No. The previous poster was referring to your ISP's name servers (DNS) addresses being static. Not the ip address being assigned to your machine as being static. What he is suggesting is for you to contact your ISP, ask then what the IP addresses of their DNS servers are and manually enter them in your TCP/IP setup.
The problems you are describing don't sound browser related. Just that your machine can not lookup DNS entries. One tool to help rule out your browser is to get MacPing ( http://www.macping.com/ ) and use it to ping a domain name that you know. Like worldcom.com which currently resolves to 164.109.35.20. If you get MacPing, try to ping worldcom.com and if you continue to get the DNS error messages, you've ruled out your browsers as the problem. So, contact your isp, get their DNS addresses, manually enter them and your problem should (hoepfully) go away :) -nils On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 07:38:35PM +0200 or thereabouts, nathan wrote: > > --- Unfortunatly I do not have to option of a router to grab a DNS address > and my ISP doesn't offer any static for dial up customers. I don't have the > option of DSL or Cable here, so will I be able to surf with me latptop? Or > should I just stick with the desktop and d/l pages for offline browsing to > the laptop? Would it help if I updated the os? I have a 167mhz PPC upgrade > card coming for the 540c, so I should be able install atleast 9.0 onto > it.... > > on 10/26/03 7:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> I get "Page could not be found because it does not have a DNS." Anybody > >> get this before? Know what it might be? > > > > You did not completely make connection with your ISP. > > > > On 540c's and 5300ce's I always have to manually put in the two DSN > > numbers from my ISP, whenever I go "on the road". > > > > The secret, if you could call it that, is to use the ISP's software to > > correctly setup the TCP/IP and Remote Access control panels, and then > > copy the numbers down for later. > > > > Then, when moving to a new location, simply create a new location in > > Remote Access, and plug the two DNS numbers in TCP/IP. > > > > Fortunately, the ISP's DNS numbers are static. > > > > When I'm "home", I let my router get the DNS numbers. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
