Fixing application networking issues

[Joseph Kubik]

There "should" not be a problem between firefox and the OS.

The set of steps to follow would be:
1. Does firefox load the page?
2. If not, does your computer have an IP address? (ifconfig)
3. Do you have a good route? Can you ping your default router? (look
at the route command and the ping command)
4. Are you using a good DNS server? (look at /etc/resolv.conf)
5. Is your firewall allowing http  through?

If all of those don't help, you might have a busted browser, but I
don't think you will find that to be the case.
-Joseph-
On 1/2/06, Kihara Muriithi <william.muriithi-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>   I have encountered an issue where firefox does not go out and
> download a page after typing the url address. I usually do a couple of
> things:
> *Use ifconfig and see if I can see the network card.
> *Ping loop back and a reliable server out there (bbc)
>  Most time, this show things are alright (On the operating sys level)
>  Now, the only thing I do on the browser is type in IP address. If
> that don't work, I boot (Not a good idea in *nux world, but..)
>  The question is, how can one go about find a problem between an
> application (firefox) and OS? Any trick is appreaciated.
>
> Thank you
> William
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