Re: Mozilla resolving host problem

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

David Shultz wrote:
> On 12/2/06, Ralph Katz wrote:
>
> > Yes, I have the same symptoms on sarge with firefox 1.5.0.8 (from
> > mozilla tarball) and network.dns.disableIPv6 true.  While firefox is
> > resolving the address, I can bring up a terminal, $ host 'url' and get
> > an ip address long before firefox gets it.  The problem is very
> > intermittent and usually not a problem.  Restarting firefox seems to
> > help.  (Rarely, I plug the ip directly into firefox.)
>
>
>
> Thanks for your reply. Do you know what is causing
> this problem? Because in my case restarting firefox
> or mozilla doesn't fix it.
>
> --David

Do you have the machine's LAN card in DHCP configuration or does it have 
a static address?

Is the machine connected to a router or to a modem?

I had noticed a similar problem at my parents home, running Ubuntu and 
Firefox, and IIRC giving the Ubuntu machine a fixed address seemed to 
have solved the problem.

->HS