Odd Safari Behavior
Mark Dintenfass
link in Google or some other web page, I most often get an alert saying
Safari can't find the server. However, if I simply hit return to use
the address Safari has put and left in the address bar, the page will
load properly. Anyone know what's gone wrong?
I'm using Safari 1.2.4 with OSX 10.3.6 on a G5 dual.
Thanks.
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Mark Dintenfass <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote:
> In the last few weeks Safari has been acting strangely. If I click on a
> link in Google or some other web page, I most often get an alert saying
> Safari can't find the server. However, if I simply hit return to use
> the address Safari has put and left in the address bar, the page will
> load properly. Anyone know what's gone wrong?
>
> I'm using Safari 1.2.4 with OSX 10.3.6 on a G5 dual.
>
> Thanks.
I am getting exactly the same problem, which seems to have started when
I upgraded to 10.3.6. I'm glad I'm not the only one - now we have to
wait for one of the resident experts to tell us what to do to solve the
problem.
Cathy Stevenson
Dintenfass <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote:
> In the last few weeks Safari has been acting strangely. If I click on a
> link in Google or some other web page, I most often get an alert saying
> Safari can't find the server. However, if I simply hit return to use
> the address Safari has put and left in the address bar, the page will
> load properly. Anyone know what's gone wrong?
>
> I'm using Safari 1.2.4 with OSX 10.3.6 on a G5 dual.
x
This has been discussed at length at macfixit.com, most recently on
Nov.9. To access this you may have to be a MacfixitPro member. You can
give it a try.
There is also a thread at the Apple site:
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx?1...@116.8tAlaG0JAv4.1@.689de754/0
This thread is often very technical, but the info on various fixes is
there.
The best fix, until Apple gets around to a final fix, is to put the IP
address of your DNS servers in the TCP/IP box of your Network System
Preferences. Your ISP may not have given you these addresses, and they
may or may not be willing to give them to you. Workarounds for this
case are in both the above links.
There is no point in changing browsers. The problem is not in Safari -
it is in the BSD system.
Cathy
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Peter Hayes
> In the last few weeks Safari has been acting strangely. If I click on a
> link in Google or some other web page, I most often get an alert saying
> Safari can't find the server. However, if I simply hit return to use
> the address Safari has put and left in the address bar, the page will
> load properly. Anyone know what's gone wrong?
>
> I'm using Safari 1.2.4 with OSX 10.3.6 on a G5 dual.
This has happened to me on my PowerBook ever since I got it a year ago
(10.3.1 IIRC). Just occasionally it behaves as you've described.
I've entered the DNS server addresses as suggested elsewhere here so
I'll see what improvement this makes...
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Mark Dintenfass
<cats...@sonic.net> wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. I will attempt to find out the DNS servers,
but, having read through the thread on the Apple site, the whole
problem seems more technical than I feel comfortable dealing with.
Let's hope Apple fixes it soon.
Adrian
> Thanks for the suggestions. I will attempt to find out the DNS servers,
> but, having read through the thread on the Apple site, the whole
> problem seems more technical than I feel comfortable dealing with.
> Let's hope Apple fixes it soon.
It is most likely that the DNS issue is as described and responded to
earlier in this thread. However, it is worth people keeping in mind that
DNS problems with your ISP are common, cause the same symptoms, and
sometimes it is a coincidence that they occur after a software update on
your own machine (this happened to me and I suspected the problems were
mine ... but they turned out to be caused by the ISP)
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Adrian
richard schumacher
Mark Dintenfass <mdint...@xxnew.rr.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestions. I will attempt to find out the DNS servers,
> but, having read through the thread on the Apple site, the whole
> problem seems more technical than I feel comfortable dealing with.
> Let's hope Apple fixes it soon.
It's really easy. Ask your ISP for the IP addresses of their DNS
servers. An IP address is a string of four numbers from 0 to 255
separated by periods. DNS IP addresses are often in the setup or
installation instructions that your ISP provided when you opened your
account. When you have it/them, on your Mac open "System Preferences ->
Network -> Configure... -> TCP/IP". Enter the/each DNS IP address into
the "DNS Servers:" box, one address per line. If your ISP suggests a
search order for multiple DNS IP addresses, enter them in that order.
Finally click "Apply Now". You should be good to go.
Peter Hayes
I believe you can use DNS numbers from different ISPs thereby giving
some insurance against one ISP having DNS server difficulties.
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Adrian
> I believe you can use DNS numbers from different ISPs thereby giving
> some insurance against one ISP having DNS server difficulties.
Yes, I've done this myself in the past (OS9). However, when my router
negotiates the connection on my BT ADSL service it automatically takes
the DNS server addresses issued by BT and unfortunately ignores any
manual settings I try to enforce. I'm not actually sure if the DNS
servers which you can set in the Network control panel (sorry System
Prefs panel .. hey old habits die hard ..) are used when going via the
router.
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Adrian
Peter Hayes
No improvement, so that's not the cause of the problem.
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Peter