On 02/15/2011 03:53 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:55 AM, <edwa...@linuxmail.org> wrote: >> This happens with both Linux and Windows, so it cannot be system >> software if two operating systems are involved. > To be fair, both systems could have something wrong with them. Given > that the more straightforward causes are being eliminated more > atypical reason have to be > considered. Trying a recent Linux LiveCD of some sort to check on > this possibility is one option. > > Some more ideas: > > 1. Maybe pings work because they are small packets. Maybe something > is flaky in handling full size packets. Try specifying packet sizes > to ping (ping -s). > 2. Check stats on your network card with "ifconfig" to look for > errored or dropped packets. If your home router has a status page > with similar info check that as well. Ping uses a different IP protocol, ICMP. HTTP uses TCP which requires a bit more overhead to establish the connection. You can also detect the name lookup with ping if you have lookup issues. Yesterday I was researching an issue with a virtual machine, and it ended up as a typo in the DNS. A simple ping was the clue.
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