Second thought--on rereading you said you're able to get to Google through the IP address. That would indicate they have a router problem with the DNS servers. Gary On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 01:56 PM, patdart wrote: > Earlier this week I found that I couldn't get google.com to load and a > few other sites won't load. I spent more than an hour on line with my > ISP's tech support and he decided that they had a problem beyond my > local servers area and would be working on it. I then called again > last night to see what was being done...and they said it was fixed. > > It wasn't for me... > > So, today I called back and we did lots of tests again and still I'm > unable to get to Google except thru the IP address which I was given > on my first call...(I'm using it as my test address). Now, I'm told > that it is a problem with my machine...or maybe my Airport. I have > two different machines...a Titanium book running 10.2.6 and this iBook > running 10.2.8 and neither of them can reach Google. Could my Airport > be going out? Any other thoughts? Odd to me that both are having the > same problem. I can't get there hooked directly to the cable line > either for what that's worth...which makes me think the Airport's > okay. > > I'll have to call Apple Monday if none of you have ideas or have had a > similar problem. I'm using IE, Netscape and Safari between the two > machines, by the way. > > Have a good, unfrustrating weekend all! > > Pat