Very lazy to connect to broadband yet shows as being connected on start up

My Mac mini does not get an internet connection when I log on or first turn on. The router is active, does have a connection (other comp works fine) but the mac mini despite showing as being connected to the network, every time I start it the web page, either Safari, or Firefox, my mail or I tunes has no connection. If I reload the page a few times or persist with Get Mail it will suddenly start to operate with no further problems. It never used to have this problem, there have been no changes to the system which apart from the router is entirely Apple. The entire system is but a year old and the router 6 months. Despite having AppleCare (?) cannot get any answer so I am hoping someone else can help me. Many thanks.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
When you try and access a web page does the system just continue to try and connect, or eventually stop and give an error message? If that latter can you tell us exactly what that error message says?
These kind of issues are often caused by problems with the router, but there is a little test you can try. Start your system, and open Safari. In the address bar, instead of typing a name, enter 212.58.226.77 This is actually the IP address of the BBC news web site. If the system locates the page and loads it, then you are suffering a 'DNS' problem. DNS (Domain Name Service) is the mechanism by which the names you and I use in our browsers are turned into the actual addresses (IP numbers) of the web site. If your ISP or router are not correctly handling DNS lookups, you'll get the sort of symptom you describe.
Let us know if entering the IP number directly works when trying the normal url (http://new.bbc.co.uk/) does not.

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