[EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: > 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?
Can it be a problem with ECN? You could try to disable it and see if it works better that way. echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn Google for more info; one link I found is http://answerpointe.cctec.com/maillists/nanog/historical/0104/msg00714.html -- If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton Roel Schroeven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
