Weird: Can browse WWW.YAHOO.COM in Windows but not Linux

[phillyTIM]

Greetings!

Weird problem: I can browse/use http://www.yahoo.com site when I'm in
Windows, but when I try it in Linux the browser gets stuck "resolving
host www.yahoo.com".

What's up with that?

Searching through the newsgroups, I've noticed a few other posts
having this problem too; but no one seems to have gotten to the bottom
of this.

I can do an nslookup to yahoo, and get resolved to an address;
likewize with 'dig'.

But none of my Linux browsers can http to yahoo.com; www.yahoo.co.uk
sometimes works, as does mail.yahoo.com.

But why is www.yahoo.com having such a problem in Linux?

Browsing works fine until I attempt that site. Thereafter trying
yahoo.com, no other web sites resolve properly until I literally end
the browser session and bring up a new browser.

Lets help each other out, and get to the bottom of this once and for
all. Any takers?

Peace,
Tim

PS: I use both Red Hat Linux 8.0, Mandrake Linux 9.1; and Windows XP;
Verizon is my DSL ISP.

 

[chsh1ca]

Can you lynx it?

From a command line: Lynx http://www.yahoo.com

And which browser are you using?

 

[phillyTIM]

i'll haveta try your lynx suggestion when i get home

but for now, to answer one of your questions, i use mozilla nd konqueror

 

[phillyTIM]

ok, i'm back: and no--lynx won't work on yahoo.com either.

now when i do an nslookup/dig/host etc., it resolves the yahoo.com address

but still no go on the browser, any browser that i use.

but when i go back into Windows, it works and i can surf yahoo.com

Weird.

any more ideas?