This Board And Sygate Pro

[MUSLEMAN]

Originally posted by MediaSlayer@3 October 2003 - 05:11
doesn't he have dsl though?

ya

[MediaSlayer]

unfortunately i don't know how dsl works but i bet someone like you or balaam or shadow will help him. peace

[MUSLEMAN]

Originally posted by MediaSlayer@3 October 2003 - 05:56
unfortunately i don't know how dsl works but i bet someone like you or balaam or shadow will help him. peace

i have dsl with linksys router and have spoke to her and imo it sounds like the firewall because she says when she allows every thing with firewall then the problem does not exist but as soon as the firewall is enabled it comes back, having said that in my imo balamm would know alot better than i would

[nikita69]

***UPDATE***
The followings have been ruled out as the cause:

• Linksys Router - Connected to the Internet without it and still have the same problem
• Browser - Tried several browsers with minimal settings
• ISP - Reviewing the logs without SPF open, this issue is not blcoked
• MTU - Tried several settings accordingly with the ISP's recommendations
• PC environment - Tested on several types of environments, one of which was a PC with basic Win 2K installation and Sygate, no other software were installed
• 15 other Boards - Tried other boards with ALL features in Sygate's SECURITY tab checked and I was able to browse, post & review without any problems.

The followings have not been ruled out as the cause:

• Sygate Personal Firewall Pro v5.1 build 1615s
• This board & the other - possible site coding??

[zapjb]

I feel for ya. It sucks. I say now it's a program conflict. Are you running any resident AV & if so what is it? Do you have any other progs that are constantly monitoring like some antispywareguarders etc. (made up a word cause the real words are too similar to real progs)?

[nikita69]

@zapjb - none of the above. as i said in previous posts, all these tests where done on several environments. One of which was a test pc with minimal win2k OS and sygate pro v5.1 build 1615s.

[nikita69]

The followings have not been ruled out as the cause:
Sygate Personal Firewall Pro v5.1 build 1615s
This board & the other - possible site coding??

earlier I said the above, well now I'm adding Yahoo mail. the same occurs after I log in and either send/receive mail or click on the mail functions link (not the ads).

With this, could it be the possibility of these sites' webpages code(s) that are causing this?

[nikita69]

before I jinks myself, I only testing the results of the trick I found. Wish me luck

[zapjb]

GL

[nikita69]

All working well now and this was the trick (the highest MTU able to ping on mine is 1472):

1. Find the IP address of your gateway. If you're using Windows 2000 or XP, run IPCONFIG at a command prompt on the Host computer. If you're using Windows 98 or Me, run WINIPCFG on the Host computer. Either way, you'll get an address that looks like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (where the x's represent numbers).
2. Then, go to one of your Client machines, and type the following:
   • PING -f -l 1500 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
   • (where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the gateway address you obtained in the first step). You'll probably get an error message indicating that it must be fragmented. If you do, type the following:
   • PING -f -l 1492 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
   • If that doesn't work, try this:
   • PING -f -l 1454 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
3. The numbers in each of these examples (1500, 1492, 1454) are the MTU values. Continue issuing this command with lower and lower MTU numbers until you get ping responses instead of an error message. The highest MTU value that works is the one you need to be using. If an MTU of 1500 (the first command, above) does not produce an error, then this solution won't work for you.

The next step is to configure all your Client computers to use the new, lower MTU as the default for all Internet communication.

Windows 2000 and XP:

1. Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) on one of your "Client" machines.
   Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SYSTEM\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ Tcpip\ Parameters\ Interfaces
2. There should be several subkeys under the Interfaces key; most likely, you'll find three. View the contents of each key by clicking, and find the one that corresponds to your primary network adapter; it will be the one with more values than the other two, and will have an IP address value set to something like 192.168.0.x.
3. Once you've found the correct subkey, create a new DWORD value in it (Edit -> New -> DWORD Value), and name the value MTU.
4. Double-click the new value, choose the Decimal option, and type the MTU value determined above.
5. Click Ok when you're done - you'll need to restart Windows for this change take effect.
6. Repeat this for each Client machine.

Windows 98/Me:

1. Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) on one of your "Client" machines.
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ System\ CurrentControlSet\ Services\ Class\ Net\
3. Under that branch, find a key (numbered, such as 0005) that contains has TCP/IP assigned to the DriverDesc value.
4. Select New from the Edit menu, then String Value, and type MaxMTU for the name of the new value.
5. Double-click the new value, choose the Decimal option, and type the MTU value determined above.
6. Click Ok when you're done - you'll need to restart Windows for this change take effect.
7. Repeat this for each Client machine.