some sites won't load in firefox [solved]

[arctic]

That's weird... I will do some research on that one. Maybe I can find an answer to this rather unusual behavior.

[ofri]

i just made another test:

i have access to at least 1 FTP site, from within firefox.

i tried the same site using scp from konsole and no go...

is this because i disabled ipv6 in FF? or maybe it says my problem in not what we think it is?

 

i am posting my /etc/modprobe.conf file, maybe you can spot something in here

alias eth0 ipw3945
alias sound-slot-0 snd-hda-intel
remove snd-hda-intel /sbin/modprobe -r snd-pcm-oss; /sbin/modprobe --first-time -r --ignore-remove snd-hda-intel
install snd-hda-intel /sbin/modprobe --first-time --ignore-install snd-hda-intel && { /sbin/modprobe snd-pcm-oss; /bin/true; }
alias eth1 e100
install scsi_hostadapter /sbin/modprobe ata_piix; /sbin/modprobe ahci; /sbin/modprobe ide-generic; /bin/true
alias ieee1394-controller ohci1394
install usb-interface /sbin/modprobe uhci-hcd; /sbin/modprobe ehci-hcd; /bin/true
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

note that eth0 is my wireless, which i am NOT using right now. i am working with eth1.

 

[arctic]

Well, I haven't found anything on google that is similar to your problem. I suggest that you

1. check if you can access more ftp-servers from within firefox

2. check if you can ping the same ftp-servers from the command line

3. check this with a disabled firewall and once with enabled firewall

 

and please post the contents of your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfgeth0 and ifcfgeth1 files.

 

Your modprobe.conf looks pretty good to me.

[yossarian]

Your modprobe.conf looks pretty good to me.

 

I love it when you talk dirty. :D

[ofri]

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes

 

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
IPADDR=10.0.0.4
NETMASK=255.0.0.0
NETWORK=10.0.0.0
BROADCAST=10.255.255.255
ONBOOT=yes
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
USERCTL=yes
RESOLV_MODS=no
IPV6INIT=no
IPV6TO4INIT=no
DHCP_CLIENT=dhclient
DHCP_HOSTNAME=OFRI-LINUX
NEEDHOSTNAME=no
PEERDNS=yes
PEERYP=yes
PEERNTPD=no

 

 

i can access ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/Mir...ia/main/release from FF, but when i tried from konsole, i got this:

# lftp ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/Mirrors/ftp.mandrake.com/Mandrakelinux/official/2007.1/i586/media/main/release
cd `...release' [Connecting...]

[... long pause]

 

same here:

ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/mandrake/offi...a/main/release/ works in FF

lftp ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2007.1/i586/media/main/release
cd `ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrakelinux/official/2007.1/i586/media/main/release' [Connecting...]

[...long pause]

 

and just to make it complete voodoo:

ftp://ftp.il.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD works fine in FF, and also works from konsole:

# lftp ftp://ftp.il.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
cd ok, cwd=/pub/FreeBSD
lftp ftp.il.freebsd.org:/pub/FreeBSD> ls
drwxrwxr-x	6 1001	 1001		  512 Apr 05  2005 CERT
lrwxrwxrwx	1 1001	 1001		   15 Mar 23 17:52 CTM -> development/CTM
lrwxrwxrwx	1 1001	 1001		   17 Mar 23 17:52 CVSup -> development/CVSup
drwxrwxr-x	4 1001	 1001		  512 Jun 25  2004 ERRATA
lrwxrwxrwx	1 1001	 1001		   17 Mar 23 17:52 FreeBSD-current -> branches/-current
...

 

 

now about pinging them, it failed for all of them (even the one that i managed to ftp to) but i think i am doing something wrong here. can you check me here:

# ping www.cnn.com
PING www.cnn.com (64.236.91.23) 56(84) bytes of data.
From cisco101 (132.64.32.253) icmp_seq=6 Packet filtered

--- www.cnn.com ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 0 received, +1 errors, 100% packet loss, time 6017ms

[arctic]

Hmm... I wonder if you perhaps changed some settings in your router (accidently?). The only thing I can imagine that is not configured well is the MTU and MRU settings. If those are not configured correctly, some sites won't be accessible. As long as you have default (=factory) settings, it should however work.

[ofri]

i don't think this is it, because my winXP machine that is on the same lan has no network problems. but i will check those values when i'm back home...

[scoonma]

Despite of the more or less constant effect of some mirrors somtimes stalling with ftp... - what about using rsync mirrors? I prefer rsync now anyway. One positive effect is that already downloaded data must not be reloaded again if it is correct and up to date.

[scoonma]

Not every host answers ping nowadays. This is what I get with cnn:

 

PING www.cnn.com (64.236.91.22) 56(84) bytes of data.

--- www.cnn.com ping statistics ---
16 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 14999ms

 

The website however is working. For testing with ping I stick to sites known to answer (www.yahoo.com, www.google.com, ...)

[ofri]

well, guys, really thanks for the help, but i solved the problem. or actually more kinda found a way around it: i installed Ubunto 7.04...

(this solved my network problems, but not my sound problems, but this is a matter for another post :) )