Website won't load

[LocoCoyote]

I have run across an interesting problem. First some background. I am running SuSE 9.1 with KDE 3.2 and Gnome 2.4 installed. Linksys 11mbs wireless Pc card connected to a linksys wireless hub on a PPPoE IDSL connection.
here is the situation:
I can connect to the web. Most sites load no problem. Some sites just hang (yes I checked those sites with another computer at neat the same time to see if the sites were just down. The sites loaded fine) I also cannot download my POP3 email from those very same sites that won't load. Other POP3 downloadxs go without a hitch.
So I was thinking MTU problem. Tweaked, found max MTU, tweaked some more...all to no avail.

Broke down and did some windows thingys..ie rebooted, uninstalled and reinstalled hardware, etc all to no avail.

So, I decided to try another desktop...ie I switched from a KDE session to a Gnome session. It worked fine! no signs of problems. So I think KDE problem. But guess what?! I load a KDE session and You guessed it>!! Everything works fine. I am now trying to recreate the problem with no luck (funny how I spend so much time trying to fix a problem, but once fixed I spend my time trying to get the problem back!).

Any one have any ideas on what could have caused this strange behavior?

[mikeL]

Loco, what browser are you using Konqueror, or mozilla.

I seem to have more web problems, when I use Konqueror, than a mozilla product

Mike

[bailey]

are you sure that linux supports wireless ?

[LocoCoyote]

I am running Firebird and Konqueror right now.

Bailey, yes I am sure. The connection is up, it is just some sites that are giving me the problem. Since my Gnome-KDE thingy everyting is still up and running. It just bothers me that I cannot locate the original problem.

I hates a fix that I can't replicate!

[mikeL]

Intermitent problems are a real pain, no doubt about it.

If it only happens in KDE I would probably just update to a new stable version

[LocoCoyote]

Thats the Hammer! I am running the most current KDE.

[kilgoretrout]

I've run into a similar problem when using the 2.6 kernel and so have others; 2.4 kernels work fine. The speculation is that it has something to do with the ipv6 protocol implementation in the 2.6 kernel. If your running a 2.6 kernel, you can disable ipv6 by adding this line to your /etc/modprobe.conf file:

alias net-pf-10 off

That eliminated the slow load problem for me.

[LocoCoyote]

Kilgoretrout Thanks for the info. Great lead! I am pursueing some documentation I found using your info. I'll post what I find out! (you guessed right, I am running a variant of the 2.6 kernel)

[LocoCoyote]

GLC sent me in the right direction. Turns out the problem is with the router. crappy model not very reliable.

Thanks all!