#5997 NORM Never A: Browse fails to access wired interface

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#5997: Browse fails to access wired interface
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 Reporter:  mikus            |       Owner:  erikos                           
     Type:  defect           |      Status:  new                              
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Never Assigned                   
Component:  browse-activity  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
 Keywords:  wired Browse     |    Verified:  0                                
 Blocking:                   |   Blockedby:                                   
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 'http://209.85.133.18/' results in Page Load Error - Address Not Found.
 __No__ packets are sent to my ethernet.  'http://an-in-f18.google.com/'
 has the same error.  Again, no packets are sent to my ethernet, not even
 to the DNS server.

 I don't have wireless for my G1G1, but use an USB-ethernet adapter
 connected to my local LAN.  [The LAN is connected to the internet through
 a proxy (which I have specified to the system, and to the browsers).] The
 last time Browse worked for me was back when I had a stable build.  At
 that time I was stopping the Network Manager, and using 'ifconfig' to
 manually set the XO's IP address.  Now I let Network Manager be assigned
 the IP address from a DHCP server on the ethernet, and am using 'Update.1'
 builds (681).

 I've tried everything I can think of, including telling Browse to not use
 IPv6.  Seems to me Browse has decided it does not have a working
 interface, so it *immediately* says "not found", without actually trying
 to use the available wired connection.  Opera has NO PROBLEM  accessing
 internet websites through my wired connection.  Neither does wget.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5997>
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