 

I have an AT&T Hotspot (wireless) here in the U.S.

I'm not sure what you mean by "b", "g", or "n".

I usually connect using WiTopia, but the problem exists with or without my VPN on. And, in fact, it may explain why I can almost no longer get WiTopia to work... (I just assumed my problem with with *buggy* FireFox or WiTopia, but considering my newly booted MBP wasn't connecting to the Internet straight up this afternoon, it seems to be a "networking" issue...)

One thing I have tried that sorta helps is shutting down, logging in under my Admin account, shutting down, and logging back in to my normal account.

That makes me wonder if there is something wrong with my main user account?

To be blunt, this entire thing pisses me off to no end!!!

I just dropped $1,500 on a new MBP in March of 2013 and spent 6 fricking months "hardening" it, and getting it all set up for development and now this?!

Sorry, but people who tell me to get a new Mac or upgrade to the newest op sys are full of it!! Or, if they are right, then I give up on computers and will take up some new career and life!! (I switched to Apple because I was sick and tired of this kind of crap with Windows, and I have no tolerance for these kinds of issues on a nearly new computer!!)

*sigh*


Debbie

 

When I do that I see...

Code:

PHY Mode: 802.11n
BSSID: <code>
Channel: 11 (2.4Ghz)
Security: WPA2 Personal
RSSI: -38
Transmit Rate: 73
MCS Index: 7

I have two DNS addies from WiTopia DNS page - not sure who owns them.

Again, I connect via my AT&T hotpsot so there is no router.


Debbie

 

Why do you keep mentioning router?????????????

I do NOT own a router.

I have said twice that I connect my MBP to the Internet through my AT&T Hotspot.


Debbie

 

Trolling I see...

 

It looks like I may have solved my problem.

Turns out the *IDIOTS* at Witopia changed some of their DNS hosts several months ago and didn't bother to tell anyone. (My MBP's DNS was pointed to those servers because I don't trust Google's DNS hosts.)

Once I updated my Network Settings to point to some current DNS hosts, it not only *appears* to have fixed my browser/Internet issues, but it also fixed my problems with logging into the Witopia app - I have no clue of why the second point is so?!

It is soooo infuriating that something so simple has brought my VPN and Internet usage to a halt for nearly 6 months!!!

Live and learn!!

Sincerely,


Debbie

 

Then why did you keep asking me what router I had and talking about routers when I told you I had a laptop and mobile hotspot??

It appears that in my free time I need to research DNS more.

From the little reading I did, it appears that DNS is the "weak-link" in privacy for lots of people, AND that finding "private" DNS isn't as easy as I earlier thought.

For now, though, at least my Internet is working. And what a relief, because my Internet connection has gotten worse and worse over the last 6-8 months and I couldn't figure out what was wrong?! (Thought maybe I needed to throw my near-new MBP in the trash and buy a new one?!)

Sincerely,


Debbie