On 09/19/2014 01:24 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 09/19/14 19:20, Steve Searle wrote:
> Around 12:13pm on Friday, September 19, 2014 (UK time), A.J. Bonnema wrote:
>
>> Hallo,
>>
>> I have been experiencing a problem with reaching some websites. Example:
>> I can not reach
http://en.wikipedia.org.
> This won't fix it, but might help with the diagnosis.
>
>
en.wikipedia.org resolves to 91.198.174.192
Not everywhere in the world....
[egreshko@meimei ~]$ host
en.wikipedia.org
en.wikipedia.org has address 198.35.26.96
en.wikipedia.org has IPv6 address 2620:0:863:ed1a::1
> Try to ping this:
>
> $ping -c4 91.198.174.192
>
> If this works try to access the page using this ip address, i,e, put
>
http://91.198.174.192 as the address you want to go to into your
> browser.
>
> If this works it shows the problem is with the nameserver you are using.
>
> Cheers
>
> Steve
Ed and Steve: thanks to your input I found the culprit. I was indeed
able to find the site through IPV4 IP address, but not through the name.
So I disabled IPV6 using the command from Ed, and low and behold: there
is it was, case solved.
However, what baffles me is why ipv4 and ipv6 can be active from Windows
and work, while from linux I have to disable ipv6! Both machines work
from the same network / subnet and reach the internet through the same
router (fritz.box) and use the same dns.
One of the supporters of my ISP suggested I clean the dns cache. Would
any of you know how to do this from Fedora? And whether it would help?
Kind regards, Guus.