<div dir="ltr">I sometimes observe something similar, and my feeling it has to do with the DNS of my provider. I try to reach a place and it hangs. Then if I run a terminal program that gets me the ip address, there is no problem. Ditto if I reload the page.<div>
<br></div><div>I think - no proof - that my provider's DNS is too slow to respond, or does not respond at all, and the browser times out after a specified period, leading to this phenomena. If I try again, and I am lucky, it's fine. If there is lower load on the DNS, fine too. So this is more common Fridays (in Costa Rica), and I am not sure if the fault is with the server or the routing to/from it.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Z.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Shachar Shemesh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shachar@shemesh.biz" target="_blank">shachar@shemesh.biz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
<br>
I have a really strange problem. On one of the computers in my
house, parts of the internet keep on disappearing. Sometimes half
the internet is inaccessible, and sometimes it's just a couple of
sites (google is a favorite for this problem).<br>
<br>
This is, most definitely, NOT a router or ISP problem. Other
computers on the same network are working fine. A virtual machine
connecting via a bridge on the same network is working fine (via NAT
it does not). <br>
<br>
Bringing the interface down and back up does not help.<br>
<br>
Existing connections remain connected, without a problem.<br>
<br>
The only thing that restores connectivity is rebooting (!!)<br>
<br>
There is nothing out of the ordinary in the routing table.<br>
<br>
Ideas?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
<br>
Shachar<br>
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