I am having the same problem as Hendry’s friend. Is there a commandline possibility to change my dns server adress?

So actually I can’t change any of my network settings. The only thing I can do is clicking ok, but then I get the same message again. Hi Dave, I have to change my DNS server adress, but when I open System Preferences -> Network, I get a pop-up saying the following: Your network preferences are being changed by another application. nameserver 68.87.85.98 nameserver 68.87.69.146Īs you can see, I’m hooked up via Comcast right now and Comcast has given me two DNS servers that are automatically stored in the nf site.īetween the two, you should be able to identify exactly what DNS servers your eMac computer is using! Pop open a Terminal window by launching Applications –> Utilities –> Terminal, then simply type in cat /etc/nf. As you can see, there aren’t any that I’ve pre-loaded, so it’s time to delve into the command line instead!

That shows you what the configured DNS servers are. It also shows, by color, if your connection is fully functional or not: the green dot next to Ethernet shows that it’s a functional connection, while the red dot next to Internal Modem shows that’s disabled.īut there’s one more click you’ll need to do before you can figure out your DNS servers: double click on Ethernet (or whatever is your primary Internet connection): Lots of choices (and those on the bottom row are third-party extensions that I’ve installed too, in case you’re wondering why yours aren’t quite the same), but what you want to select is Network:Īlmost there, but let me highlight that this is a good stopping point if you’re just curious about how your Mac is connected to the network when you have wireless, Ethernet, dialup or other possibilities. Go to the System Preferences choice on the Apple Menu and you’ll be here: There are a couple of ways to do this, but let me share with you the graphical solution, since, well, it’s a Mac, right?

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