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Q: Yahoo & Google disappearing

Hello, I have a Mac 10.5.8 desktop and am having problems with Yahoo disappearing and google showing a 404 error, can anyone help me here?  Thanks

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Jul 27, 2013 2:47 PM

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Q: Yahoo & Google disappearing

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  • by rccharles,

    rccharles rccharles Jul 28, 2013 8:37 AM in response to applecore2
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    Jul 28, 2013 8:37 AM in response to applecore2

    Don't miss solution at bottom.

     

    Seems like you are not getting the DNS address or addresses.

     

    apple > system preferences > network

     

    Double click on network connection you are using.

     

    Pick the TCP/IP tab.

     

    Verify that you have a DNS Server. If you do not, look on your windows machine and see what the net address is. You can also pick using DHCF and still enter you DNS server address.

     

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    You can use

    harddrive > applications > utilities > network utility

    to diagnose the situation.

     

    You can ping google.com.

    Result:

    Ping has started ...

     

    PING google.com (64.233.167.99): 56 data bytes

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=215.362 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=279.597 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=189.747 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=250.657 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=183.232 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=243.753 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=173.108 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=230.239 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=180.639 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=232.177 ms

     

    --- google.com ping statistics ---

    10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss

    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 173.108/217.851/279.597/33.615 ms

     

     

    If that does not work, try pinging 64.233.167.99 Result:

     

    Ping has started ...

     

    PING 64.233.167.99 (64.233.167.99): 56 data bytes

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=189.655 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=213.471 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=257.873 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=172.745 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=226.723 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=171.883 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=260.308 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=172.963 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=198.840 ms

    64 bytes from 64.233.167.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=181.215 ms

     

    --- 64.233.167.99 ping statistics ---

    10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0% packet loss

    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 171.883/204.568/260.308/32.247 ms

     

    If pinging 17.254.3.183 works but pinging Google.com doesn't. You have a bad DNS Server address.

     

     

    I use Google.

     

    Google provides free dns lookup.  Their numbers are:

    8.8.8.8

    8.8.4.4