>
> Hi,
>       I am not that knowldegeable when it comes to PC's so please bear that
>in mind when answering.
>       I have 2 PC's running 'proper' versions of Windows XP Home that I
>have networked together. However I noticed that the client PC will onl;y get
>cetrain pages up? I can get on Google no problem and many other sites, but
>vcannot get on MSN or any of the Windows Update sites and many others?
>  I know it is working sometimes as I have a 2Mb NTL connection and I
>watched the same client PC download a driver from Nvidia at about 300Kb/s, so
>it seems as though it's certain sites?
>     I have tried to fix it before by switching firewalls off and
>anti-virus, reformatted client PC/ re-ran the net set up wizard countless
>times andI just had a look on the microsoft site that wants me to go and edit
>some MTU settings, but thought I would check here in case there are some less
>drastic methods (I'm sure I've tried that MTU thing, but it was from a drop
>menu not the regedit way)
>
>                          Any Ideas, it's upsetting me now.    John

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005 09:02:02 -0700, "AuntieFred"
> <AuntieF***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi,
> >       I am not that knowldegeable when it comes to PC's so please bear that
> >in mind when answering.
> >       I have 2 PC's running 'proper' versions of Windows XP Home that I
> >have networked together. However I noticed that the client PC will onl;y get
> >cetrain pages up? I can get on Google no problem and many other sites, but
> >vcannot get on MSN or any of the Windows Update sites and many others?
> >  I know it is working sometimes as I have a 2Mb NTL connection and I
> >watched the same client PC download a driver from Nvidia at about 300Kb/s, so
> >it seems as though it's certain sites?
> >     I have tried to fix it before by switching firewalls off and
> >anti-virus, reformatted client PC/ re-ran the net set up wizard countless
> >times andI just had a look on the microsoft site that wants me to go and edit
> >some MTU settings, but thought I would check here in case there are some less
> >drastic methods (I'm sure I've tried that MTU thing, but it was from a drop
> >menu not the regedit way)
> >
> >                          Any Ideas, it's upsetting me now.    John
>
> John,
>
> From the inconsistent nature that you describe, and the fact that ICS (the
> client?) is involved, this almost certainly is an MTU problem.  How much did you
> read about the problem?  The MTU issue is dynamic, and may not be solvable in
> one or two tries.  Be persistent.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/internet-connectivity-problems-caused.html>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>    actual       address    pchuck       sonic      net.
>

>  Hi Chuck,
>                 I did see the part about the MTU settings and did my best
>to 'fix' it by at first following Microsoft's instructions, and then another
>web page with more or less the same, however when it came to actually
>"Editing" inside the registry, the instructions were either unclear or in the
>other case, did not match with what I saw on screen. So not wanting my PC
>broke I wrote the above message.
>    After posting I tried that Ping -f -i 1500 thing, and it DID say
>Defragment, however when I went lower @1470 it said "No connection" or
>something, so I wasn't sure I was on the right path.
>Then I remembered d/loading a bit of software last week while looking into
>this problem, but I was unsure how it worked or what to do with it
> I think it's called DrTCP or something.
>   Anyway I couldn't see much on the webpage I got it from about how to run
>it, but had gleaned that the problem may be caused by too high a MTU
>(Whatever that is? I imagine its like packets of data) at the Client? PC (The
>one without direct internet conn) and on this Dr TCP it had a box with MTU at
>the side, so I thought "what the hell"
> So I ran it 1st on My Host PC and typed a value of 1500 in the MTU box and
>hit the button, hoping I hadn't screwed something up. Then on the Client woth
>a setting of 1470,and after I reset both PC's (Just about remembered!)
>Now all is fine, I have updated the PC at m/soft and downloaded MSN
>messenger (Could not connect to these before)
>   Seems very strange how some sites would connect, but others not, but i'm
>just glad it's working.... Thanks for the help, you pointed me in the right
>direction :)
>
>
>          And Thanks to DrTCP whoever you are...                 Auntie Fred