Ubuntu and Firefox Browser

[Mike Schwartz]

> I can enter the IP address for google [...]

> [...] But it will not recogzine www.google.com [...]

I may be in way over my head here, but it sure does sound like
a DNS issue.
I mean, if you give it a domain name, it chokes;  if it were able
to translate that in to an IP address, then (it seems) it would've
worked OK.
(right?)
-- 
Mike Schwartz
Glendale  AZ
schwartz at acm.org
Mike.L.Schwartz at gmail.com


On 11/16/06, Clayton Stapleton <clay4291 at inbox.com> wrote:
>
> "Direct connection" is selected.
>
> I can enter the IP address for google and it will open the google search
> page. When I enter a search item it will find it. But it will not recogzine
> www.google.com.
>
> When I enter www.cnn.com I get the message:
>     "The connection timed out"
>     "The server at www.cnn.com is taking too long to respond."
>
> Yes I agree it is Firefox the is the problem!
>
> Thanks,
> Clay
>
> > ifconfig and resolv.conf look ok (from recent post).
> >
> > Since you're able to ping google, it appears that your network is
> > functioning properly, and your problem is with Firefox alone.
> >
> > When you cannot access cnn.com, for instance, what does it show/tell
> you?
> >
> > In your preferences, General, Connection Settings, is Direct connection
> > selected?
>
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