limited network connection

[larry_zsh]

Hi all, this is strange .. very strange!

I have a linux box connected to a router using dhcp.

Now...
I'm only able to access a limited part of the web.
For instance I can access google and search for pages or news. I can see all google cached pages but I'm not able to follow the links.

And here it is the interesting bit
I can ping anything but can't load their web page:
ie
I can ping redhat.com but I can't load the page on the browser
I can ping bbc.co.uk but I can't load the page on the browser
...etc ...etc

This has nothing to do with firewall ( i've tried to disable it) or problems with the router (other computers (win based) have no troubles accessing the web)


any idea is very much appreciated
-larry

The system:
ibm t43
running FC6 - (had the same problem with FC5)
wireless connection to the router

[larry_zsh]

I've spotted somebody with a similar problem ( and perahps better explained ) here :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=299504

The guy has apparently found a solution that doesn't work for me ( he's changed the mtu value to 1492 )

He says that it was a problem related to his paricular network card SiS190.

I'm using a centrino ipw2915 ( same drivers of ipw2200) with the default fc6 drivers and firmware 3.0


Also, do you think that moving this post to the wireless forum will get more attention ?

regards
-larry_zsh

[larry_zsh]

For those of you who might come accross this post.

I found the solution here:
http://forum.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=140810

You might try turning off TCP window scaling.

/sbin/sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0

Then retry your stalled connections.

Thanx again to jcliburn a those who have taken the time to read the post

-larry_zsh