# accessing Google on a Mac

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accessing-google-on-a-mac/475812>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accessing-google-on-a-mac/475812 "2008-12-05T04:08:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accessing-google-on-a-mac/475812/1 "2008-12-05T04:08:42Z")

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I have an unusual computer problem that I can’t seem to fix.  
I have a Mac running 10.4 (one rev back from the current OS release).  
My browser(s) will not connect to [Google.com](http://Google.com). I can ping 208.69.36.230.  
I thought it was DNS, but I tried [http://208.69.36.230](http://208.69.36.230) and it times out.  
I can connect to any other website using either Firefox or Safari with this machine.  
Any other computer on my home network (Macs, XP, or Linux) connects to Google without any hesitation.

I recently started using OpenDNS. All my computers and my router uses OpenDNS. And as I mentioned, I can’t connect using the IP address.

Any ideas why? Has anyone seen this problem before?

does anyone know where the hosts table is on a Mac?

It is a most puzzling problem. I have never run into this one before.

thanks

(apologies if I had posted this before. I thought I had, but can’t find the post).

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accessing-google-on-a-mac/475812/2 "2008-12-05T04:18:37Z")

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Hosts is in /etc  
You might try using Network utility and see what traceroute and lookup have to say…  
Also, try switching back to your normal DNS and see if that makes a difference.

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accessing-google-on-a-mac/475812/3 "2008-12-05T04:33:50Z")

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Here it is:

[Browser Question-Google is gone](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495862)

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**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/accessing-google-on-a-mac/475812/4 "2008-12-05T04:51:58Z")

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> [@Squink](#):
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> Here it is:
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> [Browser Question-Google is gone](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=495862)

thanks  
the dope is just being mean to me lately. I can’t stay logged in, can’t find my own threads-must be a short between the chair and the keyboard…