Unless microsoft.com uses something other than port 80,firewall shouldn't be a problem.
On 8/5/08, Sameep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I posted this a while ago, I am facing a strange problem for the last 15 >> days. I >> can not browse the Internet though Linux, where as it works well if I do >> it >> through the 'now' discarded Windows XP. The problem is sometime Linux does >> >> connect me to the Internet. At the same time I can use Pidgin etc and >> other >> Bittorent clients to download distros, but cant browse the Internet.. >> Another >> amazing thing is, while I cannt open any other site, Microsoft.com opens >> in a >> second...so what could be the issue? > > > Have you checked your firewall configuration ? Maybe that is blocking it. > > > Regards, > > Sameep > > > > > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- Regards, Easwar Registered Linux user #442065 -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
