RE: [cobalt-users] Bind DNS

["agility" <webmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 17:24, David Lucas wrote:
> > At 03:46 PM 2/5/2003, you wrote:
> > >We have a Raq 3 here and use it as a web/radius/mail/dns server for a
> > >small ISP.  My question is what does the Raq 3 use for dns? I am
> > >investigating a issue where users of our service are unable to display
> > >some web pages.  The pages are not always the same and I have a
> > >suspicion that it an issue with Windows XP but have not been able to
> > >narrow it down enough yet.  We are using the Raq 3 as the primary DNS
> > >server for all our dial-up customers. How can I tell if the dns is
> > >working properly on the raq? Any help would be appreciated.
> > >Thanks
> > >Ryan
> > 
> > 
> > When you say that user of your service are "unable to display some web 
> > pages", just what does that mean?  Do they get some 404 errors, 
> do they get 
> > server errors, or what?  Can they see some sites and not 
> others?  May have 
> > nothing to do with dns.
> > 
> 
> Well some users get the standard Internet explorer error of "Page can't
> be displayed"  which we usually fix by reinstalling the tcp/ip protocol
> for the dialup adapter, if they get this for every page, but these users
> get this on specific pages (not every user has same experience but it is
> usually ebay or banking sites) We at first thought it had to do with 128
> bit encryption but that was not consistent either.  I am at a loss of
> where to go.  I use the same dns server and can get to the sites fine. I
> guess it's not a dns issue after all, I will have to explore other
> paths.  Thanks for the help
> 
Don't know if this helps, but.....
There used to be (maybe still is) a bug in IE (surprise!)
In particular, if the page had any javascript and had an incorrect color
code in the page it would error.
eg. in a style sheet having some color = 'ffffff' would cause the page to
not load correctly or even not at all. changing the codes to the 
correct format such as '#ffffff' fixed it.
eg. 'ff0000' wrong, '#ff0000' right.

Paul.
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