Google Web Sites Won't Load on Mac

#1 rchin58

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Posted 22 February 2007 - 02:20 AM

Help! On a Macbook Running 10.4.8 ...
Google.com websites (e.g. www.google.com, gmail.google.com, *.blogspot.com) get connection timeouts in either Safari or Firefox. Conversely, www.yahoo.com loads fine. Under Terminal, ping'ing google.com results in 100% packet loss while yahoo.com has zero packet loss (so it probably isn't the browser).
Behind the same home router, a PC has zero packet loss and no problems loading either Google or Yahoo (so it's probably not the ISP). What might it be?

#2 Mycroft_Holmes_MW

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Posted 22 February 2007 - 10:08 AM

It could be an outdated DNS server is listed in your Network preference pane. Try removing the DNS servers or check with your ISP for the current DNS servers.

#3 rchin58

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Posted 22 February 2007 - 08:38 PM

On a Mac, what file has the DNS entry? PC?
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#4 gruffell

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Posted 22 February 2007 - 09:45 PM

Hmmm... what OS version? in 10.4.x:
- System Preferences > Network > Click the 'Configure' button for your currently selected network connection
Do you see anythin in the DNS field?

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Posted 05 March 2008 - 03:47 PM

i'm having the exact same problem. I'm running 10.4.11 on a macbook

I went into the system preferences > network > configure > TCP/IP tab > and the DNS servers field is blank, as is Search Domains

Anyone got any ideas about this?

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