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<blockquote data-quote="Raz0rEdge" data-source="post: 1610716" data-attributes="member: 110816"><p>If you have issues using the browser to surf websites but applications like Message, FaceTime, Skype and others continue to work. It might indicate issues with the DNS (Domain Name Server). The latter applications don't need to search for their servers since they are known to the applications and don't change. Once a connection is made, it is established at a much lower level and remains functioning.</p><p></p><p>Another test you can run is the following, when everything is working grab the IP address of Google by opening up the Terminal and typing in "ping google.com". Jot down that IP address (hit ctrl-c to stop) and wait for the connection to drop and return, then open the Terminal again and type in "ping <ip address of Google>" and see if your ping succeed or if you get failures. Then type in "ping google.com" again and see if that succeeds to not only find Google's IP address but pings it as well. It is OK if the IP address changes for Google, but the end result you are looking for is a successful ping.</p><p></p><p>If after a connection restart you can ping Google through the previously recorded IP address only and can't by name, then the DNS is your immediate culprit and can be fixed by switching to a different one than what you are using right now. Unless you've made this change, you are likely using the DNS provided by your ISP, you can switch it to Google's DNS at 8.8.8.8 and see if pinging by name works after a connection restart.</p><p></p><p>This will directly fix your browsing issue..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raz0rEdge, post: 1610716, member: 110816"] If you have issues using the browser to surf websites but applications like Message, FaceTime, Skype and others continue to work. It might indicate issues with the DNS (Domain Name Server). The latter applications don't need to search for their servers since they are known to the applications and don't change. Once a connection is made, it is established at a much lower level and remains functioning. Another test you can run is the following, when everything is working grab the IP address of Google by opening up the Terminal and typing in "ping google.com". Jot down that IP address (hit ctrl-c to stop) and wait for the connection to drop and return, then open the Terminal again and type in "ping <ip address of Google>" and see if your ping succeed or if you get failures. Then type in "ping google.com" again and see if that succeeds to not only find Google's IP address but pings it as well. It is OK if the IP address changes for Google, but the end result you are looking for is a successful ping. If after a connection restart you can ping Google through the previously recorded IP address only and can't by name, then the DNS is your immediate culprit and can be fixed by switching to a different one than what you are using right now. Unless you've made this change, you are likely using the DNS provided by your ISP, you can switch it to Google's DNS at 8.8.8.8 and see if pinging by name works after a connection restart. This will directly fix your browsing issue.. [/QUOTE]
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