Connected to internet, but Safari disagrees?

So according to the little signal icon in the top righthand corner of the screen, I am connected to the internet (via air-port). But frequently, I will open Safari only to have it tell me "Safari cannot open the page because you are not connected to the internet" and will proceed to show me Networking Options to fix the apparent problem. But none of the options help - reconnecting to the network, selecting another network, etc. Sometimes I will be surfing the internet, and will open a new page only to have Safari tell me I am not connected, even though I was only seconds before, and the airport Icon shows that I still am.
What the heck is going on?
Thank you!
-Emily

The Airport icon shows your connection to your wireless modem/router not the state of that devices connection to the Internet.
It's possible:
a) your router is set to drop the connection after x minutes of inactivity
b) your router doesn't have a Primary and Secondary DNS server set
c) your System Preferences/Network/Airport/DNS doesn't have DNS servers set
d) something else is going on ...

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