I'm in Australia now. Moved from New Zealand last month. Where about are you in New Zealand? Yes, unfortunately I'm using a D-Link MODEM. ;-( I've added the two addresses to etc/resolv.conf as suggested by Chris. See (http://www.opendns.com/). Working like a dream now!! (Thanks again Chris). Thanks for your help Shams. Cheers John. On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 21:53 +1300, Shams wrote: > Are you in NZ or AU? > > cat /etc/resolve.conf > > should reveal the isps IP's if you want to make sure Fedora is using those. > > Thanks > Shams > > -- > > "John Bradley" <bradleyjaj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > news:1174034417.2883.15.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > >> news:1173966953.2532.15.camel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > >> >> news:op.to6kxcmm8b0yr5@xxxxxxxx > >> >> > 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. > >> >> > > >> >> > -- > >> >> > fedora-list mailing list > >> >> > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> >> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > -- > >> > fedora-list mailing list > >> > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >> > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
