[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Fwd: ADSL problem

[Tristan Wibberley]

On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 19:21 +0000, Dave Briggs wrote:
> On 12/27/06, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> 
> > If this all works, I suggest it's a browser problem.
> 
> Sadly, it didn't:
> 
> dave at dave-desktop:~$ wget http://slashdot.org
> --19:13:44--  http://slashdot.org/
>            => `index.html'
> Resolving slashdot.org... 1.0.0.0
> Connecting to slashdot.org|1.0.0.0|:80...
> 
> [endlessly]
> 
> Gah! Any more ideas?

You previously showed that your resolv.conf had your modem as the first
nameserver with your ISPs DNS servers as second and third. Could you try
moving the modem's IP to after the ISPs nameservers in your resolv.conf
then restarting your web browser.

-- 
Tristan

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