Safari unable to open ANY websites

New imac all set up. ethernet connection made. email received. BUT when i try to use SAFARI i get a message that says "Safari can't open the page "http...blabla" because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection..." this is strange since i am receiving email AND was apple to reach applesupport.com... I then did a diagnostic check and it says that ethernet connection is fine. hmm.
Any ideas on how to solve this problem?
thanx dearly, la paloma

i posted with what seemed like Safari problem but it ended up only being my problem. New imac was all set up, had ethernet connection BUT no Safari. i REALLY spent a long time calling myself an idiot ad then tried a simple trick - turning the modem off and then on. it worked.
brain cell loss obviously not as dramatic as first thought.
yours,
la paloma

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