On 08/01/06, Aad Rijnberg <Aad.Rijnberg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Friday 06 January 2006 21:49, David Godsey wrote: > > I have been experiencing something very peculiar. I have installed Fedora > > Core 4, and when using FireFox or Mozilla there are several sites that I > > can't visit. For instance, I can go to http://mannfam.com consistently, > > however trying to go to http://google.com it will just sit on "Connecting > > to www.google.com". This must sound like a network problem, and that is > > what I thought at first also, however I can get to any website with > > konqueror with not problems. > > > > So it can't be a problem with my DSL throught Qwest, it really has to be > > how FireFox is working on Fedora. I have tried it with the firewall and > > selinux disabled, just to make sure it wan't a problem there (didn't think > > it would be, but thought I'd check). > > > > Does anybody have some ideas to figure this out? I installed Fedore Core > > 4 from ISO images I downloaded 2 weeks ago. Everything else seems to work > > fine, but not FireFox, and Evolution has problems too. > > > > Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. > > > > > > Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your > > regular duties. > > > > David Godsey > > I have the same problem since I moved from my Speedtouch ST330 USB ADSL modem > to a Etech multi-PC modem connected to my PC via Ethernet. I also don't know > why this happens. In firefox the google search bar does not work, in > Konqueror it does. And in firefox under windows the google toolbar also works > properly. So if anyone has a clue on what causes this problem, please share > it... > > Aad Rijnberg > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Sounds similar to a recent thread. Problem is probably that your router can't handle IPv6 style DNS queries. Have a search for the thread I'm talking about. I think the solution was either turn of IPv6 on your linux box or upgrade your router firmware and hope it works. -- Kind regards, John Francis
