Fix All Of Leopard’s Internet Connection Issues
29 May 2008, Hedi |
This trick solved many of the problems I had with Leopard: the 10 secs delay for Mail to check my email, slow connection on MSN Messenger, Adium won’t connect to MSN at all…
Two steps to fix this(these) issue(s):
- go to Network > Advanced > DNS, and add these DNS: 4.2.2.2 & 141.1.1.1, click on “Apply” and close system preferences.
- open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app), and type this command: sudo dscacheutil -flushcache
Now you can start your applications and you’ll feel the change!
Posted in Leopard, Macintosh Tips & Help
4 Responses
Also, a good (and fast), free service to check out is OpenDNS (opendns.com).
It’s a really neat service that allows you to even have URL shortcuts (i.e. if I type “gm” into my browser, it will know that I meant http://www.gmail.com and then auto-direct me to gmail, saving me some typing).
peace,
-Tuna
Thanks a lot, Hedi! You made my day!
Thanks Hedi - that worked! (i’d tried pluggin’ in the same DNS server addresses on my router, but it didn’t work - hardcoding it into individual machines does).
Brilliant. Thank you!