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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:07:33 +0200
From:      Johannes Totz <jo_t@gmx.net>
To:        Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org>
Cc:        freebsd-www@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: www/115303: Opera browser chokes on http://www.freebsd.org/
Message-ID:  <46C340E5.1010505@gmx.net>
In-Reply-To: <46BA2013.5070707@elvandar.org>
References:  <200708081117.l78BHHBA000905@freefall.freebsd.org>	<46B9D228.4040602@gmx.net> <46B9DCBA.6040305@FreeBSD.org> <46B9F9C5.8010801@mail.ru> <46BA1FE9.5010701@gmx.net> <46BA2013.5070707@elvandar.org>

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Remko Lodder wrote:
> Johannes Totz wrote:
>> Pankov Pavel wrote:
>>> Remko Lodder wrote:
>>> [cut]
>>>>> Problem persists. I still cannot connect to any website at
>>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/ using Opera (9.22 on windows).
>>>>>
>>>>> Firefox works fine, Internet Explorer 6sp2 works fine.
>>> [cut]
>>>> I still dont have any problems with Opera (on my ibook) visiting
>>>> www.FreeBSD.org.. what do others see with Opera?
>>> No problems with Opera 9.22 (build
>>> 8801) on Windows XP.
>> This is a problem with my client machine here. Sorry for the noise.
>>
>> Opera gets stuck at SYN_SENT (as reported by netstat) when trying to
>> connect to www.freebsd.org. So the HTTP request doesn't even make it
>> onto the wire (checked with tcpdump).
>> The funny thing is that this happens only with Opera and only with this
>> site. I have already checked firewalls that I'm aware off...
> 
> could it be synchronous dns? or something? multiple reports [2]
> so far that it works with some opera.. could it be the firewall? a
> virusscanner?

For the record: issue resolved. It was IPv6 related.

After uninstalling all IPv6 components on the Windoze box here I have no
problem accessing www.freebsd.org. Works like a charm. Don't have time
to figure out what exactly went wrong though...

Thanks to everyone trying to help!



Cheers

Johannes Totz




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