Re: Strange network problem accessing Ebay and versiontracker websites

From: Warren Kumari (no email)
Date: Wed May 03 2006 - 17:38:25 EDT

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    Sounds a whole bunch like you have a PMTUD (Path MTU Discovery) issue.

    Change the MTU on a host to be smaller and see if this fixes the
    issue... If it does, there are a bunch of networking tricks you can
    play to fix it for all of the customers. MSS rewrite is one,
    clearing the DF BIt on all packets is another -- these are various
    version of icky...

    W

    On May 3, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Shane Owens wrote:

    >
    > All, I know this probably isn't the best forum for this question
    > but I'd
    > like to rule out a network problem before I tell a customer he has
    > a PC
    > problem. I run a small CLEC network that is single homed to BTN for
    > transit. I have 3 sites all interconnected via DS3's and provide DSL
    > services from each site. From anywhere on my network we have problem
    > with Ebay and versiontracker.com but only on certain browsers. IE
    > on a
    > windows machine can access these sites without any problems, but
    > Firefox
    > on the same machine cannot open the websites (Ebay can be opened with
    > addblocking software installed). On a Mac the only browser that works
    > for these sites is Opera. With this knowledge I would say it is
    > something with the coding on the website, but if I take the same
    > machine
    > and connect it to another network other than mine (Verizon, SBC and
    > local municipal wifi have been tested) everything works fine.
    >
    > Can anyone give me any suggestions as to what routes to take to
    > troubleshoot this? Logic tell me that is I have reach ability and one
    > browser work but another doesn't it's a software problem with
    > either the
    > browser or the site, but being able to take the same machine to
    > another
    > network and have it work points to a whole different problem.
    >
    > Could this be a MTU issue?
    >
    > Shane Owens
    > DNA Communications Inc
    > 601 1st Ave
    > Rochelle, IL 61068
    > work (815)562-4290 ext 201
    > mobile (815)793-3822
    >

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