You are not connected to the internet - Safari can't open the page

After wake up Mac OS X 10.6.8 from sleep, Safari 5.1.7 on Ethernet does not connect to web servers:
"You are not connected to the internet" "Safari can't open the page"
The issue disappears after restarting the Mac. Is there a way to fix it besides restarting?

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Do you have other wireless devices connected to this same router? Do they work?
I really can't help you much but to say that when my router exhibited this issue it was accross the board (all notebooks would connect immediately following a router restart, but would loss connectivity until I rebooted the router again). In my case the only solution that was permanent was to replace the router.
You may also try restarting the phone and the router, setup security - WEP - (or disable security) on the router and phone, and/or try a different wi-fi channel (may actually help).

I frequently get the message "safari can't open the page"

It says that it can't connect because the requested server is not responding. i have had this problem consistently for a year. I have an imac from 2011 with 10.7.5 op system. It happens whether I am wireless or connected. All my other devices in the house can connect to the same websites, but frequently my iMac cannot. When it happens, I usually can't connect to any website, even though my other devices can. Sometimes it will just take a long time. Like it just took me 45seconds to connect to amazon.

From the menu bar, select
 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Network ▹ Advanced... ▹ DNS
Under DNS Servers you should have one or more numerical addresses, such as “192.168.1.1” or “10.0.0.1”. What are those addresses?

Lion Safari: Are you getting grey "Safari can't open the page."?

Hello all,
Ever since upgrading to Lion, I notice sometimes when I click a link to go to another website from the original article/URL, I may get a grey page, nothing loads but with a grey large Safari logo with the mesage: Safari can't open the page. (smaller text) Safari can't open the page "http://www......" because the server unexpectedly dropped the connection. This sometimes occurs when the server is busy. Wait for a few minutes, and then try again.
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HowWow,
Yup, I'm getting it too. I just posted a thread on the same topic: https://discussions.apple.com/message/16077250
Hopefully this will get resolved soon.
I wish the error logs were useful, but for me ~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter contains nothing for Safari!
If you get any answer, I'd appreciate if you update my thread.
Thanks

Safari can't open certain pages, can't find the server

Hi
On both my iMac and iOS devices (all connected to same Airport TimeCapsule Wi-Fi network), certain web pages won't open in Safari (specific example www.amazon.co.uk).
Safari returns the message "Safari can't open the page "www.amazon.co.uk" because Safari can't find the server "www.amazon.co.uk"".
Opening other pages works fine.
Have tried Safari option "Clear History and Website data" (all history) without success. Have also tried rebooting the TimeCapsule (disconnecting power cord), also without improvement.
When trying to connect to the same website over 4G on iOS device, no problem occurs.
Can anyone help me?
All software on all devices are updated to latest versions.

Back up all data.
Unlock the Network preference pane, if necessary, by clicking the lock icon in the lower left corner and entering your password. Cllck Advanced, open the DNS tab, and change the server addresses to the following:
          8.8.8.8
          8.8.4.4
That's Google DNS. Click OK, then Apply.
In Safari, select
          Safari ▹ Preferences... ▹ Privacy ▹ Remove All Website Data
and confirm. If you’re using another browser, empty the cache. Test. Any difference?
Notes:
1. If you lose Internet access after making the above change to your network settings, delete the Google servers in the Network preference pane, then select the TCP/IP tab and click Renew DHCP Lease. That should restore the original DNS settings; otherwise restore them yourself. Remember that you must click Apply in order for any changes to take effect.
2. I don't use Google DNS myself, though I have tested it, and I'm not recommending it or any other DNS provider; the server addresses are offered merely for testing purposes. There may be privacy and technical issues involved in using that service, which you should investigate personally before you decide whether to keep the settings. Other public DNS services exist.

Safari can't open the page https

Frustrating to say the least. About a week ago whilst in Google mail, Safari failed to open an email instead it opened a page displaying the message Safari can’t open the page “https"//mail.google.com" etc
A page refresh also failed to open the page as did a my attempt to "Sign out".
Later that day the same problem occurred when I was using my bank's website. Oddly, when I turned to Camino and it too failed to open Googlemail and the bank's site. On my MacBook both sites worked from both applications. Add if I use a different user account on my Mac Pro, I don't have the problem.
My account is a “Standard” user. A logout and back in and it works again, a reboot and it works again but after a couple of hours the problem returns:
Any help welcomed as the following steps have failed to resolve the issue:
Empty Safari cache
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Re-install Safari 4.0 beta
Swaped ethernet connection on my Mac Pro
Verify Disk Permissions
Repair Disk Permissions
Delete website history with "Adobe, Website Storage Settings panel"
Reset router
Rebooted Smoothwall
ClamXav found nothing
DNSChanger Removal Tool found nothing
iServices Trojan Removal Tool found nothing
removed .GlobalPreferences.plist
Thx
John

Hi John
Google Mail has been problematic on Safari 4. There are a number of threads in the Safari 4 Beta forum addressing the issue.
Thanks for posting the steps you have taken so far.
In a broader sense, security certificates are at the root of secured sites functioning. Those certificates are part of the Keychain file in HD>System>Library>Keychains. Perhaps, the keychain file needs repair. Open Keychain Access in your Applications>Utilities folder. In the Keychains Menu, select "Keychain First Aid">repair. If any errors appear, rerun until you get a clean pass.
If no errors appear, you may have to reestablish the keychain entries in your Standard account. Do you have administrative privileges assigned to that account?
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Can't fix this - Safari can't open the page

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Go step by step by step and test.
1. Power off the router. Unplug it from the wall. Wait a while.
    Plug it back to the wall. Power the router on. Wait until all the lights are lit properly. It will take a while.
    Restart the computer.
    Start up in Safe Mode.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
2. Delete Caches.db
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    Hold "option" key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
    Library > Caches > com.apple.Safari > Caches.db
    Right click the Caches.db file and select "Move To Trash.
    Close windows and relaunch Safari.
3. Empty Caches
    Safari > Preference > Advanced
    Checkmark the box for "Show Develop menu in menu bar".
    Develop menu will appear in the Safari menu bar.
    Click Develop and select "Empty Caches" from the dropdown.
4. Delete Cookies
    Safari > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and other website data:
    Click the “Details” button.
    Remove all cookies except from Apple, your internet service provider and banks.
5. Safari > Preferences > Extensions
    Turn off Extensions if any and launch Safari again to test.
    Turn on those one by one and test.

Safari: You are not connected to the internet (... I am!)

Safari has decided not to like me recently, and frequently presents me with the message "You are not connected to the internet" when using a wireless connection.
On my network there is a Windows PC (wired), an iBook and a PowerMac, both 802.11G (and both up to date). The PowerMac was previously hooked up with CAT5 and no problems existed.
I know that Safari is incorrectly showing this error, as other apps such as Adium, Colloquy, Transmission... and even the Windows PC are still able to connect to, and use the internet whilst Safari presents the message.
I am using a NetGear DG834G router, with the latest firmware installed.
Does anyone have an idea what could be causing the problem?

Hi! -- I'm a V.A.N. -- Very Advanced Newbie (since 1985!) -- so I probably cannot help you solve the problem. However, I do have the same issue except with a twist. I CANNOT get on the internet with Safari or Omniweb, but I CAN get on with Mozilla. I thought it was my t-mobil connections at my Starbucks office(s), but Mozilla works. Strangely, I could not get Mail to access the internet either until I got on with Mozilla. All through, Network Diagnostics said the connection was working, but Safari, Mail and OmniWeb would not. I wonder what Mozilla has, or does not have, that the others do, or don't? I'm pretty attached to staying with Safari, so I hope someone can find a solution. -- Thanks for listening, DSLyoga
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Saing yu tried everthing provides little information to us. We do not know what you tied.
Have you tried:
- Resetting the iPod:
Reset iPod touch: Press and hold the On/Off Sleep/Wake button and the Home
button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Powering off and then back on your router- Resetting network setting: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings
The toubleshooting here:
iPhone and iPod touch: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
- Does you iPod conenct to other networks?
- Do other devices connect to your network?

My macbook connects to my wifi but when i bring up safari it says you are not connected to the internet, please help...

my macbook connects to my wifi but when i bring up safari it says you are not connected to the internet, please help...

Try restarting the browser or computer..
if it still doesn't work, try with a different browser like chrome or mozilla

Solved: message "You are not connected to the Internet" after idle sleep

Summary: What worked for me was to turn off IPv4 and IPv6 on my unused interface.
The problem was that after my computer had been in sleep mode, Safari would say:
"You are not connected to the Internet."
or "softwareupdate -l" would say:
"This computer’s Internet connection appears to be offline."
Yet Firefox worked OK and traceroute also showed the connection was fine.
Digging deeper (though only later, after I found the command), "scutil -r" indicated a problem with DNS lookup:
$ scutil -r developer.apple.com
Not Reachable
$ scutil -r 17.254.2.129
Reachable
I'm using 10.6.6 on a Mini (model Macmini1,1), which has a wired ethernet connection on en0 and an AirPort on en1. I use the wired connection, but I also configured the AirPort just because, and then turned it off in the network preferences. I use a static (manually-configured) IPv4 address on en0 and DHCP on en1 (when it's up, which is only for experimenting). I don't use IPv6 as such, though I've left it enabled.
I was initially confused, thinking the problem was intermittent, though it's not. I tended to assume that because the display had gone into standby the computer must be sleeping, without checking that the power light was dimming and brightening, indicating sleep mode. Later I found the "pmset -g" command to display the power management settings. Among the settings is:
ttyskeepawake 1
This means that if I had a shell session open in Terminal, which I did quite often when investigating the problem, the computer put itself into idle sleep later than if I didn't have the session open. The times in Energy Saver settings in System Preferences seem not to be very accurate anyway. For instance, with the default computer sleep and display sleep settings of 10 minutes and a shell session open, I've seen it take 17m25s for the display to blank and a further 14m16s for the computer to sleep, for a total of 31m41s.
The problem only occurs after an idle wait. It doesn't occur after a software sleep (entered from the Sleep entry in the Apple menu or using the keyboard shortcut) or after pressing the power button momentarily.
One way I found to fix the problem was to turn the AirPort on and then off again through Network Preferences (or the menu bar item). Later I found that disconnecting and reconnecting the ethernet cable also fixed the problem. I hoped to find a better way.
What led me to this halfway house solution was noticing that if I turned the AirPort on and then off again, entries for en1 still remained in the routing table. These entries were for IPv6 link-local and multicast networks, as in this edited output from "netstat -nr":
Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
::1 ::1 UH lo0
fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 Uc lo0
fe80::1%lo0 link#1 UHL lo0
fe80::%en0/64 link#4 UC en0
fe80::216:cbff:fexx:xxxx%en0 0:16:cb:xx:xx:xx UHL lo0
fe80::%en1/64 link#6 UC en1
ff01::/32 ::1 Um lo0
ff02::/32 ::1 UmC lo0
ff02::/32 link#4 UmC en0
ff02::/32 link#6 UmC en1
Even with the AirPort switched off, ifconfig showed it as being up:
en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
ether 00:17:f2:xx:xx:xx
media: autoselect (<unknown type>)
status: inactive
I don't know if these observations are relevant, but anyway they led me to the solution (well, workaround). The way I finally fixed the problem was as follows.
1. Create a new location in Network Preferences. (This isn't strictly necessary, but it allowed me to keep the AirPort configuration (including my wireless password) intact in the default Automatic location.)
* Click on the Location pull-down
* Click Edit Locations...
* Click +
* Enter new location name (I called mine Wired-static)
2. Configure the Ethernet interface with its static address. (If using DHCP, I'd have skipped this step as DHCP is the default.)
3. Go to the AirPort configuration (even though it's shown as Off).
* Click on Advanced
* Click on TCP/IP
* Select Off for both IPv4 and IPv6
4. After clicking Apply in Network Preferences, a new "Location" item appears in the Apple menu between "Dock" and "Recent Items". Select the new location. This setting sticks across boots.
I hope this helps anyone else in a similar situation. Maybe if you use wireless it would help to turn off IPv4 and IPv6 on the Ethernet interface?

Try:
- A reset. Nothing is lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Power off and then back on the router
- Reset Network Settings: Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings
- iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
- iOS: Recommended settings for Wi-Fi routers and access points
- DId the iPod ever successfully connect to the network?
- Does the iPod successfully connect to other networks?
- Do other devices successfully connect with your network?

You are not connected to the Internet- keeps happening

New iMac- We click on Safari and the internet comes up and is working.
Then for some reason I lose the connection at various times.
The following messages come up:
1) You are not connected to the Internet
I click on Network Diagnostics
2)Choose network port configuration
I click on Airport
3) Select Airport Network
Select the Wireless Network
I click the wireless network for us which is NETGEAR
I click continue
4) Do you use DSL or a cable modem?
I click No
Then somehow the internet comes up again
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several times a day.

I just purchased a new MacBook 10.5.1 w/ I too experience the same problem with a new Macbook running 10.5.1 and Safari Version 3.0.4 (5523.10.6). I have 4 other computers connected via 802.11g (PC's). The same message occurs particularly when another browser window is open. The browser seems MUCH slower than IE (bummer!) and it often displays the "You are not connected to the Internet" message.
I have a longstanding, stable and reliable network so the network (DNS, b/w, connection, etc.) is not the issue especially given all the other (3) laptops that use the network wirelessly.
Performance does not improve even when wired but again, ALL my other computers perform much better on wireless than this new MacBook. Kinda bums me out.....the laptop I was hoping to replace is a much older IBM Thinkpad w/ a 1GHz CPU and 768K of RAM but it performs much better than MacBook/Safari!! Puzzling given the 5 year old technology, less powerful h/w and Microsofts bloated code but its not even close.
Any help or suggestions? I really want to love this machine more than the PC/MS platforms....HELP!

"You are not connected to the internet"....sometimes.

I've had to write this in IE on XP in Parallels as it is the only reliable way I can access the web. Since upgrading to 10.6, Safari (and Firefox to a lesser extent) has been giving me frequent (and instant) "You are not connected to the internet" errors. If I try another site I may get there straight away and then re-trying the original site may get me there. Or not. Very intermittent. Also, when finally accessed some sites aren't rendering properly. Right now in Safari I have Apple's site up with 18 errors, no graphics, default fonts, no layout. Activity shows the errors as "This computer's internet connection appears to be" - the rest of the message cannot be seen.
The other way I could have posted this is to use my wife's MacBook running 10.5 - no problems there. It's almost like it wants an instant DNS lookup and if that isn't forthcoming it spits. But then, why "not connected"? Wouldn't it be "Server cannot be contacted"? What is it that prompts Safari to believe the internet is not connected. This is a major pain!

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Using airport extreme with my MacBook, The airport shows a steady green light, but I cannot connect to the internet and my Safari shows "You are not connected to the internet".
I tried getting a direct connection, but didn't work, I will be taking my MacBook to have it checked tomorrow.
I called my ISP, thought had to do with my DSL modem, but it works fine with a direct connection to the PC.
I have my network checked with a check mark beside it.
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For future references, I have come to solve my own problem and I'm now on line.
After I reset my DSL modem, I went into my System Preferences, Network, then Sharing.
Clicked on Internet tab, and chose " Share your connection using Airport".
In my Airport Options, I checked the inputs to make sure the settings match.
And viola, I'm online and 2 floors away from my Airport Extreme.
Hope this comes in handy for future users.
I'm still going to get my Ethernet card checked tomorrow.

"You are not connected to the internet" message

Until this morning, Safari worked pretty much ok. Now, when I launch it, I get the "you are not connected to the internet" page. Firefox and email work fine and network diagnostics verifies a proper connection. I can't even get to "software update."

I have the same problem; if I leave the computer on long enough (usually asleep overnight), when I wake it up, Safari will present the "You are not connected to the Internet" message for any page, and Mail will display the exclamation-point-in-a-triangle for all accounts that says it's offline. Yes, Software Update also complains of a "network problem."
Meanwhile, Firefox or SSH sessions via Terminal will work fine, and both network diagnostics and System Preferences claim that the machine is, indeed, connected just fine with an IP lease and everything. This is over a wired Ethernet connection, and, yes, I've tried swapping the cable between the Mac Pro's two jacks.
I'm a long-time Mac user. I've fixed disk permissions; I've flushed Safari's cache; I've done everything described here. Rebooting always fixes the problem -- but it then recurs when the machine has sat or slept for long enough.
Since Safari and Mail are both affected, while Firefox and shell connections are not, it seems fairly clear it must be a bug in some part of the OS relating to both those Internet products. It doesn't cripple the machine, but it's definitely inconvenient, which is not what I expect from Apple products.

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