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Two particular sites that I can't access at all is css-tricks.com and jquery.com which are pretty crucial to me since I'm a web designer.
I talked with my ISP and we tried
- Using different browsers,
- Using various dns servers,
- Clearing the DNS cache
- Resetting the modem back to the factory settings,
- and finally was about the change MTU settings, which was not available under the router interface, they gave up and told me to try a different router if the problem persists.
Here is the problem, I don't have another one and I don't want to pay for it. Obviously this one(airties rt-211) is working but probably there's a misconfiguration.
Anyways, so I took the reins and after some googling I found out more about the MTU. So apparently, my MTU is set to 1500. Pinging css-tricks.com with a 1500b packet returns the following error:
Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.
I tried my way down to 1472. At this point the error messages changes to:
Request timed out.
I tried much more lower values as well, but it times-out even with a 1kb packet.
I don't think there is a problem with ISP dns's either since I use the same ISP at work and I'm able to reach those sites.
I also did a tracert, but again, the request timed out after 16th hop.
Any ideas anyone?
Did you ever figure out what the problem was? – Old Pro – 2015-10-13T19:48:39.137
1If you direct wire into the modem and bypass the router can you get to them? – Raystafarian – 2012-02-06T20:19:11.763
1nope, even a direct wire won't open it, and I've just tried with my old laptop and same problem there – Ege – 2012-02-06T21:01:49.083
1So if you've ruled out the computer and the router as the cause, it has to be the modem. Why not get your ISP to replace it? – Raystafarian – 2012-02-06T21:04:10.367