OS X (Apple)

"Modem" has a very specific meaning in a PC context, a device to dial into another PC or network over telephone service. I'm not sure what you're calling your modem here, but I'm pretty sure it's not actually a modem if you're using an ethernet card!

Hi Corona,

It's a cable modem. It plugs into the cable outlet on my wall and gives me telephone and internet service. I used to plug a router into it and everything was just dandy. But the new (cable) modem doesn't work with the router, so for now I use an ethernet cable to connect the (cable) modem directly to the ethernet port on my computer.

Can you ping unix.com ? If so DNS trouble seems unlikely...

I can't ping it.

Sorry, I should have mentioned since it's about the first thing I tried

Code:

$ ping unix.com
PING unix.com (81.17.242.186): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
...

Since you can ping it... try a traceroute using port 80 and post the results.

Hi Neo.

I cannot ping it. traceroute shows time-outs too if I recall. I'll post the output when I'm back home.

Of all the websites, in all the World, why this one!

Ah! Sorry, I misread your post.

If you can't ping or traceroute to this site, but can get to the rest of the world, and since DNS is obviously working, seems the problem might be in your Mac somewhere. I have had problems on my Mac from time to time that required a reboot and it still did not clear until some unknown TTL passed (still have not got a handle on it).

Still, you should either ping and record the route or use traceroute and determine the last IP address you can hop to and then look into that device for the problem. Please post back what device is the last device there the datagram resides.