Yes...my MTU on ppp0 was to high.  Thanks.

mh

On Mon, Mar 12, 2001 at 10:06:15PM +0200, mulix wrote:
> hi, 
> 
> you might want to check your mtu and mru values on both the external
> interface (i assume you are using an ADSL modem, from your usage of
> PPPoE, so that will be eth0) and the internal interface (ppp0). the mtu
> and mru values on the internal interface should be a bit less than those
> on the external interface, to work around modem bugs. 
> 
> here in israel, an MTU value of 1500 for the external interface and 1452
> for the internal (1452) seems to work fine and solve a problem which
> sounds exactly like yours. 
> 
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Martin Hicks wrote:
> 
> > The machine connects fine and allows network traffic to pass
> > through the link.
> > 
> > However, certain websites seem to choke.
> > (notable ones are www.chapters.ca and www.hp.com)
> > 
> > Using Lynx or Netscape I get the same results, a few bytes of
> > traffic are received and then nothing (eventually the connection
> > times out).  
> 
> -- 
> mulix
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> 
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> 

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