Re: [Ltsp-discuss] "Can't get there from here" problem

[Julius S. <ju...@tu...>]

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Peter Billson wrote:
>   I have a very weird problem that I'm hoping someone/anyone may have
> some insight into.
>
>   The problem is accessing the Web site http://www.wnjpin.com.
>
>   I can not access this site from a Linux machine. I have tried from two
> separate locations. The site simply does not respond at all to the Linux
> box. Tcpdump shows no return packets.
>    - I can not telnet into port 80
>    - I can't traceroute to it
>    - I can not open the page in Opera, Mozilla, Firebird or Lynx.
>
>   I *can* do all the above from a Windows machine. I can do all the
> above from the Windows box on the same private network as my LTSP box
> using a Linux box to do NAT to the world. I can open the site using
> Netscape under Windows.
>
>   There is no firewall on the Linux box. The firewall *is* on the
> machine doing NAT, but it is obviously not blocking the traffic since
> the Windows box works fine.
>
>   I have tried messing with the MTU of the Linux box (up to 1500 and
> down to 500) to no avail.
>
>   I'd understand if the site didn't serve up a page to the Linux box or
> if Mozilla couldn't render it but I can't even get a connection. Any
> ideas? What is different about the packets coming from the Linux boxes
> as opposed to the Windows boxes?
>
> Ideas?
>
> Can any of you get to the site from your Linux box?
>
Pete, no problem getting in with Galeon 1.3.5., or Konqueror, or Opera ...
it isn't Linux that the site doesn't like, it must me you ;-)
julius