Networking Issues with Safari Not Firefox

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MaddMacs

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Feb 20, 2008

• #1

So, I just sold my old Powerbook G4 running 10.4.10, to a friend. It came back to me with a wierd network issue. Safari says it cannot find the server, Apple updater says it cannot find the server, but Airport says connected (after I log in to my WPA) in the network pane, and Firefox works normally. I repaired the disk permissions, to no avail.Anybody have an idea why the Apple programs can't find the server, but Firefox can?

 

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Amdahl

macrumors 65816

• Feb 20, 2008

• #2

No particular guess, but perhaps you should go to 10.4.11 w/Safari3 and get the Security Update?

 

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MaddMacs

macrumors 6502

Original poster

• Feb 20, 2008

• #3

Amdahl said:

No particular guess, but perhaps you should go to 10.4.11 w/Safari3 and get the Security Update?

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I thought about an update, but the updater says it cannot find the server. I probably could get it from apple.com throught firefox though. It used to work fine when I set it up for my friend, but now it is FUBAR.!??

 

Eidorian

macrumors Penryn

• Feb 20, 2008

• #4

MaddMacs said:

I thought about an update, but the updater says it cannot find the server. I probably could get it from apple.com throught firefox though. It used to work fine when I set it up for my friend, but now it is FUBAR.!??

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FireFox using network settings independent of OS X and Safari.

This isn't the first time someone has had a similar issue on MacRumors but I can't find a solution.