Linux – A few websites are not reachable using Linux gateway

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We have a LAN and a Linux Box is used as an Internet gateway.
On this gateway, we have installed intranet mail server (sendmail), fetchmail, proxy and DNS.
A leased line is connected to this gateway and static IP is configured on this box.

For theblast 10-15 days, it has been noticed that a few of the websites are not working at all.
If I configure this same connection and IP to a standalone Windows PC, all these websites can be accessed without any problem.

I can not browse a few sites and cannot ping them, but I can resolve addresses using nslookup.

My LAN configuration is as follows:

ifconfig:

enp2s0: flags=4419<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,PROMISC,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet 192.168.1.41  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::52e5:49ff:fe1b:daa8  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 67331121  bytes 8458827280 (7.8 GiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 2138  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 66307928  bytes 58607952676 (54.5 GiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 1  collisions 0

enp4s1: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
        inet XX.XXX.XXXX.XX  netmask 255.0.0.0  broadcast 49.255.255.255
        ether 00:00:00:00:00:00  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
        RX packets 66015747  bytes 58276418282 (54.2 GiB)
        RX errors 0  dropped 100  overruns 0  frame 0
        TX packets 53457822  bytes 7049917031 (6.5 GiB)
        TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

/etc/resolve.conf

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 192.168.1.41

iptables 

# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.21 on Fri Aug 12 10:18:54 2016
*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [6409479:525988637]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [26036553:16397355271]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [6914932:970229461]
-A INPUT -i eth0 -j LOG --log-prefix "BANDWIDTH_IN:" --log-level 7
-A FORWARD -o eth0 -j LOG --log-prefix "BANDWIDTH_OUT:" --log-level 7
-A FORWARD -i eth0 -j LOG --log-prefix "BANDWIDTH_IN:" --log-level 7
-A OUTPUT -o eth0 -j LOG --log-prefix "BANDWIDTH_OUT:" --log-level 7
COMMIT
# Completed on Fri Aug 12 10:18:54 2016
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.21 on Fri Aug 12 10:18:54 2016
*nat
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [1480942:133895346]
:INPUT ACCEPT [179896:21387703]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [82634:5613521]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [231368:13257122]
-A PREROUTING -d XX.XXX.XXX.XX/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.168.1.250
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.132/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.127/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.188/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.199/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.20/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.181/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.233/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.77/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.134/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.113/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.19/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.20/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.197/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.198/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.9/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.5/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.119/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.1/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.98/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.182/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.40/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.134/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.181/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.181/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.98/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.177/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.89/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 443 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.129/32 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 21 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.66/32 -j MASQUERADE
-A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.1.250/32 -j MASQUERADE
COMMIT
# Completed on Fri Aug 12 10:18:54 2016
# Generated by iptables-save v1.4.21 on Fri Aug 12 10:18:54 2016
*mangle
:PREROUTING ACCEPT [33387672:17017857834]
:INPUT ACCEPT [6409479:525988637]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [26036554:16397355355]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [6914932:970229461]
:POSTROUTING ACCEPT [32955572:17367734827]
COMMIT
# Completed on Fri Aug 12 10:18:54 2016

How should I find what is blocking these connections? What else should I check in the Linux box?
Can somebody give a hint to resolve the issue? Anything else should I mention here?
Thanks in advance.

Best Answer

The netmask is wrong on the enp4s1 (WAN) interface.

This system has configured an IP address of 49.x.x.x and a netmask of 255.0.0.0 (prefix /8). But this is not the netmask that your ISP gave you.

As a result, you will be unable to access almost all websites whose IP addresses also start with 49.

To resolve the problem, fix the netmask or prefix declaration in your network configuration. I would expect the correct prefix to be somewhere in the vicinity of 27, 28 or 29, depending on the ISP.

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