Hi Daniel,
When your firefox is hanging: > > Can you ping a host? eg: www.latrobe.edu.au? > ping google.com PING google.com (74.125.237.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from syd01s04-in-f1.1e100.net (74.125.237.1): icmp_req=1 ttl=51 time=15.4 ms 64 bytes from syd01s04-in-f1.1e100.net (74.125.237.1): icmp_req=2 ttl=51 time=13.9 ms 64 bytes from syd01s04-in-f1.1e100.net (74.125.237.1): icmp_req=3 ttl=51 time=14.0 ms Can you ping the gateway? route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 0.0.0.0 131.172.182.250 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 131.172.182.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0 ping 131.172.182.250 PING 131.172.182.250 (131.172.182.250) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 131.172.182.250: icmp_req=1 ttl=255 time=0.362 ms 64 bytes from 131.172.182.250: icmp_req=2 ttl=255 time=0.353 ms 64 bytes from 131.172.182.250: icmp_req=3 ttl=255 time=0.357 ms 64 bytes from 131.172.182.250: icmp_req=4 ttl=255 time=0.360 ms Can you ping your network interface (eth0) ping localhost PING localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=0.021 ms 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=0.017 ms 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.020 ms 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.028 ms 64 bytes from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1): icmp_req=6 ttl=64 time=0.022 ms Can you work out how far out you can go? with ping it appears I can go world wide. It is all very odd. Regards Stripes On 09/01/13 16:02, stripes theotoky wrote: > Hi, > > I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Optiplex 780. It used to work fine > network connectivity no problems with previous versions of Ubuntu but now > accessing the web is almost impossible in the last hour I have had to drop > and reestablish the connection to the network about 15 times. In fact just > about every time I click on a link Firefox just sits there churning away > trying to connect and getting nowhere for as long as I care to leave it > trying. > > I have a wired connection via a University LAN. If I disconnect then > reconnect then reload the page it is there almost instantly. > > It doesn't appear to be a Firefox problem as I get similar with aptitude > from the comment line and Chromium. > > It doesn't seem to be a network problem as other computers plugged into > the network connect and remain stable. > > The only weirdness that seems to be from the network is the proxies > sometimes it ONLY works with auto detect sometimes it only works with > manual and this can vary several times throughout the day. > > My best guess is something screwy in Ubuntu or a network cable going bad. > I have a new cable on order to eliminate that any ideas what else it could > be? > > Stripes. > > > _______________________________________________ > luv-main mailing > [email protected]http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-main > > >
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