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.