Jeff Dilcher wrote:
>
> I can't think of any reason why you can ping foo.com but can't http
> to foo.com, but can http to the I.P. address of foo.com.
>
> Is foo.com an internal domain?
Yes. Actually to be more accurate it would be something like:
foo.bar.att.com
Where foo and bar are something else.
I've got auto proxies set up, but the proxies should not be used for an
internal site. I changed it to 'direct to the internet' and I still
can't get to the thing.
> Is your linux machine identified as being a host on this domain in your network
> setup? Check linuxconf...
Here's where my ignorance comes into play. My full machine name is
lhotse.ims.att.com and that is what is shown in linuxconf.
>
> Perhaps there is a chance that a DNS is thinking that foo.com does
> not exist within your network, and is trying, unsuccessfully, to find
> it on the internet? I am grasping here, but I saw that in Atlanta
> public school's NT system, so it is possible. It would seem, however,
> that that would impact "ping" as well..
I don't think so, because if I turn off the proxies, there's no
difference. This is just too wierd. I appreciate all the dialog on
this. When I figure it out, I'll share the secret.
>
> Anyone?
>
> > Jeff Dilcher wrote:
> > >
> > > you may not be able to successfully resolve the name of the web server.
> > > Try substituting in the ip of the server , ie:
> > >
> > > http://192.168.1.5/directoryofinterest
> >
> > Okay, I did this and it works. So, a little bit of ignorance here,
> > prompts the question:
> >
> > Why is it I can ping foo.com, but I can't connect to http://foo.com ??
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