Hi Peter, Did you Uninstall net nanny correctly? https://intercom.help/netnanny-kb/en/articles/1005185-how-to-uninstall-net-nanny-on-mac
Kind Regards, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 17 Apr 2020, at 11:05 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronnie, yes sorry I didn't mention that, I had many times done a full > reboot of both the Macbook and the wireless router. > > Short story is I have resolved the issue just in the last few minutes. I > looked at the error code in the Safari window when the failure was occurring. > When I did a google search (on my iPad) it indicated that the likely cause > was a firewall protection device was the cause. The error code was > "NSPOSIXErrorDomain" which doesn't really tell the reader too much until a > search. I browsed to the various library sub-folders looking for firewall > device files - and I recalled many years ago I had netnanny and I found one > of those files sitting there. So I trashed it. Upon restarting the Macbook, > immediately the Dropbox icon lit up - and in turn the safari browser now > works. Clearly not uninstalling correctly previously caused this but very > annoying that it took 3 hours of my time to find and unpick this. So I am > back in business. > > I hope the main reason has been corrected to with the slow Wifi connection > time being resolved. We will see if the lovely Mrs C is happy going forth. > > All the best to you all. > > Kind Regards > > > Peter Crisp > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > [email protected] > > To: > <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Fri, 17 Apr 2020 22:36:09 +0800 > Subject: > Re: Macbook Wifi connection ok but no Internet connection > > > Hi Peter, > You haven’t mentioned if you have: > 1. Restart the MacBook and your wireless router even if other devices can > connect to the Internet. > > Kind regards, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPhone 7 Plus > > > On 17 Apr 2020, at 10:20 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, I have been trying to resolve for some hours on my wife’s > > Macbook. It is a 2011 unit 10.14.6 Mojave OSX and she was having very slow > > Wifi connection from sleep issues. So i deleted the Wifi connection and > > re-established it. > > > > The issue I am now having done this is the inability to get Internet > > connection. I have truly watched and read many many threads on this issue > > and carried out the ‘repair’ ideas but none has worked. I can send a text > > over iMessage (within the house) and the text is received - so Wifi is > > working, but there is no connection outside of the house. All other devices > > in the house are fine. > > > > With the Dropbox icon in the menu bar, I can see in an instant if a > > Internet connection gets connected - it remains greyed out at the moment - > > though normally is dark font indicating a connection is established. > > > > Tried all sorts of resetting ideas. New connection in System Prefs>Network. > > Delete the plist files. I think I may have even resolved this previously > > (many years ago). As it is a long time between issues, I basically start > > from scratch each time to sort it. > > > > Many of the clips indicate resetting the Wifi network config will resolve > > but not for this one. Seems I have a unique set of circumstances here. > > > > I hope some of you may have some ideas. > > > > 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> > -- 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>
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