Broken Network Utility

Hi, I've got a new MBP and I can't launch the Networking Utility in the utilities folder.
When I launch it I get the following error:
You can't open the application "Network Utility" because it is not supported on this architecture.
I called Apple and the first tech couldn't figure it out and I was told that I can't speak with their senior support because I didn't pay for the Apple Care extended warranty. It's pretty annoying considering I've only had this laptop for <6 months.
As far as I can tell everything else works great but I'd like to use the Network Utility
Does anyone know how to reinstall the Network Utility without having to reinstall OS X?
Thanks!

this error usually happens when you try to run Tiger software in Leopard. sometimes an upgrade from tiger to leopard doesn't upgrade an application and this happens.
have you done an upgrade from Tiger on this computer? In any case you can reinstall Networking Utility from the leopard install DVD using [Pacifist|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/12743].

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Networking Utility Broken

Hi, I've got a new MBP and I can't launch the Networking Utility in the utilities folder.
When I launch it I get the following error:
You can't open the application "Network Utility" because it is not supported on this architecture.
I called Apple and the first tech couldn't figure it out and I was told that I can't speak with their senior support because I didn't pay for the Apple Care extended warranty. It's pretty annoying considering I've only had this laptop for <6 months.
As far as I can tell everything else works great but I'd like to use the Network Utility
Does anyone know how to reinstall the Network Utility without having to reinstall OS X?
Thanks!

Did you migrate from a PPC machine? How did OS X get to 10.5.3? Have you reinstalled the operating system? Used a utility like XSlimmer or Monolingual? Repaired the hard drive and permissions:
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
Boot from your OS X Installer disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger and Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now shutdown the computer for a couple of minutes and then restart normally.
If DU reports errors it cannot fix, then you will need Disk Warrior (4.0 for Tiger, and 4.1 for Leopard) and/or TechTool Pro (4.6.1 for Leopard) to repair the drive. If you don't have either of them or if neither of them can fix the drive, then you will need to reformat the drive and reinstall OS X.

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I have a G4 running Tiger, I have a Netgear WG111 USB V2 it is recognized in System Profiler (as Cohiba 3887 rev0) but network utility does not see it. The driver is loaded into the OS. Any help?
Thanks

Hello,
Thanks for the welcome... I rebooted and looked at Sys pref; Network; show; network port configurations.
I only see the built in products, eth0, firewire, modem. If I try to add one it only gives me those options and 6 to 4.
So it doesn't appear to be recognized, add to that the Netgear app which is for 10.4 is showing in my apps and when I open it it appears to hit the dock as the line moves as if it will add it but doesn't load there. This could be my issue going to try and reload it.

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The reason I need to change the file name is we want the breadcrumbing name to change and the breadcrumbing is linked to the file name.
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Here is the questions I was asked:
It was suggested that I point our website domain name to our blog so that when people who are used to visiting the web site type in that address, the blog will come up instead. In order to do that, I need the DNS setting for our blog. It's usually a string of numbers like:
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Lookup in Network Utility can get an IP address ("string of numbers") from a DNS name, for example, doing a lookup on "ford.com" gives a response of :-
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; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> ford.com +multiline +nocomments +nocmd +noquestion +nostats +search
;; global options: +cmd
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For Network Utility: What is "Mailbox Information" in Lookup tab?

I'm familiar with with DNS records, and I've often used the Lookup function of Network Utility to look up IP addresses, cnames, MX records, etc.
Just today I noticed that one of the options from the lookup menu is Mailbox Information.
What is that?
I even tried using it for a few well-known domains (like apple.com), but I don't understand the results.

Thanks, Austin. Littled used is right — virtually none of the domains I checked have anything listed. I tried apple.com, google.com, microsoft.com.
Years ago I learned about DNS from a book called DNS and Bind. The author, Cricket Liu, has his own website at http://cricketondns.com/ and even that lacks a Mailbox Information record.
If Cricket doesn't have one, then I'm not worried about it!
Thanks again.

I accidentally deleted the built in Network Utility and need to restore it.

I'm using OS X Mavericks.
I accidentally deleted the built in Network Utility and need to restore it.
It's not in my Time Capsule back ups. Where do I go with this other than an OS reinstallation?

It should be in your TC backup. If not, you will need to Reinstall OS X
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I'm trying to see whether a power line adapter I installed in my home network is faster accessing the internet than the WiFi from my Time Capsule.
Using Apple's Network Utility, my power line/ethernet connection reads as being 1Gb/s, which is obviously much faster than the 130 Mb/s of the WiFi:
But are those the actual speeds my iMac is receiving, or are those just what the specs of the device I'm using should be receiving (as in "ideal, what-the-manufacturer claims the speed should be")?

Are you sure you only want to test internet speed?
Internet speed is affected by many factors that are beyond your control - it is also likely that the internet connection is one of the slowest parts of your network.
You may be on an ISP connection that has 'contention' e.g. a shared connection across many users - their use can effect what rates you get. You will probably see different rates for the time of day too. When everyone gets home & starts watching Netflix you can see drops in speed.
Powerline could be many times faster than the internet connection, in which case you will see no improvement because the bottleneck is not the local network - it's the internet.
To truly see if the powerline adaptors are faster you should take the internet out of the equation. It's fairly simple to do if you have a device on your network that supports file sharing. Ideally you would use another Mac connected via ethernet to the network (that should remain the same in all tests). A Time Capsule could be used if you can write data to a sharepoint.
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Repeat on wifi.
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This is generally smart enough to convert if you give it the correct units…
http://www.wolframalpha.com
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Hi Steve,
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Did you setup the DNS Server IP?

Network Utility commands?

I'm taking an Apple exam in the morning (7-7-06). The study guide I'm using has a question (or should I say an Answer) that doesn't seem right. Hopefully someone can help.
Question: Which Network Utility commands can be used to verify connectivity between your computer and a Web server of the Internet? (Choose Two)
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That is true.
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Network Utility-Accidently Lost

Hey everyone,
I am new to mac and i accidently deleted the network utility file (thought it wouldn't permanently vanish if i removed it from the dock like an application). Anyway, i couldn't find it on the site,the internet ,nor could i find a way to extract it from the OS installation DVD without having to reinstall the system.
Could anyone please shed some light on the situation since it is a really brilliant and simple utility and wouldn't want to have to replace it with another -if there is any- ?
Thanks in advance

Temro,
Welcome to the Forums! It shouldn't have removed it from your computer by you removing it from the dock. The default location for it is located in the /Applications/Utilities Folder. You can quickly get to this folder by, whilst in Finder by typing Command + Shift + U on your keyboard. Also if you wanted to do a quick search in Spotlight that would be good too, to do that either click on the Magnifier in the top right corner of you screen or hit Command + spacebar. Note that if you click on the finding of Network Utility it will open up in the Dock, from there you can ctrl + click it and select Keep in Dock.
If however it did actually get removed from you Mac I hear there is a way to restore it using Pacifist [Found Here|http://www.charlessoft.com> see this thread for more details http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7376327
I hope that helps,
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Can't find my network utility ?

can't find my network utility ?

Care to share which OS you are using?
Your profile is a complete blank. Since you posted in the MBP forums, everyone is assuming that is what you have.

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