Hi Peter,
Could you please check your dns settings. In particular try using dig
from Terminal to see what the website resolved to. This is what you
should be getting :
polaris:~ alex$ dig www.woodworkforums.com
; <<>> DiG 9.6.0-APPLE-P2 <<>> www.woodworkforums.com
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48664
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.woodworkforums.com. IN A
;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.woodworkforums.com. 1667 IN A 174.132.135.26
;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
woodworkforums.com. 58525 IN NS ns2.cyanide.com.au.
woodworkforums.com. 58525 IN NS ns1.cyanide.com.au.
;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
ns1.cyanide.com.au. 4335 IN A 174.132.135.29
ns2.cyanide.com.au. 4335 IN A 112.140.178.157
;; Query time: 52 msec
;; SERVER: 192.168.0.4#53(192.168.0.4)
;; WHEN: Thu Nov 5 00:24:05 2009
;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 138
polaris:~ alex$
If you get anything else in the Answer section try flushing your DNS
cache using dscacheutil -flushcache
Hope this helps
Alex
On 28 Oct 2009, at 05:28, Peter Bull wrote:
Thanks to all who replied to my question.
I have just:
Downloaded and installed Firefox 3.5.4
Downloaded all of the Software Updates for OS X and Safari and I am
now using 10.5.8
Verified the Disk
Repaired all Permissions
My iMac is panting after all this exercise!!!
Used Firefox and Safari to surf the web BUT I still can't access
that one site. Safari and Pinging reports that it is an "unknown
host" and Firefox says the server has timed out. In fact, when I
click on the link in the Bookmarks, Firefox does not display the URL
in the address bar.
This is a big mystery...
On 27/10/2009, at 5:39 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Peter,
Run Software Update & install everything it lists for your iMac.
Then open Disk Utility
Applications/Utilities/disk Utility
Click (to select) your Volume (HD it is the second), then click
"repair permissions". If you have not done this for awhile it will
take time, be patient & let it finish.
Sent from Ronni's iPhone
On 27/10/2009, at 5:23 PM, Peter Bull <[email protected]> wrote:
I am using an iMac with OS 10.5.6, Safari is 3.2.1, Firefox is
3.0.11. I had considered downloading a newer version of Safari but
I don't want to install Snow Leopard so I don't know what version
of Safari to get.
I have restarted and deleted cookies and still no joy. Have not
yet tried a different user account yet. How do I repair
permissions? One of the bad??? things about the Mac is that you
don't have to
fiddle "under the bonnet" very often, so you forget how and where
to fix things!!
On 27/10/2009, at 3:44 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Peter,
You don't say what versions of Safari & Firefox you are using.
Make sure you have installed all the latest updates for both
Safari & Firefox.
And you have the latest updates for Java.
Then repair permissions:
As your problem is happening on both browsers, it is some setting
or update required on your Mac.
Do you have Java & JavaScript enabled on both Browsers?
Have you tried in a different User Account?
Cheers,
Ronni
On 27/10/2009, at 3:15 PM, Peter Bull wrote:
I emptied the cache and cleared the history and still no joy.
On 27/10/2009, at 2:03 PM, Clyde McLennan wrote:
Hi Peter,
I just tried it using Safari on my iMac and it worked fine.
You have to actual do a reload of the site (right click/reload)
as the temporary files on your system could be sned you the
can't find the site message.
Cheers ... Clyde
On 27/10/2009, at 1:51 PM, Peter Bull wrote:
I have been regularly using the site www.woodworkforums.com
for a couple of years and on Saturday I could not log on to
it. I still can't logon with Safari or Firefox, but I can get
any other site. I have emailed the woodwork administrator who
assures me all is OK at their end, and I can access the site
using the PC here which is networked to my Mac. The ISP told
me to enter the DNS details into the Mac but that hasn't worked.
Any ideas??
Peter Bull
[email protected]
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