Linux Forums unreachable.

[Ray Parrish]

Amedee Van Gasse (ub) wrote:
> On Mon, February 22, 2010 16:38, Xandros Pilosa wrote:
>   
>> Dne 22.02.2010 (pon) ob 05:19 -0800 je Ray Parrish zapisal(a):
>> [snip]
>>     
>>>> 3. Now add an entry for the name into /etc/hosts:
>>>>
>>>>       174.132.123.98   www.linuxforums.org
>>>>
>>>>    You will need to be root to do this.
>>>>
>>>>    Does your browser now find the desired site? If yes, it is
>>>>    *definitely* a DNS problem. Remember to remove the new entry
>>>>    from /etc/hosts before further testing!
>>>>
>>>> How to fix a DNS problem is a bigger question :-)
>>>>
>>>>         
>> [snip]
>>     
>>> And adding the ip address to the hosts file made no difference.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Ray Parrish
>>>
>>>       
>> Hello,
>>
>> it seems to me, it might be firefox issue, in Hardy at least.
>> Here, for example ff ver. 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 take ages to load
>> the page, while Konqueror ver. 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3 has no problem.
>>     
>
> Ray,
>
> You tried the telnet test with the IP address.
> Could you try it again, with the hostname? Try the HTTP 1.1 protocol this
> time, so you need to specify the host.
>
>
> telnet www.linuxforums.org 80
>
> Then when you are connected, type:
>
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: www.linuxforums.org
> And <ENTER> twice.
>   
ray at RaysComputer:~$ telnet www.linuxforums.org 80
Trying 174.132.123.98...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
ray at RaysComputer:~$

The ip address comes back almost immediately, so it's not a DNS problem.

Later, Ray Parrish


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