On Aug 9, 2012 5:42 PM, "Manokaran K" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Manokaran K <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Am having a strange problem on Ubuntu 12.04 (also on 11.04 earlier). I > > have setup the network properly and am able to ping any website ( > > google.com, yahoo.com...) but not able to access the web pages via the > > browser nor wget. Wget says: 'HTTP request sent, awaiting response....'. > > This happens only in Wifi. If I try through a wired connection it all works > > without problems. Even while Ubuntu cannot connect via Wifi my mac works on > > wifi without problems! > > > > > > > Actually another Ubuntu laptop works just fine. The problem is only with an > Acer Aspire 4736Z! > > Puzzled!
You sure haven't set any http proxy on the first system? Check output of $ echo $http_proxy _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
