Re: Wheezy-backports
On Tuesday 21 May 2013 21:17:23 Brian wrote:
> On Tue 21 May 2013 at 14:44:06 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > On 05/21/2013 12:44 PM, Brian wrote:
> > > On Tue 21 May 2013 at 11:32:32 -0400, Wayne Topa wrote:
> > >> This is what I get I get from trying to find ftp.debian.org
> > >>
> > >>> topa@dj:~$ fping http://ftp.debian.org/debian
> > >>> http://ftp.debian.org/debian address not found
> > >>
> > >> For some reason, which I haven't figured out, is why they are not
> > >> found? DNS problem or ipv6 or ???
> > >
> > > I've occasionally done what you did by unjudicious copying and pasting!
> > > You ping a host. 'http://' is not part of its name.
> >
> > Yes the results are confusing.
If you just want to check that everything is working, type
http://ftp.debian.org/debian
into a browser window.
If DNS were faulty, that too would fail, and you will find that it does not.
Lisi
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