I have a very puzzling problem. I just installed OpenSUSE 11.2 64 bit. Everything went perfect. I can access the Internet fine and go to any website except…Netflix. When I try to go to that particular website it tells me it cannot find the website. I do an nslookup, and get an ip, I try the IP from firefox and still get website cannot be found. Try from konqueror and get the same thing. I can ping the Ip from the command line no problem. I can ping the FQDN from the command line no problem. I added a host entry to the host file…still no joy. Tried installing Moonlight, to no avail. I even tried a wipe and reload of the entire OS, but it is still not working. Everything points to a DNS issue in the browser, but I’m not having a DNS issue on the box itself. So if anyone could possibly shine some light on the subject I would appreciate it.
if the IP address does not work it is not a DNS problem. Bu it is odd. Netflix.com works here.
Exactly, it works great here too…on any other machine :). That’s what makes it so extremely strange.
Do you login at netfix.com? Does it allow multiple connections from one IP? Just a thought.
dslentz wrote:
> I have a very puzzling problem.
what about, just for grins, turning off that machine’s firewall, and
try again…if it then works we know your openSUSE firewall is
blocking, and someone can help you remedy that (not me)
but, if that doesn’t help, try disabling IPv6 this way:
in the firefox address bar, type:
about:config
it will warn you to not mess around, say you want to anyway (or
whatever it asks) then press enter and search for
disable ipv6
Double click to set value to true if currently set to false.
then reboot, and when the FIRST green screen comes up
press the down arrow (to stop the clock from advancing)
then type in the blank
ipv6.disable=1
then hit enter…and see if you can then get to netflix
if you wanna make that “ipv6.disable=1” persist for every boot, we can
tell you how to do that…
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palladium
Palladium,
You my friend are a rockstar! That was indeed the problem. I would love to make that persistent. Can you give me some directions or point me in the right direction? Thank you so much, that was the last hurdle until I bury my windows forever :-)!
dslentz wrote:
> Palladium,
> You my friend are a rockstar!
send me some young and pretty groupies, please…
> love to make that persistent. Can you give me some directions
open YaST, go System (left) > Boot Loader (right) > Section Management
(tab)
when the module has initialized it is normally (here) settles on the
Section Management tab with the the top line highlighted…this is the
line which leads to your ‘normal/everyday’ boot…(you should
recognize the ‘Label’ as those you see listed as selectable on that
first green boot screen…i assume you normally boot the top line…)
with the top line highlighted, click “Edit”
find the blank labeled “Optional Kernel Command Line Parameter” and
(carefully) add the following to the end of the string of commands
already there:
ipv6.disable=1
and click “Ok”…
that is it…i know you are a smart guy/gal, but just let me say:
Don’t get too creative on that page until you have figured out the
cause and effects you might introduce (one of which is your box won’t
boot)…
PS: eventually the day will come when both IPv4 and IPv6 will be
useful web wide…today, it seems that most sites are not yet set up
to use either/both conventions…if you check these fora (using the
advanced search) you will find LOTs of folks running with IPv6 turned
off at the kernel level…and, btw this way of turning off IPv6 works
only for 11.2, (and probably later, so anyone reading here and using
11.1 or older, keep looking for the answer…it is in the fora also)
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palladium
Here they are 
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