cmd and powershell able to curl...

Posted by anonymousITCoward@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 6 comments

I've got a strange one, happening to only my machine that I know of. `CURL <hostname>` results in `curl: (7) Failed to connect to` [`ifconfig.me`](http://ifconfig.me) `port 80 after 16 ms: Couldn't connect to server`. And it's like this for any site that I try. I know I can do the same thing with `Invoke-WebRequest -uri`... With that I get an `Unable to connect to remote server`. Everything pings fine, nothing in my hosts file. Not sure where to go from here.

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Lemonwater925@reddit

Are you able to connect to other sites? Any software on the desktop preventing the software from connecting? Firewall dropping the request? Check local device event logs

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anonymousITCoward@reddit (OP)

Yes, I can connect with everything else, all the browsers, and other network/internet based apps work just fine. I've updated my op to reflect this...

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AccidentallyBacon@reddit

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anonymousITCoward@reddit (OP)

Tried that all lit does is change the port from 80 to 443

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AccidentallyBacon@reddit

cool. huh weird - assuming the browser (i.e./edge/chrome/whatever) also fails, probably put in a ticket with helpdesk / network team.

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anonymousITCoward@reddit (OP)

lol i just got "promoted" from managing the help desk team... and am training with the network team... and no... everything else works fine, just those functions (that I've seen so far) in cmd and powershell... I can ping them all day long with good responses... I'll update my op with this info