Frozen iMac with Network problems

I have a 21.5 inch iMac purchased around Nov'12. Three days ago, suddenly no web page could be opened. I thought it to be a problem of my router but when I found out that I was able to use the Internet perfectly from my MacBook, I restarted my iMac but the problem remained. I shut it down & then restarted it... Now it showed only a white screen with the Apple logo on it and the waiting symbol. This remained till hours until I got irritated and switched off the power supply. I switched on the next consecutive days but the problem persisted. Today fortunately my iMac started.. The home screen has come... It is able to recognise my wifi & Ethernet but does not open any web page. Going to system preferences and then to Networks is hanging the system preferences window. When I force quit it, it says to file a report to Apple.... But the problem doesn't get solved... I always believed Apple as a company whose products never hanged up or faced hardware or software issues!!!

Hello,
If 10.7.0 or later...
Bootup holding CMD+r, or the Option/alt key to boot from the Restore partition & use Disk Utility from there to Repair the Disk, then Repair Permissions, reboot.
If you still have problems, this has worked for a few...
Make a New Location, Using network locations in Mac OS X ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
10.7 & 10.8…
System Preferences>Network, top of window>Locations>Edit Locations, little plus icon, give it a name.
10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x instructions...
System Preferences>Network, click on the little gear at the bottom next to the + & - icons, (unlock lock first if locked), choose Set Service Order.
The interface that connects to the Internet should be dragged to the top of the list.
10.4 instructions...
Is that Interface dragged to the top of Network>Show:>Network Port Configurations.
If using Wifi/Airport...
Instead of joining your Network from the list, click the WiFi icon at the top, and click join other network. Fill in everything as needed.
For 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8, System Preferences>Network, unlock the lock if need be, highlight the Interface you use to connect to Internet, click on the advanced button, click on the DNS tab, click on the little plus icon, then add these numbers...
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Click OK.

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Dec 23 05:19:49 MickMac /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[1499]: Backup destination mounted at path: /Volumes/Backup
Dec 23 05:19:50 MickMac hdiejectd[1519]: running
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Dec 23 05:21:49 MickMac /System/Library/CoreServices/backupd[1499]: Backing up to: /Volumes/Backup of MickMac/Backups.backupdb
Dec 23 05:21:49 MickMac com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.netauth.sysagent[1500]): Stray process with PGID equal to this dead job: PID 1503 PPID 1 check_afp
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Dec 23 05:31:26 MickMac KernelEventAgent[34]: tid 00000000 type 'afpfs', mounted on '/Volumes/Backup', from 'afp_0V1fqC1mgalO00mE1H0Pyetl-1.2d00000a', dead
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Dec 23 05:31:26 MickMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: posting to KEAType IO] [ErrNo 5] [IOType Read] [PBlkNum 1248] [LBlkNum 155] [FSLogMsgID 501572642] [FSLogMsgOrder First]
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Dec 23 05:31:26 MickMac kernel[0]: disk1s2: 0x14 (UNDEFINED)."
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Dec 23 09:42:48 MickMac kernel[0]: ASP_TCP HoldPendingReqs: holding slot 12 reqID 3205 flags 0x9 afpCmd 34 so 0x8051b28
Dec 23 09:42:48 MickMac kernel[0]: ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x8051b28
Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/Backup prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/Backup
Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: soft mounted and hidden volume so do not notify KEA for /Volumes/Backup
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Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/Backup
Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Logging in with uam 10 /Volumes/Backup
Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Restoring session /Volumes/Backup
Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: ASP_TCP CancelOneRequest: cancelling slot 11 error 35 reqID 3204 flags 0x19 afpCmd 60 so 0x8051b28
Dec 23 09:42:49 MickMac kernel[0]: ASP_TCP CancelOneRequest: cancelling slot 12 error 35 reqID 3205 flags 0x19 afpCmd 34 so 0x8051b28"
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Dec 23 09:45:49: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
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Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac kernel[0]: ore-V1/Stores/6CC2B046-5E28-4179-96B7-9DFF9F7EE431/store.db] [FSLogMsgID 1580919258] [FSLogMsgOrder Last]
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Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac mds[32]: (/Volumes/Backup of MickMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/266E0E5F-E002-4EB5-A049-9B50582510FE)(E rror) IndexSDB in adddirtychunk:/Volumes/Backup of MickMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/266E0E5F-E002-4EB5-A049-9B50582510FE/st ore.db : ERR: Can't write DST header (Input/output error)
Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac kernel[0]: disk1s2: 0x14 (UNDEFINED).
Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac kernel[0]:
Dec 23 09:45:49: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac kernel[0]: disk1s2: 0x14 (UNDEFINED).
Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac kernel[0]:
Dec 23 09:45:49: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac kernel[0]: disk1s2: 0x14 (UNDEFINED).
Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac kernel[0]:
Dec 23 09:45:49: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Dec 23 09:45:49 MickMac mds[32]: (/Volumes/Backup of MickMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/266E0E5F-E002-4EB5-A049-9B50582510FE)(E rror) IndexSDB in dbflushdatastore:/Volumes/Backup of MickMac/.Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/266E0E5F-E002-4EB5-A049-9B50582510FE/st ore.db : dbsyncdatastore: write-errors flushing cache/writing map.
Am I the only one having these problems? any help from anybody please...

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{quote}Theres no email and everyone on the phone seems to be from a small Asian country with no idea what I'm talking about.{quote}
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{quote}I strongly believe they sent me a used product and I don't want it to be replaced with another used product.{quote}
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I am using an iMac with OS X 10.6.8 and an Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS.
I have system logs that I can share if helpful. The logged messages vary a bit from run to run, but here are some messages that I've been seeing:
I always get this message near the beginning of the backup:
Event store UUIDs don't match for volume: Macintosh HD
I've gotten this messsage a number of times:
Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
One Day
Stopping backupd to allow ejection of backup destination disk!
Another day
1/7/12 10:44:20 AM
mDNSResponder[18]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -112916, (server penaltyTime -1132397006, timenow -1132284090) resetting the penalty
1/7/12 10:46:37 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x1106be94
1/7/12 10:46:37 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/TimeMachine prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
Another Day
1/6/12 8:03:22 AM
Google Chrome[164]
Cannot find function pointer CMPluginInFactory for factory 3487BB5A-3E66-11D5-A64E-003065B300BC in CFBundle/CFPlugIn 0x16f99e20 </Users/smarmer/Library/Contextual Menu Items/Google Notifier Quick Add CM Plugin.plugin> (not loaded)
1/6/12 8:04:02 AM
com.apple.backupd[193]
Copied 7.5 GB of 67.0 GB, 8866 of 8866 items
1/6/12 8:06:58 AM
/System/Library/CoreServices/CCacheServer.app/Contents/MacOS/CCacheServer[1013]
No valid tickets, timing out
1/6/12 8:29:44 AM
mDNSResponder[19]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -148702, (server penaltyTime 2056822773, timenow 2056971475) resetting the penalty
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xa5ac380
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect started /Volumes/TimeMachine prevTrigger 0 currTrigger 1
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: doing reconnect on /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: soft mounted and hidden volume so do not notify KEA for /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: Max reconnect time: 30 secs, Connect timeout: 15 secs for /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
AFP_VFS afpfs_DoReconnect: connect to the server /Volumes/TimeMachine
1/6/12 8:59:22 AM
kernel
ASP_TCP asp_SetTCPQoS: sock_settclassopt got error 57
Another day
1/5/12 3:48:55 PM
mdworker[2128]
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
1/5/12 4:24:54 PM
mDNSResponder[19]
PenaltyTimeForServer: PenaltyTime negative -42698, (server penaltyTime 1148718961, timenow 1148761659) resetting the penalty
1/5/12 4:29:58 PM
com.apple.backupd[2074]
Copied 586.4 MB of 67.0 GB, 9891 of 9891 items
1/5/12 4:39:00 PM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0xa1c0380

bokon0n wrote:
1/11/12 8:53:30 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Warning: Destination /Volumes/TimeMachine does not support TM Lock Stealing
1/11/12 8:53:30 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Warning: Destination /Volumes/TimeMachine does not support Server Reply Cache
Those indicate that your NAS is not fully compatible with Snow Leopard.
1/11/12 8:53:35 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: replay_journal: from: 67182592 to: 78680064 (joffset 0xa7b8000)
1/11/12 8:53:39 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: examining extra transactions starting @ 78680064 / 0x4b09000
1/11/12 8:53:39 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: Extra txn replay stopped @ 79056896 / 0x4b65000
1/11/12 8:53:49 AM
kernel
jnl: disk2s2: journal replay done.
1/11/12 8:53:49 AM
fseventsd[41]
event logs in /Volumes/Time Machine/.fseventsd out of sync with volume. destroying old logs. (253512 14 253512)
1/11/12 8:53:50 AM
kernel
hfs: Removed 1 orphaned / unlinked files and 0 directories
That looks like a problem was found with the file system (data) on the TM disk. I don't know the details, but OSX tried to recover it from the journal, and found extra data on the drive. Likely a result of the incompatibility mentioned above.
1/11/12 9:47:40 AM
com.apple.backupd[1169]
Bulk setting Spotlight attributes failed.
That's a problem writing to the NAS drive.
But the backup continued after all this.
1/11/12 1:25:07 PM
kernel
ASP_TCP Disconnect: triggering reconnect by bumping reconnTrigger from curr value 0 on so 0x9d00b44
Something caused a disconnect. Can't tell from the log what it was.
I doubt it's a problem with something in OSX being damaged or corrupted, but reinstalling OSX isn't a major hassle, so might be worth a try.
To be incompatible with Snow Leopard, this NAS must be at least a couple of years old. It may be beginning to fail.
Contact the maker. See if there's an update to make it compatible with Snow Leopard. If so, that might fix it.
If not, or if that doesn't fix it, see if they have any diagnostics that will shed any light.

My iMac with Leopard does not see Vista PCs on the network

My iMac with Leopard cannot see any of my Vista PCs on my network. I have an older G5 iMac (tiger) and the Leopard system see that one just fine. My older G5 sees my Leopard mac and all of the Vista computers. I just want the Leopard mac to see the Vista computers. Please help.

I'm having the same problem. It was literally working one minute and not the next. I also had this issue with my MBP but it was never resolved. I can ping the vista machine but not connect to the folder structure. This is really annoying because my vista machine is acting as a server and I need to remote desktop from the iMac to the windows machine.
Any ideas people?

My iMac is networked to a brother printer with automatic duplexing capability. It will double-side documents from all sources except from Word. I can't find anywhere in Word to change the settings. Any advice?

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IMac G3 OS 9.2.2 with DHCP problems

I'm totally new to Macs, so I apologize in advance if I don't know the correct things to mention in this post. I just received two nearly identical iMac G3's (the only difference is one is 350MHz, the other is 400MHz) and wanted to get them onto my home network, which is currently dominated by Windows PC's. I reinstalled the OS on one of the iMacs since its hard drive was wiped before I got it. I used the gray "iMac Software Install" CD with OS 9.1 on it that came with the system. Install worked fine, and the system seems to check out.
I hooked the computer up to an ethernet cable that is connected to my router at home. The link light on the router came on, and Apple's System Profiler says the ethernet connection is active and up. However, running through the Internet Connection Helper, I was unable to get DHCP working properly. I went into the TCP/IP control panel and here's what I have...
Connect via: Ethernet
Configure: Using DHCP Server
DHCP Client ID: [this box is blank]
IP Address: 169.254.84.226
Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
Router Address: 169.254.84.226
Name Server Address: [this box is blank]
Implicit Search Path - Starting Domain name: [box is blank]
Ending domain name: [box is blank]
Search domains: [box is blank]
Clearly my system is not getting a valid IP address from my router (a D-Link DI-524 with the latest firmware version, 3.20). I checked the system's name in the File Sharing control panel since some people suggested it may be the problem. The name is fine - it is "blue" for one of the iMac's and "indigo" for the other. Creative, aren't I? Anyway, something is going on where the link is up but no DHCP address is being assigned.
I decided to hook the other Mac to the same cable. The exact same problem happens - only "169" addresses are assigned, not the "192" addresses that the router should be handing out. So I decided to test out the cable - it works fine with my Sony laptop. I connect it to the same cable and I'm online instantly. My router is set up to configure computers via DHCP, too, since release and renewal commands on the Sony laptop work just fine. I've rebooted, I've reinstalled the OS, I've updated to 9.2.1 and then to 9.2.2, and nothing seems to work. Both systems refuse to get DHCP addresses, but my Sony, on the exact same cable, works fine. I even changed the port that the ethernet cable connects to on the router - again, the iMac's fail to get an IP while other computers that I try with that cable and that port at a later time have no problem getting an IP.
On a final note, when I set the IP configuration of one of the systems up manually and connect it to the router (forcing it to have an IP of 192.168.0.150, for example), I am able to then ping the iMac from a windows based PC on the network. Also, I am then able to ping the Windows PC from the Mac using a program that I found online to allow me to ping on a Mac. Strangely, I can't ping the router's IP (192.168.0.1) from the iMac even though traffic MUST be going through the router to get to the Windows PC from the Mac and vice versa when I do those pings. I have no problem pinging the router's IP from the Windows PC. It's a really strange situation and I just can't figure it out...
If the cable didn't work with any computer, I'd blame that. If the router didn't assign IP's to my windows boxes, I'd blame the router. If I only had one Mac, I could theorize that it has some sort of problem with its ethernet port. If I couldn't ping in or out, I could also theorize that the link was broken somewhere in-between. But to have the exact same thing happening on 2 iMacs with virtually identical configurations and OS installations is really bothersome, considering all of the other networking equipment has been shown to work properly with the Windows machines. I have a feeling it is some setting that I don't know about on the Macs that must be changed or enabled / disabled, but I just don't know what it is. Any suggestions or help that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
iMac G3 400MHz Mac OS 9.2.x

Access control lists aren't enabled on the router... like I said, it's strange that the pings are getting through (which an access control list would prevent). I reset the router to factory defaults and the problems I mentioned still remained.
I tried out a different router and suddenly, without explanation, both Macs started working. I guess my D-Link router (DI-524) just doesn't like these iMacs running OS 9.2.2. They work fine with a Belkin router that a friend brought over, though - and that has me satisfied with their condition. Looks like I need to buy a new router, or otherwise contact D-Link to figure out what the problem is. I have a feeling just getting a new router will be easier, though. Thanks for the help. Hopefully someone else searching for help with these iMac models and a D-Link DI-524 router will find this information useful. Oh, and lastly, I have another D-Link DI-524 available... I connected the Macs to it, and again, they couldn't get IP addresses autoassigned via DHCP. This is definitely a compatibility issue between iMacs and this specific router model.

IMac and Netgear DGND3300v2 on 5Ghz wireless n network problem

Hi guys, I'm can't seem to be able to connect my iMac (bought around Christmas 2010) to my Netgear router on 5Ghz wireless N properly.
Everytime I restarted the iMac, it will automatically connect to the 5Ghz network as I have set it up before. However, as soon as I start trying to use internet in any way, the connection just drops and all I can find then is my router on the 2.4Ghz network, running 802.11g.
I know the iMac can definitely connect to the wireless N network because I also have Windows 7 Ultimate on it. When I boot to Windows 7, the network works flawlessly. No connection dropping whatsoever.
Also my MacBook can connect to the 5Ghz with no problems. And it was bought in late 2008.
My iMac is running Mac OSX 10.6.7. In system profiler, the Airport tab has the following information:
Software Versions:
Network Preference: 6.2.1 (621.1)
AirPort Utility: 5.5.2 (552.11)
IO80211 Family: 3.1.4 (314.1.1)
Interfaces:
en1:
Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x168C, 0x8F)
firmware Version: Atheros 9280: 2.1.14.5
Locale: APAC
Country Code: AL (shouldn't this be AU or something?)
Supported PHY Modes: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Supported Channels: 1 to 13
Wake on wireless: supported
Status: not associated
Local wireless networks: just a bunch of 802.11g and 802.11n running on 2.4Ghz in my building.
Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance!

I've seen some threads saying changing the security on the wireless to WPA2-PSK will solve the problem, and I checked - my router is running using WPA2-PSK.

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My setup:
iMac (21", mid-2011) running OS X 10.7.3 and iTunes 10.6
Apple TV 3
Apple Airport Extreme router
BT HomeHub 3
HomeHub is used as a modem (ADSL), wired connection into the Airport Extreme which then provides my wireless network.
Apple TV set up last Friday (launch day). I have it set to use home-sharing with iTunes, and have tried the YouTube channel. Not tried using the iTunes Store direct.
Initially had problems with 'streaming' video from iTunes using home-sharing, buffering either took a VERY long time or simply didn't happen at all. After a reset, updating OS X, iTunes, Airport Extreme firmware etc etc it started to work fairly well. Also tried streaming video direct on the YouTube channel (very fast, no buffering delay at all) and using AirPlay from an iPad (again, no problem).
Tonight, everything appears to be broken. Home sharing from iTunes has taken 2 minutes to buffer 30 seconds of video; YouTube similar; AirPlay from the iPad doesn't appear to be streaming at all.
Have tried re-starting iTunes; re-starting the Airport Extreme; re-starting the Apple TV. Nothing changing.
Help?!

I don't have an answer for this, unfortunately. I've even had my Apple TV replaced (yesterday), and after about an hour of normal operation, it now fails to connect to servers, or connects intermittently and poorly, and it can no longer connect to the iOS Remote app. These are the exact symptoms that prompted the Genius Bar to replace the original unit.
Either there is a basic flaw in Apple TV, or I'm extremely unlucky. All my other Mac and iOS devices have positively no network problems. Very frustrating.
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