I am having a strange internet problem in which some websites won't load and others will. For example
http://discussions.apple.com/ works but
http://www.apple.com/ and me.com doesn't (so no email access, either). Amazon and CNN won't connect but the BBC and Google and Facebook is fine. I just can't figure it out. Everything worked yesterday and today it doesn't. The ISP were no help.
It just times out, e.g. "Safari could not open the page “
http://www.amazon.co.uk/” because the server is not responding."
I have tried two other Macs (both running 10.5) and plugged directly into the ADSL modem, so it has to be the ISP, but they said there is nothing wrong with their service. Bamboozling.
1. The Activity window on Safari doesn't show anything. Sometimes it shows a ?.
2. Booted on Safe Mode and the same thing.
3. Connected wired to the Time Capsule, Wired to the Modem and same problem but connected Wireless with Airport and it works.
4. No software PeerGuardian or Firewall installed.
5. Network utility was unable to Ping apple.com or me.com.
6. Put the OpenDNS settings and I am still not able to go to Apple.com or me.com but I am able to ping with Network Utility and if I enter the IP of Apple.com it loads. However, Me.com doesn't.
7. Tried creating another account and problem is the same.
8. With any other computer the problem is not there.
9. Direct connection with ethernet to a computer works fine for data transfer or any other DL works also fine without interruption.
I have been using Airport up until now but now I am setting a Server and I need the Ethernet working fine.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
So I booted out of my other Macbook through Firewire and I am able to use the Ethernet card of the macbook to go anywhere. MobileMe syncing works and everything is fine.
It's something with my Power Mac and the Ethernet card but what?