The Mac (and most any TCP stack) will try resolving DNS using the first server listed and after a specified timeout will then try the second server in the list. It sounds to me like the first number in the list of name servers is causing problems. You indicated that you have tried punching the numbers into your TCP/IP control panel manually and that it made no difference. Febru19:57 EST #4 This sounds to me like a problem with the DNS resolving.Any ideas what specifically to look for? Thanks. We updated the Linksys firmware, and this also did not do anything. TCP/IP is configured as DHCP (pretty much as outlined above, but we did put the DNS address we got from the PC in manually, though it does not seem to matter one way or the other). All machines (both Macs & 1 PC) are connected to an 8-port hub which is plugged into the router. But on the Macs, there is a noticeably longer delay displaying a Web page (both IE & Netscape) it is as if there is like a 30-second search, and then all of a sudden the page appears. Seems to work pretty fast on Windows, and FTP speeds on either platform are great. We've installed a new cable modem with the Optimum Online service, running over a network with a Linksys router. We have not yet tried to go directly to the modem from one of the Macs, so I suppose that's next, but we'd appreciate any other suggestions.

I think we've got everything set up correctly but still experience this problem. Febru23:58 EST #3 I posted this question at, and they referred us here.Do you have any suggestions? Thanks Jonathan Cloud If I bypass the router, connecting one of the computers directly to the modem, the transmission speeds up. I have setup a wireless network for two computers. I will try the info you have detailed here, but do you have any other articles about actually setting up the TCP/IP network and internet access on the Mac. I am a bit of a novice on the Mac and, although I have followed instructions, I can't get the Mac to see the internet/network connection. I got the PCs working no problem, but it is my first venture into trying to set up a network connection with the Mac as well as internet access. I have two PCs and one Mac to network and use the high speed internet access.

I wish I had earlier, but didn't have the internet access LOL. I just wanted to say, after some long hours searching and calling SMC and the ISP, I finally achieved what you have described here.

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