Thread: Problems connecting to certain websites
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Old 21-10-2008, 17:45   #19
Danatthepub
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Re: Problems connecting to certain websites
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Originally Posted by holtender_01 View Post
Hello Danatthepub and John Purser,
Good to see some local people on here... I am in Selly Park.

I too have been having some problems with accessing certain websites recently (since 19/10) especially 'twitter.com'
So it seems to be a VM local issue as I have heard of exactly the same problems with users in Kings Norton and Redditch.

What I had to do to resolve the problem was alter the MTU settings for my connection from the default 1500 to anywhere between 1400 and 1499. I chose 1400 and the previously affected websites now work perfectly.

I suggest you do the same and report back.
I can only imagine that with the recent upgrades that VM are doing everywhere something has changed which has caused the default 1500 setting to become unviable with some sites?

regards,
Thomas
Hi Thomas,

Yep thats got it!

Thanks for your help with that. Also tried the proxy way aswell and that seems to work also.

Thanks for your help guys.
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