very strange connection problem on FC5 installation

[Anil Kumar Sharma]

On 4/2/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 08:19 -0700, Globe Trotter wrote:
> > Dear list,
> >
> > I have been using Redhat9 and Fedora Core1-4, with help from members on
> this
> > list. Two days ago, I installed Fedora Core 5 and everything came up
> smoothly.
> > Though the booting and shutting down is very slow. However, I have a
> serious
> > problem, which I can not figure out at all.
> >
> > I can not access most sites on the web, using firefox or wget. These
> sites
> > include mail.yahoo.com, and most importantly www.google.com,
> > www.fedora.redhat.com. Mauriat Miranda's installation notes, among the
> ones I
> > tried. stanton-finley.net is however accessible, but not all the sites
> he
> > mentioned. Can someone please tell me what is going on? Where to look?
> >
> > I am using a Dell Latitude C840, with 512MB RAM. I am on an ADSL modem
> (Qwest
> > Actiontec GT701-WG) which may be the problem, but am indeed very
> confused,
> > because things "worked fine" two days ago. The modem theoretically
> supports
> > linux, and my ISP does, I know that. Though they are not very learned,
> given
> > that they probably field very few commands from Linux customers.
> >
> > Anyway, I have SELinux enabled to enforcing, and my router firewall
> switched
> > off. I have had this setup for a while.
> >
> > I don't know what other information to provide, or where to look. Can
> someone
> > please help?
> >
> > (By the way, I am typing this e-mail on my old nemesis, Windoze XP, in
> case you
> > were wondering....)
> >
> > Many thanks and best wishes,
> > Trotter
> ----
> SELinux issues will show up in /var/log/messages and in dmesg
>
> I would suggest that you try turning ipv6 off first...
>
> add the following to the bottom of /etc/modprobe.conf and reboot to see
> if it helps:
> alias net-pf-10 off
>
>
CG, Thanks a lot,
It works, and works.
Now please tell what it means or where to read further on this.


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Anil Kumar Shrama
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