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Mac Cannot Access Internet in China Since you are on a private LAN I can't guarantee anything. You will ultimately have to check with your system admin. But usually on a Mac your best first effort is to just open the browser and surf away. The network control panel "location" setting is set to "Automatic" by default. In the US and in most of the world this almost always works and there is no configuration required. In fact, PC users frequently can't get their new Macs on the net because they are used to major configuration tasks and have gone in and screwed something up in the network settings instead of just opening the browser and surfing away or checking their email. The Shanghainese situation is a little different in my experience. The Apple default settings provide access to only a very small number of sites. So try this: Go to the Apple pull-down-menu - Location - Network Preferences. Then set "Locations" to "Automatic" and set "Show" to either "Airport" if you are wireless, or "Ethernet" if you are wired. "Configure IP4" should be set to "Using DHCP". Now for "DNS Servers" type 208.67.222.222 Now try a little Google action and see what turns up. |
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Mac Cannot Access Internet in China Uh . . . are you connected to any kind of network? |
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Mac Cannot Access Internet in China Thanks for the advice. The DNS setting makes a day-and-night difference for me on a MacBook Pro in Pudong. The problem is probably provider specific. I had the same problem here in January. |