[clue-tech] intermittent connection problems

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Jason S. Friedman <jason at powerpull.net> wrote:
> A few weeks back I could not connect to certain websites, like microsoft.com
> and frii.com, or receive email from certain hosts (I run the Postfix SMTP
> server), like comcast.net.  I called Qwest, became upset, the problem went
> away, there were no explanations.
>
> I run Ubuntu 9.04 on x64-64.
>
> Yesterday the problems returned.  This time, I connected my old Windows XP
> machine to the modem and, voila, I was able to connect to microsoft.com and
> frii.com via my browser.
>
> Any ideas of what could cause this behavior?

I may not have an answer, but I've frequently encountered this type of
problem on comcast. Comcast has (or used to have) very unreliable DNS
servers. I don't know about the situation with Qwest.

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Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.