MySpace - Safari can’t find the server

Hello I'm completely new so if i'm doing this wrong, tell me!

I need help with the internet, because it seems to be working fine and I can get onto almost every website with no problem.
But when it comes to Myspace, my internet just keeps coming up with
"Safari can’t find the server.
Safari can’t open the page “MySpace | Login because it can’t find the server “home.myspace.com”."

nearly every time I try to refresh the page, or look at my messages or view some pictures.
why does it do this to JUST myspace?

thanks!

Try to type the IP Adress instead, 193.213.121.83

instead of home.myspace.com. Does this work?

Strukt said:

Try to type the IP Adress instead, 193.213.121.83

instead of home.myspace.com. Does this work?

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nah, it just says "invalid" :/

Because you're using MySpace .

I'm not getting that IP for MySpace - I get 216.178.38.66. Nonetheless, it works fine here. Can you get to it through that IP? Does it work in another browser, like Firefox? What version of Safari are you using?

It may have nothing to do with your mac or Safari. It might be something going on with the DNS of your ISP. In that case, there's not a lot you can do, short of switching DNS servers manually.

squeabs said:

It may have nothing to do with your mac or Safari. It might be something going on with the DNS of your ISP. In that case, there's not a lot you can do, short of switching DNS servers manually.

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I'm going to have to back up squeabs on this. Switching to firefox prolly isn't going to do a whole lot of good. try switching servers.

I'm having the same problem since I did an update yesterday... It obviously has something to do with update... can anyone help???

What update did you install?

Safari 4.0.1 is locking pages...

After installing Safari 4.0 and now update 4.0.1, I cannot bring up any web page where you have a login such as a bank site or even Facebook.

How can I get around this?

farmcock said:

After installing Safari 4.0 and now update 4.0.1, I cannot bring up any web page where you have a login such as a bank site or even Facebook.

How can I get around this?

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Use Firefox instead. There isn't a whole lot written about the Mac version of Safari from a security standpoint, but there is this article, which may give you pause about using Safari for banking.

Also, I suspect anti-phishing capabilities of the newest versions of Safari may be getting a little "overly aggressive" and it is possible that these are causing the problems accessing web sites cited above.

There are other posts in these forums from people who suddenly are unable to access certain web sites through Safari but can access those same sites through Firefox. If you can access the blocked sites through Firefox, then your DNS servers aren't causing the problem.

Now I am concerned...

I downloaded Firefox and having the same problem. I cannot get on websites where a login is needed, but other sites are okay.

Any idea what the problem may be?

farmcock said:

I downloaded Firefox and having the same problem. I cannot get on websites where a login is needed, but other sites are okay.

Any idea what the problem may be?

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Well, since the problem isn't Safari then I concede that it might be your DNS server after all. You could try using OpenDNS for your DNS server. If you don't have a router, here's a how to guide for changing your network settings to use OpenDNS in Leopard. (By the way, you don't have to go to Step 2 of the procedure and set up an OpenDNS user account, although you will need to reboot the computer before the changes take will effect.)

If you do have a router, then you will need to set up your router to use OpenDNS. Unfortunately, I can't help you with that because I don't use a router.

I have installed every update Apple offers on 5 Macs with 10.5.7 including the latest Safari 4.0.1 and every site logs in here like it always has.

beeph said:

Hello I'm completely new so if i'm doing this wrong, tell me!

I need help with the internet, because it seems to be working fine and I can get onto almost every website with no problem.
But when it comes to Myspace, my internet just keeps coming up with
"Safari can’t find the server.
Safari can’t open the page “MySpace | Login because it can’t find the server “home.myspace.com”."

thanks!

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Do you have the Primary and Secondary DNS numbers for your ISP set in the Network settings of our System Preferences. That can make a difference with some pages loading and others not.