-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Jay Cliburn wrote: > rmoktali@xxxxxxxx wrote: > >> in firefox, i am also not able to access google, sourceforge. times >> out. (ping shows no loss) >> no issues with www.fedoraproject.org > > Sounds like it could possibly be a TCP window scaling problem, but it's > hard to say for sure. Try this as root and see if it helps: > > sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling=0 > > Jay > thanks, but it did not make a difference. my setup below if it matters. (DSL)-->(802.11b router)--|--->(100mbps link to eth0) (DHCP+firewall ) (with crossover cable) Similar problem was experienced with an rhel clone, and was never solved with my limited knowledge as i stopped in favor of FC6 why is it that some web pages work but others never load? thanks again for your time. :) - -- rm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) iQEVAwUBRUw4iuKGhQEbyc0uAQIsfQf+PTIcS0l4ywU4NPD/bA4cXQf0dFIZini9 VaHN+v+4/khj0nSdTudc3xqG/ymBIh/UqbMY5kr9xVUu1RarkXuou3MY57pPeoH+ QrbA1F6rDxs1HsS4HaOiPinv4dedqWaWSetK8DK4CEFaxrpsoEF2Chz5cJ+6c1cN Oj4RdjfK/OW5t1YtPIuPJt7gc0mpRQMzhXFzoaCg/pNOqauYYbj4cwJMaLj8QoPq 3JNFBh3Sn+WqjUc0WRF/oWUia+iFkr/7Fcv6hOn2Mub3ujir2+8Y4Hr9MTrlMbug N4VYFHJ3G/3jvwudr/rGoxvX9wwcks9PHSNLk3r7hxDROQ0QRrqwWQ== =BhYo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----