[plug] Firefox/Thunderbird problem with Mandriva 2006 still unresolved

[David Dartnall]

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:17 pm, Russell Steicke wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 01:04:49PM +0800, David Dartnall wrote:
> ...
>
> > [root at localhost ~]# tethereal -n -i eth0
> > Capturing on eth0
> >   0.000000 192.168.1.100 -> 192.168.1.1  DNS Standard query AAAA
> > www.mozilla.org 0.042450  192.168.1.1 -> 192.168.1.100 DNS Standard query
> > response 0.042914 192.168.1.100 -> 192.168.1.1  DNS Standard query AAAA
> > www.mozilla.org 0.046012  192.168.1.1 -> 192.168.1.100 DNS Standard query
> > response[Malformed Packet] 0.046349 192.168.1.100 -> 192.168.1.1  DNS
> > Standard query A www.mozilla.org 0.048360  192.168.1.1 -> 192.168.1.100
> > DNS Standard query response A 1.0.0.0
>
> This is a problem.  Why is your DNS cache (presumably it's on your
> ADSL router) returning 1.0.0.0 as the address of www.mozilla.org?  It
> should be returning 207.126.111.226.
>
> Why does Daniel (sitting behind me) keep saying "that's weird"?  He's
> right, of course.
>
> >   0.051829 192.168.1.100 -> 1.0.0.0      TCP 43112 > 80 [SYN] Seq=0 Ack=0
> > Win=5840 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=162532256 TSER=0 WS=2
>
> There's firefox dutifully trying to connect to 1.0.0.0, and not
> getting anywhere.
>
> >   3.051157 192.168.1.100 -> 1.0.0.0      TCP 43112 > 80 [SYN] Seq=0 Ack=0
> > Win=23360 Len=0 MSS=1460 TSV=162535256 TSER=0 WS=2
>
> And again.
>
> Could you try the same thing using konqueror instead of firefox?  I
> know you've said that konqueror works, but it might be useful to
> compare the two.
>
> Or alternatively, capture the traffic when you type
>
>   ping www.mozilla.org

Gee that was a darn sight quicker than my effort. Thanks.
Just been called for lunch - will try both after and advise.