I can't believe I have to ask this.

I should mention that the only site that seems unreachable is apple.com. Everything else, including a mistyped "appel.com" loads just jim effin' dandy.

More details!

feed://www.apple.com/main/rss/hotnews/hotnews.rss - loads fine!
feed://www.apple.com/main/rss/hotnes/ - "Safari can't connect to the server www.apple.com"

Now you know why I drink.

Unsolvable! Woo hoo! What's supposed to be so easy about Mac OS X? I'm wondering. I feel like I'm using Linux again. Anyway, I did a ping on Windows:

C:\Documents and Settings\phobos\Desktop>ping www.apple.com

Pinging e3191.c.akamaiedge.net [184.50.221.15] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 184.50.221.15: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=57
Reply from 184.50.221.15: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=57
Reply from 184.50.221.15: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 184.50.221.15:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 17ms, Maximum = 18ms, Average = 17ms


And this is what I get on Snow Leopard:

kosh2:~ root# ping www.apple.com
PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (184.50.221.15): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: No route to host
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
^C
--- e3191.c.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
kosh2:~ root#


OK, so "No route to host" - *** is that? how do I fix it? Is this the wrong forum? Should I head over to the UNIX gurus?

Many thanks for any help any of y'all can provide. Like I said, this is driving me insane.

<Edited by Host>

Never mind.

Fixed itself.

Did nothing. Works now.

Arg.

Naw, still doesn't work.

I hate my Mac. W T EFF.

Since y'all think I'm nuts. Here's my ping from when it was working, for two seconds, and then a minute later when it wasn't again:

kosh2:~ root# ping www.apple.com
PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (96.16.229.15): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 96.16.229.15: icmp_seq=0 ttl=53 time=23.947 ms
64 bytes from 96.16.229.15: icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=23.728 ms
64 bytes from 96.16.229.15: icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=23.972 ms
64 bytes from 96.16.229.15: icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=23.966 ms
^C
--- e3191.c.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 23.728/23.903/23.972/0.102 ms
kosh2:~ root# ping www.apple.com
PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (184.50.221.15): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: No route to host
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
ping: sendto: No route to host
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
^C
--- e3191.c.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
kosh2:~ root#


I dunno. Maybe it's akamai or some sh it. But he11, my thinkpad doesn't seem to have any issue with all this.

It's demoralizing.

OK, so it's user related - I tried a guest user, delenn, named after the famed Minbari ambassador, and no probs pinging.

kosh2:~ delenn$ ping www.apple.com
PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (184.50.221.15): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 184.50.221.15: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=17.557 ms
64 bytes from 184.50.221.15: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=316.676 ms
64 bytes from 184.50.221.15: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=50.682 ms
^C
--- e3191.c.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 17.557/128.305/316.676/133.883 ms
kosh2:~ delenn$ exit
logout
kosh2:~ root# ping www.apple.com
PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (184.50.221.15): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: No route to host
^C
--- e3191.c.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
kosh2:~ root# su - delenn
kosh2:~ delenn$ ping www.apple.com
PING e3191.c.akamaiedge.net (184.50.221.15): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 184.50.221.15: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=18.383 ms
^C
--- e3191.c.akamaiedge.net ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 50.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 18.383/18.383/18.383/0.000 ms
kosh2:~ delenn$

So what gives? What the hel7 is specific to a user that prevents connecting to a host? I'm not running anything (that I'm aware of, or that I can see in a ps) that would block my access. (i.e. PeerGuardian)

It's fun making your own thread. Especially when you're having a problem that apparently, nobody else ever has had.

Anyway it's not user specific. Although the ping works with a different user, when I log into the gui with that user, I still can't access freakin' Apple.com

Please explain why I can reach cnn.com, foxnews.com, and even totalobscurity.com, but not apple.com from my APPLE

I'm dyin' here. It's insane.

Inane.

Oh well. Just works indeed.

Sites that work on my Mac:

rifftrax.com
cnn.com
facebook.com
microsoft.com
daringfireball.net
youtube.com
netflix.com
bbc.co.uk
hulu.com
cinematictitanic.com
filmfreakcentral.net
embarq.com
morbidangel.com
yahoo.com

Sites that don't:

Apple.com


Please. there must be someone out there with an "ah ha!"

I'm just gonna re-ask my original question. Someone, please enlighten me. Why can't I get to apple.com with my Mac Mini? Every other website works. Every other device on my network, including apple products like iPad and iPhone, can do it. Why can't my Mac?

Thank you in advance. I'm done with this cr@p for now.

Thanks for editing out my synonym for "bat guano" but next time, why not try helping me out with an actual answer instead of Disnefying my post. We're all grownups here.