On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Mark J. Scheller wrote: :: Here's the particulars: :: :: Users that have Verizon DSL and a Linksys cable/DSL router have :: difficulties accessing sites on my network -- whether they are trying :: with http, https, smtp, pop3, ssh, ftp, etc., etc. Oh, but pings :: seem to be fine. Low latency, no loss. This is true even for access :: to a server brought up in the DMZ, to keep the firewalls out of the :: equation. :: Have the user update their linksys firmware. I see this problem all the time. Linksys soho gateways are notorious for their early firmware not sending fragments with proper headers. Any acl that does not allow *all frags* by default will deny their packets. There may be other issues as well, but the firmware update tends to fix all of the problems. -jba __ [jba@analogue.net] :: analogue.networks.nyc :: http://analogue.net