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From: David Hough <noone$$@llondel.org>
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Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 07:30:22 +0100
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billy wrote:

> Why can't I connect (via port 80 or any port) to a certain web site?
> 
> For more than a year I've had the same problem, and, it's NOT
> the way I'm running traceroute! (e.g., it's not ICMP vs TCP, etc.).
> It's also not that the server I'm pinging is down, or slow.
> 
> There's something wrong with "my" home networking setup.
> But what?
> 
Is it an MTU/fragmentation issue? (Check out ping -M)

Dave