On 10/18/2012 11:35 PM, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA wrote: > On 18/10/12 10:24, Ed Greshko wrote: >> Did you try.... >> >> telnet newegg.com 80 >> > telnet newegg.com 80 paralyzes the terminal, just sits there: > > bobg@box9 ~]$ telnet newegg.com 80 > Trying 208.91.197.27... > Connected to newegg.com. > Escape character is '^]'. > ^C^[\ This is *correct* behavior. It shows you can connect to port 80 (http) of newegg. You should simply do CTRL-] to "un-paralyse" your terminal. > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ telnet newegg.com > Trying 208.91.197.27... > telnet: connect to address 208.91.197.27: Connection timed out That too is normal...since you would not expect them to accept telnet service connects on the default port of 23. > > > > [bobg@box9 ~]$ wget http://secure.newegg.com/test.aspx > --2012-10-18 10:53:18-- http://secure.newegg.com/test.aspx > Resolving secure.newegg.com... 208.91.197.27 > Connecting to secure.newegg.com|208.91.197.27|:80... connected. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK OK.... Now this I find "interesting" .... On your system secure.newegg.com seems to resolve to 208.91.197.27 while on my system it resolves to 204.14.213.188. and.... [egreshko@meimei ~]$ host 208.91.197.27 ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached what is your resolv.conf set to? -- Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning. -- Rick Cook, The Wizardry Compiled -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
