Unable to access certain Web sites... FOLLOW UP....

[John Bradley]

Thanks Shams.  

My ISP "stated" that a secondary DNS Server is not necessary and that I
should just use the one as a primary.  They must be confident that the
one they have is doing a really great job!!   ;-)

I changed the router setting from AUTO to use USER specified lookup when
I added the NZ DNS Server.

Will try disabling IPv6 in Firefox as suggested.

Thanks again.

Cheers
John.

On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 15:34 +1300, Shams wrote:
> No, add your ISP's primary and secondary DNS servers ie. Don't
> let your router to an "automatic" lookup BUT  you should provide
> the dns servers ips manually in the routers config. I am sure a good
> router will allow you to do this via it http interface. But a good router
> will also not have a buggy dns server ;-).
> 
> The other thing you can try is disabling IPv6 in FireFox. If it allows you
> you to access/browse more sites, then it is definately a problem with
> your routers DNS server...
> http://en.opensuse.org/Disable_IPv6_for_Firefox
> 
> What router are you using, D-Link ones are know to be buggy in NZ?
> 
> Thanks
> Shams
> 
> -- 
> 
> "John Bradley" <bradleyjaj at iinet.net.au> wrote in message 
> news:1173966953.2532.15.camel at localhost.localdomain...
> > Thanks Mate!  That's helped quite a bit.  I added one of New Zealand's
> > DNS Server to the MODEM / Router's config and have managed to access a
> > lot more websites.  Still not able to access every site I try though.
> > In most cases, if not all, entering the IP address rather than the URL,
> > works.
> >
> > My Son uses XP on the same Router and doesn't have the same problem but
> > does have timeouts occasionally.  Seems as if the ISP here has a DSN
> > Server that needs a bit of TLC.    ;-)
> >
> > Thanks to everyone who made suggestions, I tried everything and have
> > learnt a fair bit along the way.
> >
> > Cheers
> > John.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 18:06 +1300, Shams wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I had the same problem in Fedora 6. I figured out finally that it was
> >> something to do with my routers built-in buggy DNS server and IPv6.
> >>
> >> For this same router in AU there was a upgradable firmware but not
> >> for NZ without voiding the warranty.
> >>
> >> So I solved it by going into the routers config and changed the DNS
> >> servers from my routers default to my ISP's, everything now seems
> >> to work fine.
> >>
> >> You can try something similar and see if it works.
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >> Shams
> >>
> >> -- 
> >>
> >> "John Bradley" <bradleyjaj at iinet.net.au> wrote in message
> >> news:op.to6kxcmm8b0yr5 at talon...
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Hope someone can help me.
> >> >
> >> > I've recently moved from New Zealand to Australia and have obviously
> >> > changed ISPs.
> >> >
> >> > I'm unable to connect to certain websites, yet have no problem 
> >> > connecting
> >> > to others.  The firewall settings appear to be OK on the ADSL MODEM as
> >> > well as on my PC.  The support guy I spoke to at the ISP has no LINUX
> >> > experience.
> >> >
> >> > I've also tried different browsers, no luck.
> >> >
> >> > Suggestions / Help would be appreciated please!
> >> >
> >> > Cheers
> >> > John.
> >> >
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