Re: Some websites do not load well on wifi



On 2007-12-27, KR <kristian.rasmussen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Ignoramus4611 wrote:

It is not consistent, but some sites are particularly bad. One example
could be this page:

http://millerwelds.com/products/multiprocess/

Despite many tries, it never downloaded fully.

I think that it is some kind of a networking issue, like TCP
connections not properly following the TCP resend logic, or some such.

The fact that the problem only occurs when you're using a wireless
connection could indicate an MTU-related problem with your networking
hardware.

Could be. It did seem to be such that TCP protocol was not working
properly, which your explanation accounts for.

Try lowering the MTU on the wireless interface ("ifconfig
<your_wireless_interface> mtu 1492") and/or have iptables clamp the
tcp-mss value to the MTU. ("iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags
SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu")

I like this. I have returned home, but when I visit them next time, I
will try this. That could be a few months.

i
.



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