294064 - Can't reach comcast.net with Firefox on this PC. Can with other computer a Mac

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[David Richardson]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

When I try to reach www.comcast.net with Firefox on this PC, Firefox fails.
Firefox can reach other web pages I have tried, like USPS.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Open Firefox
2.enter www.comcast.net in search bar or click on comcast in my bookmarks
3.

Actual Results:  
Nothing

Expected Results:  
Gone to www.comcast.net

Bug occurs with default theme. I'm on a broadband connection using a cable modem.

Comment 1

[William Bumgarner [:zsinj]]

WFM Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050513
Firefox/1.0+

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Can you reach comcast with IE or Opera ?
And what is the meaning of "fails" ?
Please always include the exact error message in bug reports.
Do you mean "can`t find" "connection refused" or "timeout" ?

Comment 3

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

via mail:
>Today Firefox gets Comcast without trouble. Thanks much for your help.  My
>problem is solved.