[ILUG-BOM] Need Help: Sify Vs Linux

[Easwar Hariharan]

Unless microsoft.com uses something other than port 80,firewall
shouldn't be a problem.

On 8/5/08, Sameep <sameepk at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> I posted this a while ago, I am facing a strange problem for the last 15
>> days. I
>> can not browse the Internet though Linux, where as it works well if I do
>> it
>> through the 'now' discarded Windows XP. The problem is sometime Linux does
>>
>> connect me to the Internet. At the same time I can use Pidgin etc and
>> other
>> Bittorent clients to download distros, but cant browse the Internet..
>> Another
>> amazing thing is, while I cannt open any other site, Microsoft.com opens
>> in a
>> second...so what could be the issue?
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> Have you checked your firewall configuration ? Maybe that is blocking it.
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> Regards,
>
> Sameep
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Regards,
Easwar
Registered Linux user #442065