another google.com ?

[neuron]

i had some trouble with my tiny network , could ping but not ssh or telnet (both linux , yes just two) , i configured internet connection sharing (on mandrake 9) , so i managed to access the internet from my slackware , but when i try www.google.com , another site comes also called www.google.com , but its just not google , i tried to go around it to see what happens , i searched for a link to google , and still this page comes , tried groups.google.com it worked fine !!!! and what makes things worse , the mandrake is not having nytrouble getting to google , the mandrake is connected to the internet !!!!


HELP!!! (i mean , it doesnt feel good at all)

[adammc]

what IP is www.google.com resolving to? what happens when you goto just google.com without the subdomain?

[Satanic Atheist]

It wasn't the 404 error page or anything, was it?

Do you have a proxy server or a firewall in place that might block access or do silent redirection?

I've been googling all day (I'm bored) and not had a problem.

Try Google for Linux (http://www.google.com/linux) instead.

James

[neuron]

when trying google.com , it holds a sec , i guess redirecting and again that site , and no its not the 404 (i feel insulted :D) , its a real site with logo called google.com with silly face and some crap top searchs ...balbla, and with todays date ..etc,
about proxy and firewalls , well , i dint setup anyproxies , i dunno if mandrake 9 did anything bout firewalls , but it from one box as i said previously , everything is fine , from the other box connected to it google is crap

[andysimmons]

Can you post a screenshot?

[neuron]

i just spotted the forwarding page , by the way eaven www.google.com/linux doesnt work , there is a simple forwarding page that blinks for a sec says the document u requested is not found , click here to visit our web site
btw how can i find the IP of the page i visit

[neuron]

another thing lynx doesnt do that crap , its netscape ! i got the feeling its netscapes fault

[neuron]

no prob , i made the screens hot and ill attach it , but how to make a link to it ??

[Gertrude]

If you go to this link:

www.sldfgsdlfjrvbekfffffffsssjfsd.com


Does it bring up the same page?


edit:

nevermind you just posted a screenshot..



from a command prompt type

nslookup www.google.com

and post the results..

[neuron]

the first link brings up veriSign site

nslookup (hmm, nice new stuff)

Note: nslookup is deprecated and may be removed from future releases.
Consider using the `dig' or `host' programs instead. Run nslookup with
the `-sil[ent]' option to prevent this message from appearing.
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53

Non-authoritative answer:
www.google.com canonical name = www.google.akadns.net.
Name: www.google.akadns.net
Address: 216.239.59.99

[Icarus]

Hey, I've seen that 'search page' before...isn't that one of verisign's nasty DNS hijacking pages?

I've seen this behavior before also, from the ISPs DNS getting messed up...usually gets fixed by the end of the day, I'll guess around 4-5pm cst :)

BTW...your nslookup is correct, but it looks like it's reading it from your local server/firewall. Turn DNS off on that and see what happens

[Satanic Atheist]

GOT IT!!!

You're being redirected to the following site (well, it's extremely similar, but not identical - look closely).

www.tissad.org (http://www.tissad.org)

James

EDIT: Here is the google search page (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=phentermine+refinance+%22internet+gambling%22&btnG=Google+Search) (might not work for you).

[Gertrude]

Well seeing how DNS is OK, and it only happens with netscape I would start looking there..

I'm not very familiar with netscape but I would see if you can clear any temp files/cooking and things like that.

[chort]

Sounds like Nutscrape is redirecting your searches. Just uninstall Nutscrape and install Mozilla instead. It's the same browser, but without all the AOL bloatware.

[neuron]

uh , um , well , how to turn off dns ! all i know is what it stands for !

[neuron]

well , i stopped the "named" service , i belive its the dns , so what happened was that i couldnt access any site , except that google site !! , its clear now its netscape whoes causing the problem , and dont worry , i have mozilla and it will be the default soon , but things are still under construction :D ! but i still want to understand , just for knowledge why this happened . dns is upagain and im running konq. for now ...


thanx a lot ppl , i really appreciate ur help .

[chort]

Well either that search page is locally embedded in the browser, or the IP addresses are hard-coded (also in the browser). In either case it sounds like an under-handed trick by Netscape.

Just use Mozilla and burn all images of Netscape.

[soda_popstar]

Or try google.ca?