Yes, from some unknown reasons, it trys to connect to Netscape site if
it detects that it should be possible, ( I mean it has a possible route
to their site like a default gateway). If from some reason (firewall,
dead link) it cant it will be idle until time out.
I don't remember right now how to disable this, but if you dig a little
more or maybe some kind soul ....
HTH
Mircea C.
Martin Krzywinski wrote:
>
> I have a network completely restricted by a firewall, except for http
> requests. Netscape refuses to run (hangs immediately) if I have one of my
> machines acting as a primary DNS server for the network.
>
> I know this is a little odd ... to have a primary DNS server which can't
> connect to the outside world. One should just use the hosts file. However,
> I will be getting a dedicated connection soon, and am setting up the
> infrastructure. The DNS also helps out sendmail.
>
> Netscape seems to have problems with the local nameserver... Even if I try
> to access a local html page, the browser still hangs right away. It's not
> agreeing with the dns server, for some reason. Has anyone experienced
> this?
>
> mk
>
>
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