Re: resolving websites takes too long

From: Noi (noi_at_siam.com)
Date: 01/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 08:12:38 GMT

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 07:23:23 +0000, johnny bobby bee thoughtfully wrote:

> Noi typed:
>
>>
>> Compare the mtu sizes on the linux to the mtu sizes on the XP and Mac.
>>
>> $ ifconfig /all
>
> i'm not sure if you meant 'ipconfig /all' for the XP box, but wha'ts
> 'ifconfig /all' on linux?
>
> anyway - the mtu's are:
> linux: 1500
> mac: 1280
> xp: got nothing with 'ipconfig /all' - no mtu.
>
> i'm not sure i know what this tells me?
> maximum transmittion unit?
> maximum transfer unit?
>
> all i know is the linux box continues to take forever to resolve websites.

I thought maybe you could try lowering the mtu size on the Linux box. I
had problems when I switched DSL providers and I had to manually switch
mtu size on my Linux box.

$ ping -c 10 www.yahoo.com
$ ifconfig eth0 mtu 1492
$ ping -c 10 www.yahoo.com
$ ifconfig eth0 mtu 1454
$ ping -c 10 www.yahoo.com
$ ifconfig eth0 mtu 1280
$ ping -c 10 www.yahoo.com

Not all sites ping back but Yahoo does but better to test with a problem
website as long as you know pings to the site work on the Mac or Windows
box.

I had my .bashrc set the mtu size on login. 

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