Safari/Firefox - Failed to open page

Since I upgraded to Snow Leopard there have been a radical increase in the amount of times Safari AND Firefox cannot find the server of a webpage, to the point where 3 out of 10 pages load first time. It is incredibly annoying especially when I am trying to access a secure page.
Another problem would be that in some cases when a webpage does connect, none of the images or fonts load, making it difficult to navigate.
AND the iTunes Store has a similar problem where a network connection error is constantly coming up...
PLEASE HELP ME! I am starting to tear my hair out at this!
Thanks in advance

pcbjr wrote:
Question on the Open DNS setup you link - Why if it is an Airport network would one change the DNS in the Ethernet tab?
It's an error on the OpenDNS page that I've tried without luck to get them to fix for over a year.
Instead of selecting "Ethernet," select whichever interface you are using to connect to the Internet - Ethernet, AirPort, etc.

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Hi all,
Hope somebody can help me with this small problem I've encountered with Safari: lately it fails to open pages. This has been going on for about two weeks now; I can't say if this problem is a result of updating to 10.4.9. because recently I also started using the OnyX maintenance application.
When clicking a link in Safari, I often get this message:
"Safari can’t open the page “http://..." The error was: “bad server response” (NSURLErrorDomain:-1011) Please choose Report Bug to Apple from the Safari menu, note the error number, and describe what you did before you saw this message."
Any ideas on how to fix this problem?
Cheers!
Pablo
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Hello to both of you...
I agree sometimes you need to hit the refresh button and it might work. As a general rule I don't experience this problem unless I'm having network issues or if I would open many tabs at once I might have to refresh a few...
As for the browser I agree there are times Firefox has an advantage or two over Safari. Remember Safari is not a Gecko browser but based on KHTML...so it is a different browser all together. I think most people on this forum do keep Safari and a Gecko browser on hand to take care of any situation they would encounter on the web. Personally I use Camino instead of Firefox because it's faster and it's written in Cocoa therefore it looks much nicer. However Firefox does have advantages as well...
Hope that helps a bit?
Reg

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What would cause Safari to suddenly start getting "Failed to open page" errors from I web-site I was successfully browsing 2 minutes ago?
I was browsing REI.com; viewed several different pages, then tried to go to a different REi.com page and all of a sudden Safari won't load the page. and reports a "Failed to Open Page" error, with the excuse "the server where this page is located isn't responding"??
I thought maybe my internet connection had failed, but I tried some other sites cnn.com, apple.com and everything is just fine.
Then i went to a different computer on the same network and tried rei.com from Firefox and its just fine.
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If your Safari won't open, one or more of the following procedures should fix it:
1. Go to Home/Library/Safari/ folder and remove the following two files:
¥ history.plist
¥ lastsession.plist
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(These are just webhistory files and are not required for Safari to run. However, similar to preference files, problems can arise if they have become corrupt.)
3. Locate the cookies.plist file that's located in the Home/Library/Cookies/ folder and remove it.
(Again, faults in stored cookies may interfere with Safari's launch.)
4. Check whether any of your third-party internet plug-ins may be interfering with the launch of Safari by carefully moving them to the desktop (do NOT delete them at this stage). You can find these in two places:
Home/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/ folder, and Global plug-ins are located in the Macintosh HD/Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder.
Also look in Library/Input Managers where other third party add-ons may lurk. If you find a SIMBL folder, please note that some SIMBLE.bundles may require updating or possibly removal.
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Safari fails to open pages - "server not responding"

Hello all. I just got my new MacBook a few days ago. This is my first Mac and I love it! Safari was working perfectly until yesterday. When I try to open any webpage, it says that Safari "failed to open page because the server stopped responding". Any ideas?
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Hello BlueOrca,
Have you tried Safari in an other user account if not do so please.
System pref. ->Accounts -> Login Options [+] to create one. Log out of yours & into that one. This help to pinpoint if this issue is systemic or user specific
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Which Router do you USE, Does it have a Firewall ?
Can you find it here ? Do you know how to configure, do check the settings.
http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_triggering/routerindex.htm
In -> System Preferences -> Network -> Show: Wireless->
• TCP/IP tab:
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http://www.portforward.com/networking/dns.htm
Configure IPv4: Do you use Using DHCP Lease ?
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• Proxy tab:
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If AOL is a browser does it have settings that over ride Safaris ability to connect nI know nada about AOL, perhaps you could check its settings.
Let us know how you fare, okay?
edited by: Eme

HT1338 Error message : "Failed to open page" - Slow & failed loading online pages

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If your Safari won't open, one or more of the following procedures should fix it:
1. Go to Home/Library/Safari/ folder and remove the following two files:
¥ history.plist
¥ lastsession.plist
(Safari may not load properly If these two files are corrupted.)
2. Go to Home/Library/Caches/Metadata/Safari/ and remove the contents of that folder.
(These are just webhistory files and are not required for Safari to run. However, similar to preference files, problems can arise if they have become corrupt.)
3. Locate the cookies.plist file that's located in the Home/Library/Cookies/ folder and remove it.
(Again, faults in stored cookies may interfere with Safari's launch.)
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[ Edited by Apple Discussions Moderator; Please start a new topic about your technical issue. ]
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