Select your active network connection on the left, and then click Advanced.Open System Preferences and Then Click the Network icon.You can also try using Google DNS instead of your ISP's DNS server:

Type the following and press enter (enter your password if prompted): sudo dscacheutil -flushcache.Open Terminal.app (Finder->Applications->Utilities->Terminal).Second, I would try flushing your local DNS cache- I only know how to do this from the terminal though: PS: I do not know how to use terminal properly, so please dumb down the suggestions for me as much as possible :)įirst, I would try resetting your router and see if that helps. If I go back and refresh the page, the same message will be displayed on screen instantly (it won't attempt to reload the page). If I search for another website like, the page will take a long time to open and then say 'Network problem: Check that the address is spelled correctly, or try searching for the site.' This problem occurs on both my Mac as well as my iPad. opens after a 20-25 second wait (which is not normal).

So this peculiar problem has started on my Mac running OS X 10.6.8.Įvery time I open Opera/Safari/Google Chrome to surf the web, certain web pages do not open.

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