Strange internet behaviour [resolved]

Kane · 2006-10-08 17:40:39

Hello guys,
Im usually a slackware user and this is my first time using arch, so far i think its great.i love the speed and package system.
However ive got a slight problem with my internet.

I can ping websites (google.com etc) and download packages with pacman.
I can also browse websites using the 'links' web browser.

However, i downloaded firefox, it ran fine etc apart from i couldnt access any sites, so then i tried opera. same problem.
BUT if i access the site first in 'links' then try it in opera it loads up.

Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks
Kane

noriko · 2006-10-08 18:47:56

weird :-o .. i haven't had this myself, but maybe someone else has... in either case maybe an error log would be helpful ...

firefox > ff.log

and post it here if anything is printed to ff.log

Kane · 2006-10-09 08:00:54

nope there isnt anything given from firefox.

i ran tcpdump and got this, but i dont know if it shows anything?

18:53:46.652970 arp who-has mygateway.ar7 tell fxfeeds.mozilla.com
18:53:46.653318 arp reply mygateway.ar7 is-at 00:0f:3d:b4:ba:3b (oui Unknown)
18:53:46.653337 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32772 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  23892+ AAAA? fxfeeds.mozilla.com. (37)
18:53:46.653715 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32773 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  19728+ PTR? 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (42)
18:53:46.658977 IP mygateway.ar7.domain > fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32772:  23892- 1/0/0 (37)
18:53:46.659331 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32774 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  58090+ A? fxfeeds.mozilla.com. (37)
18:53:46.660553 IP mygateway.ar7.domain > fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32773:  19728- 1/0/0 PTR[|domain]
18:53:46.660913 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32775 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  23943+ PTR? 2.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (42)
18:53:46.662268 IP mygateway.ar7.domain > fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32774:  58090- 1/0/0 A fxfeeds.mozilla.com (53)
18:53:46.663425 IP mygateway.ar7.domain > fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32775:  23943- 1/0/0 PTR[|domain]
18:53:51.661415 arp who-has fxfeeds.mozilla.com tell mygateway.ar7
18:53:51.661444 arp reply fxfeeds.mozilla.com is-at 00:26:54:11:2e:99 (oui Unknown)
18:53:55.154123 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32775 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  60619+ AAAA? www.google.com. (32)
18:53:55.176112 IP mygateway.ar7.domain > fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32775:  60619 1/1/0 CNAME www.l.google.com. (100)
18:53:55.178100 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32775 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  38541+ A? www.google.com. (32)
18:53:55.179592 IP mygateway.ar7.domain > fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32775:  38541- 1/0/0 A 1.0.0.0 (48)
18:53:55.194088 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32776 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  25361+ PTR? 0.0.0.1.in-addr.arpa. (38)
18:53:55.211972 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.51173 > 1.0.0.0.www: S 519660099:519660099(0) win 5840 <mss>
18:53:58.214234 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.51173 > 1.0.0.0.www: S 519660099:519660099(0) win 5840 <mss>
18:54:00.194499 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32776 > mygateway.ar7.domain:  25361+ PTR? 0.0.0.1.in-addr.arpa. (38)
18:54:04.214975 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com.51173 > 1.0.0.0.www: S 519660099:519660099(0) win 5840 <mss>
18:54:06.209894 IP mygateway.ar7.domain > fxfeeds.mozilla.com.32776:  25361 ServFail- 0/0/0 (38)
18:54:06.209934 IP fxfeeds.mozilla.com > mygateway.ar7: ICMP fxfeeds.mozilla.com udp port 32776 unreachable, length 74

any ideas?

Sigi · 2006-10-09 15:52:27

Kane wrote:

 ... udp port 32776 unreachable, length 74

hm, udp port unreachable. Are you behind a NAT-Router, using a software firewall/iptables or something?

Kane · 2006-10-09 16:03:11

im behind a router, but my slackware install and windows works fine.
im just using a base install of arch, so i dont think there would be much running?

ralvez · 2006-10-09 16:23:45

The fact that you can browse with links makes me thing that there is nothing wrong witht the firewall nor with your router.
I wonder if you got a corrupted firefox package.
Try downloading the package from mozilla.org and install it . That is the way I have allways done it (firefox and thunderbird are the only two packages I do not use from the repository) and have never had a problem.

Kane · 2006-10-09 16:50:58

i have tried opera too .... so i thought it would be unlikely to have 2 corrupt packages?

my slackware install is 10.1 which uses the 2.4 kernel, i tried installing arch with the 2.4 kernel just to make sure it wasnt 2.6 causing the problem, but with the 2.4 it wouldnt detect my network connections/ports, (onboard nforce2)

also thinking about it, when i tried the xubuntu live cd, that was probably a 2.6 kernel right? and i had the exact same results,i could ping anything i liked, but couldnt use the browser to access it.

so im confused now lol.

anyone got any suggestions of how i could get my network to work using the 2.4 kernel?

cheers
Kane

Eliatamby · 2006-10-11 13:53:59

I'm just taking a stab in the dark but it might be a permissions thing. I felt I might have had this problem before

Can you access sites running firefox as root?

Kane · 2006-10-11 16:29:38

hi
im sure i was running it as root anyway. as it was a fresh install, so i hadnt even added any users yet.

thanks anyway though

detto · 2006-10-11 16:36:55

Kane wrote:

hi
im sure i was running it as root anyway. as it was a fresh install, so i hadnt even added any users yet.

:shock: no comment to system using in root mode, discussed too often here

..have you tried it to run as a user ?

cactus · 2006-10-11 18:36:14

try typing about:config into firefox..
modify network.dns.disableIPv6 to true instead of the default of false. Restart firefox.

See if that helps.

Kane · 2006-10-11 21:16:39

i know it was a bad idea! lol

but thanks cactus ur fix worked im sure i tried that before and didnt have any results tho.

although im logged in as a proper user now so if thats made a difference or not i dont know.

thanks for all ur help though everyone im so happy now lol, i can get round to configuring my new arch system.

even though ive had problems, im already loving it more than slackware, purely because of pacman lol.

thanks again
Kane

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Strange internet behaviour [resolved]

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