Forwarding to list for historical record ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Re: Can reach some websites, can't reach others Date: May 22, 2004 10:29 am From: Sven Riedel <sr@xxxxxxxx> To: Alistair Tonner <Alistair@xxxxxxxxxx> On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 08:41:50AM -0400, Alistair Tonner wrote: > You don't mention what your connection is -- But I'm betting you are on > some sort of DSL -- likely using something like pppoe to connect. Correct. > There is an > issue with DSL pppoe connections from downstream boxen that DON"T do > intelligent PMTU discovery .... like *cough* windows. You need a tweak that > I don't see in your firewall as posted. Great, that rule worked like a charm, and I'd never have realized that this could be a problem. Thanks! Regs, Sven -------------------------------------------------------
