I have a server running Debian, Apache, MySQL, the usual stuff. Recently after a reboot I started having erratic problems with my network connection. About half the websites I try won't connect, sometimes they will reroute it back to my apache as if I used localhost, but not always. Some sites like google will work sometimes but not at other times with no pattern. Some sites always work. I run a Windows VM with qemu on this server, the VM is not experiencing any of these issues, only the host.

At first I thought it was the DNS, but I use 8.8.8.8, it's always worked great and changing it has no effect. Now I'm suspecting Apache due to the routing it back to myself, but that doesn't seem right either.

If any of you have experienced a similar issue it would be great if you could point me in the right direction as I'm running out of ideas.

Do numeric IPs connect reliably? If they do, it's DNS; If they don't, it could be software or hardware.

just to make sure, are you actually trying to connect to webpages from your server?
so you're using it as some kind of hybrid desktop/server machine?
it may only be my opinion, but i think this is wrong, wrong, wrong.