Certain websites do not open

[alphageek89]

Certain websites do not open on any browser on my 10.04. I tried http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/# and those sites were up. I rebooted into windows and it opens.

I changed my dns server to open dns then google dns but did not solve the problem.I have a dsl connection with automatic dhcp.

While googling i read about nsswitch.conf and this is what is presently looks like

# /etc/nsswitch.conf
#
# Example configuration of GNU Name Service Switch functionality.
# If you have the `glibc-doc-reference' and `info' packages installed, try:
# `info libc "Name Service Switch"' for information about this file.


passwd:         compat
group:          compat
shadow:         compat


hosts:          files dns
networks:       files


protocols:      db files
services:       db files
ethers:         db files
rpc:            db files
netgroup:       nis~

Also when i try to ping through terminal:

varun@varun:~$ ping http://google.com
ping: unknown host http://google.com
varun@varun:~$

[Iowan]

When you changed nameservers, did you restart? What shows in /etc/resolv.conf?
Also - what happens if you just:

ping google.com

[Leppie]

today i wasn't able to view some pages in firefox, so i installed midori. a very nice browser as well and the pages i couldn't access in firefox opened normally in midori.

[janie70]

that's intersting.....you like it?

[Leppie]

midori actually seems to be quite nice. so far no issues, don't know about security though (this is actually one of the main reasons i normally stick to firefox).

[alphageek89]

When you changed nameservers, did you restart? What shows in /etc/resolv.conf?
Also - what happens if you just:

ping google.com

Yes i did restart.

This is what /etc/resolv.conf looks like-it points to the isp's default nameserver as i had changed it back to it.

# Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 218.248.255.162
nameserver 218.248.255.163

and when i ping google.com it

varun@varun:~$ ping google.com
PING google.com (209.85.231.104) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from maa03s01-in-f104.1e100.net (209.85.231.104): icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=371 ms
64 bytes from maa03s01-in-f104.1e100.net (209.85.231.104): icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=423 ms
64 bytes from maa03s01-in-f104.1e100.net (209.85.231.104): icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=487 ms
64 bytes from maa03s01-in-f104.1e100.net (209.85.231.104): icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=593 ms
64 bytes from maa03s01-in-f104.1e100.net (209.85.231.104): icmp_seq=6 ttl=57 time=505 ms
64 bytes from maa03s01-in-f104.1e100.net (209.85.231.104): icmp_seq=7 ttl=56 time=313 ms

but still certain sites do not open up. For example piratebay.org. I tried chrome too.

[Leppie]

but still certain sites do not open up. For example piratebay.org. I tried chrome too.

piratebay.org loads without any issues in midori... you may want to try it

[alphageek89]

piratebay.org loads without any issues in midori... you may want to try it

i think the problem runs deeper than changing browsers.I tried it none the less but did not work.

[Leppie]

can you ping the piratebay?