Internet troubles

[chadders]

First and foremost, I switched to Debian today so yay for me , been using ubuntu the last few days and decided to switch.

Now for the main problem. I have Internet that's for sure otherwise I wouldn't be on these forums right now, but I can't access several sites. These include, www.ubuntu.com, www.debian.org (a major problem particularly with relation to updates and apt), and several other sites including my university site (which could be necessary). Sites I can access include www.google.com, www.linuxforums.org and www.mozilla.com. So basically I can access some sites but not others. I faced a similar problem when attempting to upgrade from ubuntu edgy to ubuntu feisty.

Thanks in advance to all who can help .

[samething22]

My etch machine can access these sites fine.

Sounds like DNS problem to me. What is the output of ping if you try to ping, say, www.debian.org?

If it says "unknown host", you might try manually editing your /etc/resolv.conf file. Add this line to the beginning (or end) of the file: "nameserver 65.24.7.3". That is a RoadRunner DNS server, I think.

[chadders]

I have already pinged, the results were as follows:

chadders@debian:~$ ping www.debian.org
PING www.debian.org (194.109.137.218) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from www.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_seq=1 ttl=42 time=358 ms
64 bytes from www.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_seq=2 ttl=42 time=357 ms
64 bytes from www.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_seq=3 ttl=42 time=357 ms
64 bytes from www.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_seq=4 ttl=42 time=359 ms
64 bytes from www.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_seq=5 ttl=42 time=358 ms

--- www.debian.org ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4014ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 357.247/358.393/359.911/1.025 ms
chadders@debian:~$

[chadders]

There is however an occasional loss with www.debian.org

[samething22]

I wonder if this might be an instance of the weird problem I have been having with etch. I've been discussing it here:

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/deb...e-problem.html

However, in my case there are only a few sites from which I can't get a response (and they don't include www.debian.org or www.ubuntu.com). I don't suppose you can access this site, can you:

http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourwe...nt/bigcal.html

No one running etch seems to be able to access this, though people running different OSs can access it just fine.

[chadders]

I did vote in your thread about that. On Windows and in Ubuntu Linux I could access http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourwe...nt/bigcal.html. From Debain Etch I couldn't.

[chadders]

I did vote in your thread about that. On Windows and in Ubuntu Linux I could access http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourwe...nt/bigcal.html. From Debain Etch I couldn't.

The thing is Ubuntu Linux (Etch) can access the sites but Debian Linux can't. Ubuntu is Debian based.

Edit: Although Ubuntu Feisty presented me with the same problem.

[samething22]

The thing is Ubuntu Linux (Etch) can access the sites but Debian Linux can't. Ubuntu is Debian based.

Edit: Although Ubuntu Feisty presented me with the same problem.

Yeah, I haven't had the problem with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. However, I have not always had the problem with etch either. I think this started some time in February. Maybe it was something in a recent update (and maybe a similar update to Ubuntu Feisty). I should burn a feisty live CD and try it.

[samething22]

Yeah, I haven't had the problem with Ubuntu 6.06 LTS. However, I have not always had the problem with etch either. I think this started some time in February. Maybe it was something in a recent update (and maybe a similar update to Ubuntu Feisty). I should burn a feisty live CD and try it.

Yep, I just confirmed that the problem exists in Ubuntu 'feisty fawn' as well.

[tuxv]

Yeah dude same thing for me too, Ifilled the bug report.

Do you think they'll fix that problem soon becoz I was going to switch to Kubuntu (If the Debian guys fix the problem I won't switch to Kubuntu)