On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:25:11PM -0600, Waqar Malik wrote: > Forgot to add that I'm using using `unstable' repos. > > Another observation: > Using ping adding an http:// in front of the address produces an "unknown > host" > <SNIP> > > wam:/home/waqar# ping -c 3 http://www.google.com > ping: unknown host http://www.google.com > Ummm, this is not appropriate for debian-devel. Please take this to debian-user. As far as ping, seeing as the first line of its man page says "ping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts", it is no wonder that it can't cope with http. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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