On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:58 AM, Ravi Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am facing strange Internet experience on my Ubuntu system. I have a
> system with Dual Booting, Linux/Ubuntu and Windows XP. Airtel Broadband
> connection is with Beetel Modem interface to ethernet (not usb).
> Now,
> I can open Google.com, can search. I can open Gmail, read/send mails.
> i can open citibank india page.
> I can ping any site, and the Ip is resolved quickly (ping shws the IP
> Address and also pings ).
> I can open a site (cannt disclose the adderss, my companies internal site),
> using IP address (no name regsited for that server).
>
> BUT,
> I cannot open any other site. I can search but when i click the link in
> search result page, it just says,. "Waiting for site_name" and then nothing
> happens for long. I telnet to yahoo.com port 80, issued GET /index.html
> but nothing happened, just "Remote host closed the connection"
>
> For all sites, it says "Waiting " and then nothing happens. This is really
> strange.In google translate, I opened youtube.com and that opened, but not
> the images or links which has direct requested to original server. Talked to
> airtel guys, but let me tell you, they are the dumbest technicians in the
> world (at least at customer care center). I have bad experince with them.
> Let me share that to you people:
> Once I called Airtel Broadband Customer care, and asked, wht is the Gateway
> address for modem to airtel network, and they said 192.168.1.1 I explianed
> the fact to them tat this is modem, which is gateway foir my computer. The
> guy thought for sometime and trhen said, 192.168.1.1
> I shouted and he ran to call senior officers, said he knows the address and
> can tell you. The senior person came and I
> had to brief everything again, and at last he said, "Sir please write down,
> the gateway address is 192.168.1.1, and that is used for everything, from
> computer to modem, from modem to airtel, wven we here use the same"
>
> Enjoy
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> Is it working fine with WindowsXP. I have same connection with same modem.
But working very fine here.

Mallikarjun
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