[c-nsp] Can Ping Websites but cannot browse.

[Chris Phillips]

Thirded.  I've seen this a lot as well.

Scott Granados wrote:
> I second that.  I've seen this as an MTU problem more times than not.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Mayers" <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk>
> To: "Alexander Clouter" <alex at digriz.org.uk>
> Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 7:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Can Ping Websites but cannot browse.
> 
> 
>> Alexander Clouter wrote:
>>> Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>> bharath kondi wrote:
>>>>> I have a strange situation, I can browse the websites but cannot 
>>>>> browse
>>>>> them.
>>>> Check for MTU issues
>>>>
>>> It is a pretty impressive to screw up non-SSLed traffic with an MTU 
>>> issue, I would be more inclinded to think it's something else.
>>
>> That directly contradicts my experience. I have observed widespread 
>> failures with ordinary HTTP traffic when MTU problems occur.
>>
>> It depends very much on the website you're hitting and their 
>> architecture, as well as the nature of the MTU problem.
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