A problem in accessing some sites using UBUNTU

[fadi al-katout]

As I told you earlier I think you should contact you ISP maybe they have
blocked/closed some ports and I know they do!

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Loai Farajallah
<loai.farajallah at gmail.com>wrote:

> I do not use any proxy or firewall.
> This is my personal laptop at home and I am connecting DIRECTLY to the UMAX
> modem.
>
> The strange thing that some times after some hours (without doing anything
> to the system) these sites become available!!!
>
> more details about the problem
>
> http://www.ventanazul.com/webzine/articles/cannot-access-websites-ubuntu-gutsy-gibbon
>
>
>
>
> 2010/1/7 fadi al-katout <cutout33 at gmail.com>
>
> It seems to me as a roxy or maybe firewall issue and not OS issue, I
>> accessed the link you gave using ubuntu 9.04 successfully...
>> may be you need to check this with your network admin / r your SP.
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Loai Farajallah <
>> loai.farajallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Salam,
>>> I have a terrible problem with my ubuntu 9.04 that not allowing me to
>>> access certain websites like www.ixwebhosting.com and others.
>>> I am connecting to the internet using Umniah UMAX, I tried to solve this
>>> problem by several restarts for the connection, the modem and even the
>>> machine but in vain!
>>>
>>> Then *suddenly* these sites become accessible, but next day the problem
>>> is there again.
>>> I am sure there is no problem in the websites since I can access them
>>> using google translate when they are not available to me directly.
>>>
>>> I have known that many ubuntu users faced the problem and I tried to
>>> follow their advices to solve it, I even reinstalled ubuntu again!
>>>
>>>
>>> http://dbaspot.com/forums/unix-os-discussions/156427-re-only-some-websites-will-open-ubuntu.html
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1B6_____enJO348JO348&q=ubuntu+can+not+open+certain+sites&aq=f&oq=&aqi=
>>>
>>> This problem is still there, any clue about the solution?
>>>
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