Ok thanks Ronnie, will check that tonight when back at the home office. Regards
Pete On 21/02/2012, at 9:18 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Another thing to check on your Airport Wireless Network. > > 1. Open Airport Utility (if you are using Airport Utility v6.0). > 2. Select your Time Capsule > 3. Click Edit > 4. Then under the Network button you have these settings: > Router Mode: DHCP and NAT > Enable NAT Port Mapping Protocol (have this enabled) > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 21/02/2012, at 6:38 AM, Peter Crisp wrote: > >> Thanks Alex and others. I will put the other modem I have spare (a Netgear i >> think) in place of the D Link and see how I go there. >> >> Regards >> >> Pete >> >> >> >> On 19/02/2012, at 9:44 AM, Alexander Hartner <a...@j2anywhere.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> The next time this happens just unplug your ethernet cable from your Mac >>> and put it back. This has sometimes worked for me. If you on wireless, just >>> disable the WIFI adaptor and re-enable. While this is not a solution is may >>> point the way. >>> >>> I also had a similar problem with my DAP 1522 which I posted about here : >>> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1795995 >>> >>> What seem to have happened was that traffic was being routed within the >>> network overloading the poor network devices. You might be able to get a >>> dump of the network packets using tcpdump. >>> >>> Run this command in Terminal : sudo tcpdump -nS >~/tcpdump.txt >>> (Press CTRL+C after a couple of seconds [30+]) >>> >>> This creates a lot file on your home folder which shows all the traffic >>> transmitted on your network. >>> >>> Other things you can try is to identify which part of the network is slow / >>> inaccessible ? Maybe it is just DNS resolution not working >>> >>> To test this try the following commands in Terminal: >>> >>> traceroute 203.10.1.244 >>> (Shows the network hops from your network to and external IP address. This >>> can be useful to see where the traffic gets stuck on the way out) >>> >>> dig -x 203.10.1.244 >>> (Tests the DNS configuration) >>> >>> There are other commands which might be useful in diagnosing this issue but >>> it is a good start. >>> >>> Let us know how far you get >>> Alex >>> >>> On 19/02/2012, at 09:23 , Peter Crisp wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Muggers, I have a Time capsule running in bridge mode from a D-Link >>>> DSL-G604T and its a very reliable combination. It's worked well for some >>>> years. I do however sometime need to reboot it all for inexplicable >>>> reasons. Of late, since my kids have become Minecraft mad users (on their >>>> respective Macbooks), more frequently needed to do this reboot process. It >>>> seems to not correct by simply rebooting the D-Link, so I end up rebooting >>>> both units which corrects the problem. >>>> >>>> I hear them calling to me saying "Dad, the internet is down - again". >>>> >>>> The problem is, the internet is unresponsive, from anything on the >>>> network, yet the green light remains on with the Time Capsule. Transmit >>>> rate can still be showing high at the same time too. I suppose this means >>>> comms to the TC from the Macbooks is fine. >>>> >>>> This isn't a major deal for me, but curious as to how the green light can >>>> remain on, yet nothing on the network can get any response from the >>>> internet. >>>> >>>> Any clues anyone? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> Pete... > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
