Can't load web pages with FF
All,
For some reason I can't load any webpages with FF. I get this error: Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at en-us.www.mozilla.com. I can ping everything and ssh and other protocols work just fine. Here is the output of my /etc/resolv.conf file (Comcast) # Generated by NetworkManager nameserver 68.87.71.230 nameserver 68.87.73.246 Any thoughts as to what's going on? |
Hi,
You say that you can ping everything. How? Via IP or name resolution. Try placing another nameserver into the '/etc/resolv.conf' file. You could add; Code:
nameserver 4.2.2.1 Code:
# whois 68.87.71.230 Look at using OpenDNS as another reliable server; Code:
nameserver 208.67.222.222 ArchLinux_OpenDNS_Wiki has additional information. :hattip: The above link and others can be found at 'Slackware-Links'. More than just SlackwareŽ links! |
I can ping by both domain name and IP
I'm behind a LAN sharing the same DNS configuration and I have no issues with my XP box or my mac, just the ubuntu station. Is this helpful? Here is my new resolv.conf file and I still can access web pages via FF; # Generated by NetworkManager nameserver 68.87.71.230 nameserver 68.87.73.246 nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 208.67.220.220 |
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Try 2 things: 1. If you have another browser like konqueror installed try that, this will tell you it's specific to firefox. 2. Try changing the homepage of FF to something like www.google.com as it's possible you are just having problems connecting to the site mentioned in the error. |
Sorry, I CAN"T access sites via FF. Thanks for pointing that out.
I don't have another browser installed (nor can I get to one to download ;-) and I've tried reaching multiple sites (google, yahoo) and none of them load. |
What distribution are you using?
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So I take some info back... some sites I CAN ping and some I CANNOT. Here is an example:
root@chach:/etc# ping google.com PING google.com (64.233.169.106) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from yo-in-f106.1e100.net (64.233.169.106): icmp_seq=1 ttl=243 time=25.1 ms 64 bytes from yo-in-f106.1e100.net (64.233.169.106): icmp_seq=2 ttl=243 time=22.7 ms 64 bytes from yo-in-f106.1e100.net (64.233.169.106): icmp_seq=3 ttl=243 time=23.7 ms ^C --- google.com ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.718/23.859/25.148/1.005 ms root@chach:/etc# ping boston.com PING boston.com (66.151.183.41) 56(84) bytes of data. ^C --- boston.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4032ms |
boston.com isn't pingable right now, whatever it is. I can't ping it either.
What distro? |
Ubuntu 9.04
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Have you checked the connection settings in firefox?
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Was FF working previously or was this a new install? If it was working previously have you updated recently? With Ubuntu re-installing FF is easy enough with synaptic which also goes for isntalling another browser. |
When you ping sites. avoid pinging domain names without subdomen. Best is to try pinging www.domain-name (like www.boston.com).
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It appears that it was some issue with my firewall (firestarter). I stopped that service and web pages were accessible. So sorry to take up your time and thank you for your help.
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Hi,
Glad to hear you got things going. As the 'OP' you can mark the thread as [Solved] via the thread tools. :hattip: |
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