Rich, The ping response simply indicates that the network is up. The server could be running just fine but the site might be down/turned off/whatever.
fh On 06/14/2011 06:27 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Just to satisfy my curiosity, what might cause a web page to not load in > firefox while I can successfully ping the URL? > > The site will probably become available later today, but if it's not > responding to the browser requests I'm surprised it acknowledges the pings. > > Rich > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- frank hunt (L0F) R0B-ZAR1 befuddled linux admin erstwhile photographer hillsboro oregon _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
