[Dnsmasq-discuss] Fwd: Need help accessing my modem through my router

[jack seth]

Thanks for the response.  At least that possibly explains why 'launchmodem' doesn't work.  I do have Ubuntu on this notebook too so I'll try it through that OS to see if it behaves differently.
 
> From: rune.kock at gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:25:40 +0200
> To: dnsmasq-discuss at lists.thekelleys.org.uk
> Subject: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Fwd: Need help accessing my modem through my router
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Rune Kock <rune.kock at gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:25
> Subject: Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] Need help accessing my modem through my router
> To: jack seth <bird_112 at hotmail.com>
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:04, jack seth<bird_112 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > However, from my notebook I can only ping 'launchmodem.com',
> > and 'www.launchmodem.com' but NOT 'launchmodem' (host not found).
> 
> I think that the Windows ping command does not always use DNS to find
> the host.  Sometimes it uses netbios methods, which usually means
> trying a broadcast and see whether anything responds.  Maybe pinging
> launchmodem. with a final dot will change it?  Or you could try
> nslookup, though that has its own set of problems.  Best would be to
> test with a Linux-system instead.
> 
> > Another
> > oddity, I can only reach the modem in my browser with 'launchmodem.com' not
> > with 'www.launchmodem.com' even though I can ping 'www.launchmodem.com'.
> 
> Sounds to me like the modem is rejecting that domain when it gets the
> http request.
> 
> > Can anyone advise me on what is going on here and how to troubleshoot/fix?
> 
> If in doubt, run wireshark.
> 
> 
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