I have a question about Can't 
access some websites while using a shared PPPoE connection:


I have used ping as instructed to find an MTU value that works for my client machine. 
The value is 1454. I have created the MTU registry key as instructed and rebooted, 
but that did not solve the problem.

Can anyone help?

Let me describe my setup and problem: 

* I have two machines connected via a crossover LAN cable. One machine has another 
Ethernet card connecting it to an external ADSL modem (=host machine). This Internet 
Connection is shared by the other machine (= client machine).

* The host machine works fine. On the client machine I can browse any site but I 
cannot, however, send email through web based services like Hotmail and Yahoo!Mail 
from that machine. 

Sound like just the case for your article to solve, but alas - no.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Uri Goldstein.

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re: Found MTU value with ping, but registry key fails Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 8:48 pm Posted by Bob Carrick (22 messages posted) Download Dr.TCP http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html to the client computer. Launch the application. Select your Ethernet card in the drop down menu, set the MTU to 1424, reboot and you'll be fine. Bob http://www.canadianisp.com - Find an Internet Service Provider anywhere in Canada http://www.carricksolutions.com - The largest PPPoE / Broadband Help Website. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Found MTU value with ping, but registry key fails Monday, June 17, 2002 at 6:16 am Posted by Uri Goldstein (4 messages posted) Bob, thanks for your help, but 1424 didn't do it for me. Any other ideas? Maybe I need to set an MTU value on the host machine too? What is RWin and is it relevant to my problem? Thanks, Uri. On Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 8:48 pm, Bob Carrick wrote: >Download Dr.TCP http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html to the client computer. > Launch the application. Select your Ethernet card in the drop down menu, set the >MTU to 1424, reboot and you'll be fine. > >Bob >http://www.canadianisp.com >- Find an Internet Service Provider anywhere in Canada >http://www.carricksolutions.com >- The largest PPPoE / Broadband Help Website. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Found MTU value with ping, but registry key fails Monday, July 1, 2002 at 10:53 am Posted by Uri Goldstein (4 messages posted) Hi Bob, and everyone out there, Just wanted to let you know that I got lucky and solved my problem. I had to reformat my Host machine and reinstall Windows2000 there (performance issues) and "miraculously" my problem went away. I am now successfully sharing my Host's internet connection with a Client machine. To conclude - I cannot even be sure the problem originated with MTU values. Nor am I sure what caused it or whether the solution can be replicated. Regards, Uri Goldstein. Israel. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Found MTU value with ping, but registry key fails Friday, August 16, 2002 at 1:26 am Posted by joke4u (1 messages posted) someone recommended me to visit this site to get info on changing MTU to solve email sending problem, i use DSL, but several months later, i am not able to send large emails (large than 1kb only) out, receiving and webbrowsing is fine, the problem bothered me almost 4 months, tech support never gave me positive solution, all suggestins were shit. well, after downloaded and used Dr. TCP, simple changed MTU to 1424, problem has gone, no more trouble! i am so happy now! thanks a lot for those who post usfual and important message here, really appeciate it! On Monday, July 1, 2002 at 10:53 am, Uri Goldstein wrote: >Hi Bob, and everyone out there, > > Just wanted to let you know that I got lucky and solved my problem. > > I had to reformat my Host machine and reinstall Windows2000 there (performance >issues) and "miraculously" my problem went away. I am now successfully sharing my >Host's internet connection with a Client machine. > > To conclude - I cannot even be sure the problem originated with MTU values. Nor >am I sure what caused it or whether the solution can be replicated. > >Regards, >Uri Goldstein. >Israel. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Found MTU value with ping, but registry key fails Monday, September 22, 2003 at 11:12 pm Posted by thetank (1 messages posted) Dr TCP works to my clients...thank you very much bob for the advice its a great help......but i set it to 1460...anyway thanks again On Sunday, June 16, 2002 at 8:48 pm, Bob Carrick wrote: >Download Dr.TCP http://www.dslreports.com/front/drtcp.html to the client computer. > Launch the application. Select your Ethernet card in the drop down menu, set the >MTU to 1424, reboot and you'll be fine. > >Bob >http://www.canadianisp.com >- Find an Internet Service Provider anywhere in Canada >http://www.carricksolutions.com >- The largest PPPoE / Broadband Help Website. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 2000 Discussion Forum