[ale] Anyone having problems with comcast now?

[Dow.Hurst at mindspring.com (Dow Hurst)]

Check the MTU size the next time this happens.  It may be your default 
MTU is too large.  My usual symptoms are ping is fine, ssh works, but 
some webpages are inaccessible.
Dow


Michael Hirsch wrote:

>I'm having trouble at home, and I wonder if it is a comcast problem. 
>I can only get to google on the web.  I can't get to cnn, slashdot,
>xilinx, or even comcast.net.
>
>I can ping okay, and use AIM.  When I try with wget I get:
>
>1004] hirsch>wget http://xilinx.com
>--10:55:20--  http://xilinx.com/
>           => `index.html.1'
>Resolving xilinx.com... 63.241.168.75
>Connecting to xilinx.com[63.241.168.75]:80... connected.
>HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
>Length: unspecified [text/html]
>
>    [<=>                                 ] 0             --.--K/s
>
>and then it hangs.
>
>Anyone else with this problem?
>
>Since I can get to google I can at least read my ALE mail, and read
>about Google Gulp soft drinks.
>
>Michael
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