Re: Cannot open all websites.

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Hi Chuck,
I know this can be very frustating for someone like you who really wants to
help. But the point is that in most of the cases people are not very
comfortable with the networking jargon and moreso with the problem itself
which they are facing.

But I am pretty much sure that windows has tons of its own mysterious flaws
no one can understand. And to just give you a glimpse of what's happening in
my case is that even though my laptop and desktop are on different subnets, I
am able to connect access my Desktop's LAN and subsequently the internet,
only that the internet access is restriced to the google's sites [:(].

Also , something strange which I found out on doing ipconfig /all ,was that
my default gateway was set same as my IP address. I dont't know even then how
I was able to access the internet.

Coming to what you asked to look at LSP / Winsock corruption. I again think
if there would have been any problem concerning LSP/ Winsock corruption then,
I should not have been able to access all the other websites when I am
directly connected to the internet. It's only when I connect through the
bluetooth that the problem is arising.

Any clue as to find out the difference between other sites and google.com
sites , which can be helpful in tracing the bug.

Many Thanks,
Shishir





"Chuck" wrote:

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:19:01 -0800, Shishir Srivastava
<ShishirSrivastava@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Chuck" wrote:

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:22:02 -0800, Shishir Srivastava
<ShishirSrivastava@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So when you lowered MTU to 1452, what test results convinced you to stop
there?

I pinged my defaullt gateway with this
ping -l -f 1452 192.168.x.x
which resulted in a reply from the other end as against the earlier replies
which said packet size too large.
This convinced me to stop there.


There's nothing magical about MTU that says "stop there", as minimum value in
all problem cases.

What MTU references have you read, anyway?


I have read general stuff on the net including those available on the
microsoft website regarding the ways to change the MTU size in the registry.



<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/internet-connectivity-problems-caused.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/internet-connectivity-problems-caused.html

And have you tried opening any websites by IP address?


Nopes, I have not tried openeinig any website with the IP addreess. Will
that make any difference. If yes how ? Can you explain me the difference
between these two cases.


<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/05/identifying-dns-problem-in-your.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/05/identifying-dns-problem-in-your.html

Well, if your MTU is correct, then DNS is the next good possibility for your
symptoms. Read the immediately above link.

Keeping an open mind, though, you might want to read the first link, and some of
the linked articles. Maybe another article will give you more perspective on
the MTU issue.

Well, unfortunately the problem is not related to DNS, since there is no such
error as 'Can't find the server', but rather that of page getting timed out.

Also , I have checked that I can ping the websites through the command
prompt. So the DNS servers are running fine. In fact I tried to view the
source of the pages while my browser kept trying to load the page, and found
that I get some part of the HTML code for the requested page , but that code
is incomplete resulting in this issue.
:((
Any other lines of thinking !!

Regards,
Shishir


Your main diagnosis is "the page is blank with no visible page and ultimately
the page times out". Not a lot of detail there. Remember that I'm not there
with you, all I can do is offer diagnostic possibilities.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html

But, if you're absolutely certain that DNS and MTU are not causing any problems,
look at LSP / Winsock corruption.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html

And rethink how you are diagnosing the problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/08/solving-network-problems-tutorial.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

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