Resending. Hope the formatting is ok!! On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Manokaran K <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Manokaran K <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Actually another Ubuntu laptop works just fine. The problem is only >> with an >> > Acer Aspire 4736Z! >> >> Suspect a DNS problem. Check the following: >> >> 1. /etc/resolv.conf contents (the servers listed here *must* allow >> queries from any network e.g. the servers from opendns and google. >> 2. DHCP server configs. >> >> > I do not think its a DNS issue because ping google.com (or an other > domain name which would not have been resolved and cached earlier) works. > SO the resolving happens ok. > > Another thing I noticed was that a few packets (like 5-10%) were dropped > during a ping. So probably the wifi chipset in the offending m/c is not > happy with this - especially when doing a http get! Though the mac and a > dell on ubuntu are ok with it!! > > I changed the router and now that the dropped packets are gone, the m/c is > working normally. > > thanks, > mano > -- Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. -Sen. Morris Udall _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
