Hi, I would guess MTU issues, use (temporarily): ifconfig eth0 mtu 1400
eth0 should be the network/ppp interface you use, if you are connected through a router, and he is the PPP connector use ethN otherwise use pppN On Tuesday 15 January 2008 10:19:37 you wrote: > Hi there, > > > At first this sounds real stupid so I apologize. > I fail to connect to zap.co.il. other computers (MS) on my network go > there with out any problems but another Gentoo (k2.4 and not updated at > all) also fails to connect. > Didn't notice any other site with similar problems. > I tried everything I could. > 1. removed all protection definition on the firewall. > 2. removed all port forwarding on the firewall. > 3. removed all services on my client. > 4. changed my IP > 5. switched to wireless connection. > 6. tried different browsers such as FF, LYNX, IEs for Linux (IE6 on > wine), Opera (lynx says: HTTP request sent; waiting for response). > 7. tried via different user. > 8. telnet zap.co.il 80 > 9. use older kernel 2.6.20-gentoo-r8. > 10. check if I have iptables filtering things. > > My current configuration: > Gentoo updated almost to the last bit. (had trouble with openssh > openssl...) Kernel 2.6.23-gentoo-r3 > HW: Fujitsu Siemens S7020 laptop (intel dual...w 2G) -- Noam Rathaus CTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.beyondsecurity.com "Know that you are safe." Beyond Security Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
