Re: [squid-users] Web Page loads hang!

On Mon, Jan 28, 2002, Bill Updegraff wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I am in the process of trying to bring up web caching on our Linux-based Sun
> Microsystems Qube3. I am both a Linux and Squid newbie. I assume that
> Squid is being used for the web caching.
>
> When I bring web caching up, web pages hang after the first loading burst.
> For instance, the New York Times home page loads some text almost
> immediately but hangs indicating 31 additional items need to load. They
> don't load. If I turn caching off the pages do not hang.
>
> Do you have any thoughts about what might be happening and how I could
> correct it? My original problem with the Qube3 was the MTU packet size
> parameter which I increased on the Qube3 to 1500 for my dialup link. Sun
> says that MTU must be much smaller, something like 587.

Hi,

MTU discovery is an vil thing. I bet that NY Times runs a firewall
that filters out all non-ping ICMP, and its throwing you.

Try the MTU to somthing smaller (say 587 :) and see what it does.

Adrian
Received on Mon Jan 28 2002 - 18:39:01 MST