[Techtalk] Can't get to http://linuxchix.org

[Elwing]

> 
>> Have you checked to see if it may be DNS on your machine?  Maybe a 
>> different configuration or something similar.  Other comments inline.
> 
> 
> What exactly should I be looking at?  DNS seems to be OK when I use
> the hostname "linuxchix.org" with traceroute, telnet and other
> commands.

Seems like DNS is "OK" then, since you're resolving it correctly.


>>>
>>
>> what happens if you use telnet or netcat and make the HTTP connection 
>> "raw" - it might help pinpoint why you can't connect
> 
> 
> Sorry, I don't know how to do this.  I would need more information.
> 

Use telnet linuxchix.org 80
and nothing will seem to happen :)
as soon as you get the telnet "connected" message, type
GET / HTTP/1.0

<you need to hit enter twice>

That makes a super simple raw HTTP request to the server.  You should 
get back a bunch of text.  Either scroll up to see a line that looks like:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
or use shell redirection:
-bash-2.05b$ telnet linuxchix.org 80 > output
and look at the output file (don't forget to still type in the GET request!)


A session from my machine (freeBSD) looks like:
-bash-2.05b$ telnet linuxchix.org 80
Trying 203.7.155.11...
Connected to linuxchix.org.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.0          <------  Type this line followed by 2 enters

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:37:23 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.31 (Debian GNU/Linux)
Cache-Control: max-age=3600
Expires: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 16:37:23 GMT
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

Connection closed by foreign host.


I didn't include a lot of other options you could give it to trigger a 
response, but you should see a HTTP 200 message - if so, you've made a 
connection to the web server, and your "network" is OK, so it's time to 
look elsewhere for problems, but I can't think for the life of me what 
it could be.