Problem with some web pages

[Michel Racicot]

On my home network, one of the computers is not able to connect to some web
pages.

For instance, I can connect to google.com and yahoo.com but I can't reach
hotmail.com or microsoft.com

Also, I can't connect to MSN Messenger.

Here is my configuration:

PC #1 (Working fine)
Windows XP Pro
Directly connected to the Internet using a DSL connection.

PC #2 (The one who got the problem)
Windows 98se
Connected to PC #1 with a crossover ethernet cable

All firewalls on PC #1 have been disactivated.

What can I do to solve the problem?

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

On my home network, one of the computers is not able to connect to some web
pages.

For instance, I can connect to google.com and yahoo.com but I can't reach
hotmail.com or microsoft.com

Also, I can't connect to MSN Messenger.

Here is my configuration:

PC #1 (Working fine)
Windows XP Pro
Directly connected to the Internet using a DSL connection.

PC #2 (The one who got the problem)
Windows 98se
Connected to PC #1 with a crossover ethernet cable

All firewalls on PC #1 have been disactivated.

What can I do to solve the problem?

This is a common problem with shared DSL connections that use PPP Over
Ethernet (PPPoE). Here are some possible fixes. Any one of them
should solve the problem:

1. Install Windows XP Service Pack 1 or 2 on the ICS host computer.

2. Find the right MTU setting on the client computer, as shown here:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-107

and then make the setting manually on the client computer, or use
DrTCP to make it:

http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html

3. Download the free RASPPPoE program and install it on the host
computer. Use it instead of XP's PPPoE program. Details at these
sites:

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/adslpoe2.htm
http://www.raspppoe.com

See these sites for more information:

Connectivity Problems on ICS Clients When You Use a PPPoE Connection
on a Windows XP ICS Host
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319661

Troubleshooting MTU Size in PPPoE Dialin Connectivity
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/794/router_mtu.html
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Chuck]

On my home network, one of the computers is not able to connect to some web
pages.

For instance, I can connect to google.com and yahoo.com but I can't reach
hotmail.com or microsoft.com

Also, I can't connect to MSN Messenger.

Here is my configuration:

PC #1 (Working fine)
Windows XP Pro
Directly connected to the Internet using a DSL connection.

PC #2 (The one who got the problem)
Windows 98se
Connected to PC #1 with a crossover ethernet cable

All firewalls on PC #1 have been disactivated.

What can I do to solve the problem?

Michel,

Check your MTU settings.
http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-107
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314825
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=319661
http://www.allensmith.net/Windows/ICS/xpICSmtu.htm

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Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.