On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:06 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > You can check this by telnetting to google.com >> ... >> > >> I tried your suggestion, and this is the output I got: >> >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# telnet google.com 80 >> Trying 64.233.167.99... >> Connected to google.com. >> Escape character is '^]'. >> /GET >> >> >> <html><head> >> < >> ..... >> >> >> > Have you tried this when you are not able to browse? If this is successful > when you are blacked out from internet, then your service provider is not > blocking your http and most probably your browser is at fault (because you > are able to access port 80 from a different application). If your telnet on > port 80 is also blocked, then there is some problem with your modem or > service provider. In my opinion, service provider will never block any > traffic simply because the OS is Linux, so the second possibility is very > rare.(I am assuming that "ping www.google.com" is successful when you are > blacked out) > > By the way you should have tried "GET /" and not "/ GET", though it doesn't make any difference in this trouble shooting. -- Imagination is more important than knowledge... _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
