HTTPS & MSN Not working

[jacauc]

I must say I am once again pleasantly surprised by amazing service from iBurst!

I am an IT professional and I have been trying for days now to get my Linux box and or my Linksys Router to connect to iBurst and still be able to access HTTPS sites and MSN Messenger.For the life of me, I tried every firewall setting imaginable.... nothing
...and the moment I connect directly from my Vista machine, it connects perfectly and everything works fine.

as a LAST resort, i thought what the heck, and I phoned the iBurst helpdesk.
Two rings and the call was answered, I explained my situation to the first person that answered, and she immediately told me to set my MTU to 1352 on the Linksys.

She waited online while I did this, and the moment the AP connected again EVERYTHING worked like a charm.

...and yes, maybe this is documented somewhere, but I was too lazy to go read about it.

Either way, thumbs up to iBurst!

As an IT Professional it's not every day you actually get valuable help from a helpdesk.

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Lol, never thought I would hear that setting the MTU to 1352 is valuable help

Well see guys, this is why they say it.

I guess it isn't obvious at all to any one if you don't read about it somewhere. I thought all the resellers did this for you though..

 

[IdiotBuster]

IT Professional, my backside!

What is the profession coming too if this idiot can call himself a professional - either really stupid or plain lazy!

Professional yes right, just stay away from my hardware.

 

[jacauc]

hmmm.... yeah.
Let's not get into a pissing match here...
Just never thought MTU could have such specific problems related to it, when everything else works fine.

...and yes... partly lazy, and partly such a customized solution I have here that it's difficult to find anything applicable. (if you don't think about searching about MTU)
At least I'm humble enough to admit my mistakes, and don't arrive here at the forum, and have this kind of attitude after only 3 posts on the forum.
Either way, this post might help some other people out, and that's the beauty of a community based forum. Cut the chirping

 

[fishfly]

7 words for Mr IT professional ROFLMAO

 

[Ekhaatvensters]

Hmm.. we now have our own "idiot" moderator..

Those 3 posts only come from chirping btw..