[Solved] Problems viewing a webpage from a specific domain

linuxn00bie255 · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 58

Hello, I have what seems to me, a really strange problem. With a specific domain I cannot goto it's website, or its' web based mail server on my computer. However if I boot up my laptop and connect it to the same network, it works fine. Additionally the first computer can go to every other domain I can think of, just not one in particular. (it happens to be the one for the college I attend). At any rate, what could be causing this strange problem? I can even resolve the ip address...

turtles · Veteran Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 1698

I tried it and it looks like they have a fancy fire wall on 80.[/code]

linuxn00bie255 · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 58

Ah, thank you. I guess I'll have a chat with the network admin and see what he says...

madisonicus · Veteran Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130

I can't get to that website either with default set up, but it's not a firewall thing. It's due to a faulty router somewhere in between us and that website. The router isn't properly handling window scaling. That's why it fails so strangely.

The technical wherefores and whatnots can be found here. But, the simple solution is to try the following from a terminal:

linuxn00bie255 · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 58

Ah, well thank you, that is very useful information. I won't have a chance to test that fix for a while, but I will save it for when I need it.

Thanks all

MathFreak

I have this really odd problem trying to get to certain websites. I can connect to the site, but then it just sits there saying that it's waiting. It doesn't matter which browser I use. One such website is http://www.moravian.edu. I saw some topics on here about decreasing mtu size, but I dropped it all the way down to 1200 and still no joy. If I boot into Windows or load up Windows in VMWare, everything works wonderfully. The thing is, my network setup is kind of weird. I'm connected to a Linksys wrt54g which is acting as a bridge with openwrt. That, in turn, connects to my landlady's Netgear mr814v2 router. However, I used to be able to connect to Moravian's site until part way through last semester and nothing changed at that time on my end.

Another site that gives me a similar problem is www.accountonline.com. With this site, though, firefox can't even look it up, but the text-based browser links can get to it no problem.
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madisonicus · Veteran Joined: 20 Sep 2006 Posts: 1130

See my post here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-531332.html.

HTH,
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jmbsvicetto · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject:

[mod]Merged above 2 posts here.[/mod]
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MathFreak · Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:30 pm Post subject:

Woah, I didn't even think to search for moravian :oops:

. This did fix it, though.

linuxn00bie255, what's your ISP? I'm on Verizon and it hasn't worked for a while.
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linuxn00bie255 · n00b Joined: 04 Dec 2005 Posts: 58

My ISP is Verison as well. I hadn't noticed this problem until the last break I was on because I didn't used to check my moravian e-mail from home...(this is how I first discovered the problem)