On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 06:36:17PM -0600, cameron.matheson@flyingjcomm.com wrote: > Hi, > > Ok after installing the new router that came w/ my dsl i'm having the most > mind-boggling internet problems of my life. Here's some background on my > network: > > > +----Linux box > |----Linux laptop (wireless) > Wireless/Wired Router/Modem----+----Windows box #1 > |----Windows laptop > +----Windows laptop (wireless) > > Ok, so first off... all of my family's windows boxes are working fine. > Everything is just normal. The linux boxen however, have problems. > Internet generally works (although some sites (slashdot, gmail, etc) won't > load in firefox (for some reason they will in links). I can't connect to > yahoo/jabber/msn/etc w/ gaim, but i can w/ centericq. I've been trying to > figure out all this for forever and so i tried to tcptraceroute my way to > messenger.hotmail.com as an experiment (on port 1863 or whatever it was). > It took a while, but the route was traced. The funny thing is that if i > start tracing the route, and then start up gaim, i connect just fine. > same goes for the sites that didn't load up in my browser... I can't > figure out why everything works on the windows, but not on my linux boxen. > the network stuff is all assigned by the router (dhcp). What should i > do? > Try loweeing the MTU on your eth device(s) to 1492. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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