On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 01:16:57 +0000, Russell L. Harris wrote: > With the approx server, reinstallation is quick, and this being a > spare machine, there is no need to install a bunch of packages and set > up the desktop. Anyway, the installation is complete, and now I have > a pristine installation, but the problem remains. I am all ears. > > The only customization I made was to install xfce rather than gnome. > > I am using the browser (Firefox ESR) which was installed automatically > with the desktop (xfce). > > For the installation (inside the LAN), the ip address was > 192.168.1.48. That resulted in a blank screen for chewy.com. > > Now I connected the machine direct to the ISP-supplied modem, and used > auto-configuration, reporting an ip address of 192.168.11.12. This > also results in a blank screen for chewy.com. But arcamax.com > displays properly. > > wooledge.org/myip.cgi reports an ip of 38.100.76.16.
https://www.iplocation.net/ip-lookup reports a location of Texas for this address, so server-side Geo IP blocking seems unlikely. If no browser extensions have been installed, then the most likely causes would seem to be a client-side firewall, or name resolution shenanigans. What's in your /etc/resolv.conf file? If you change the /etc/resolv.conf file to contain only "nameserver 1.1.1.1" (without the quotes, of course), does anything change?
