> In article <1ik63vz.1wwzbr119e9hzmN%danspam@f2s.com>, > danspam@f2s.com (Daniel Cohen) wrote: > > > A while ago I suddenly had trouble connecting with Safari, after getting > > email with Eudora a few minutes earlier. > > > > Network Diagnostics reported OK status (green light) on Built-in > > Ethernet, Network Settings, and ISP, but orange or red on Internet and > > Server. > > > > Cured by rebooting my router. > > > > But I would still like to know the cause. My guess was a glitch in the > > ISP's DNS server. I did find it a bit odd that I had an OK connection to > > the ISP but not to the internet. > > What do you mean by "the internet"? If you have no access to a > functioning DNS server then you have lost the ability to translate a > domain name to an IP address, but not the ability to contact another > host by IP address directly.
I meant exactly what Network Diagnostics says. Network Status shows five items, of which the third is ISP, and the fourth is Internet.
I am unclear as to what Network Diagnostics means when it lists "Internet" as an item. That's why I asked. -- http://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read
