This sounds like it might be a DNS issue with the ISP that provides your Internet connection. When you type in an url like "apple.com", your browser has to figure out where to route that request by using what's called the Domain Name Service (DNS). DNS runs on servers operated by your ISP.
Generally you have at least two DNS servers configured in your Internet connection--a primary and a secondary. So if your browser sends its little DNS message to the primary and that fails to respond, it can try the secondary. If that fails then your browser cannot resolve the address and so gives you an error message. It kinda sounds to me like your service provider is having intermittent DNS server problems--sometimes your browser is able to reach one of the DNS servers and sometimes it isn't able to reach either of them. I'm afraid that's a useless answer though--there's no real workaround unless you know of another pair of DNS servers you can use instead of the default ones that your ISP provides. --- Rex. -----Original Message----- From: owner-macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Beth Ernst Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:01 PM To: macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu Subject: MacGroup: Internet Issues When I try to connect to the internet I'm receiving an error message that the specified server can't be found. This happens on almost any site that I try to go to. I can try to go to the site a second time and sometimes it will work, sometimes it takes more than two tries to finally get to the site. I'm using IE but I tried using Safari and had the same results. I can get on the internet but it just takes multiple tries to get to a site. This applies to clicking on links on web pages as well. Any thoughts on what might be causing this? -- Thanks! Beth Fastline Publications Inc. DISCLAIMER: This communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, (i) please do not read or disclose to others, (ii) please notify the sender by reply mail, and (iii) please delete this communication from your system. Failure to follow this process may be unlawful. Thank you for your cooperation. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be March 23. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
