Front Row says no connection to the internet

Question

Here's something strange: I wanted to look some trailers in Front Row this afternoon. But upon trying the app informed me that there's no connection to the internet despite the fact that I have a very good connection to the net. What can I do to resolve this issue.

Answer 1

After suffering from this problem and searching for solutions, I eventually fixed it myself.
The problem is frontrow wanting to communicate through en0, which after a few configuration changes en0 gets zapped. You are then left with an interface instance number which is my case was en15.
To get this back to en0
You need to open terminal
Become root or perform sudo commmands
cd /Library/Perferences/SystemConfiguration
Check you are in the right place by typing
pwd
The files that set the instance numbers can be renamed.
mv preferences.plist preferences.orig
mv NetworkInterfaces.plist NetworkInterfaces.plist.orig
mv com.apple.network.identification.plist com.apple.network.identification.plist.orig (this should be typed on one line)
If you are not fussy about keeping them you can just delete them. These files are recreated at boot up time.
reboot.
Configure your enternet connection or wireless connection.
Frontrow now connects to the internet.
If for some reason it fails, you can always copy your old files back if you just renamed them.
Enjoy your movie trailers etc.