Problem with Netgear MR814v2 and yahoo mail

I'm having problems with a Netgear MR814v2 with yahoo email.
Connection to most websites works fine. With Yahoo mail,
I get to the point where I login, but if I try to access
my Inbox, or any other folder for that matter, IE just hangs
and finally gives up. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
Is there a known solution for this? Everything works fine if I
connect directly, bypassing the Netgear.

The MR814v2 is running firmware version 5.01. The default setting
were used on it.

Anoop

It something to do with yahoo packet size, try setting MTU of router to
something <1500 which is default say 1492

cheers

"Anoop Ghanwani" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm having problems with a Netgear MR814v2 with yahoo email.
> Connection to most websites works fine. With Yahoo mail,
> I get to the point where I login, but if I try to access
> my Inbox, or any other folder for that matter, IE just hangs
> and finally gives up. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
> Is there a known solution for this? Everything works fine if I
> connect directly, bypassing the Netgear.
>
> The MR814v2 is running firmware version 5.01. The default setting
> were used on it.
>
> Anoop

I set the MTU to 1492 and it all works great. Thanks much!

Are there any side-effects that one should be aware of when
using this setting?

Anoop

"voxDEI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<vKYGb.65809$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> It something to do with yahoo packet size, try setting MTU of router to
> something <1500 which is default say 1492
>
> cheers
>
> "Anoop Ghanwani" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > I'm having problems with a Netgear MR814v2 with yahoo email.
> > Connection to most websites works fine. With Yahoo mail,
> > I get to the point where I login, but if I try to access
> > my Inbox, or any other folder for that matter, IE just hangs
> > and finally gives up. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
> > Is there a known solution for this? Everything works fine if I
> > connect directly, bypassing the Netgear.
> >
> > The MR814v2 is running firmware version 5.01. The default setting
> > were used on it.
> >
> > Anoop

The Internet's Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) uses the Maximum
Transmission Unit (MTU) to determine the maximum size of each packet in any
transmission (negotiation by your PC to web server). Too large an MTU size
may mean retransmissions if the packet encounters a router that can't handle
that large a packet (in your case). Too small an MTU size means relatively
more header overhead and more acknowledgements that have to be sent and
handled (slow download). 1500 is Ethernet Standard MTU, but 1492 is ideal
for your case (so i would say it better then 1500 setting, so no side effect
you need to worry about) , if i remember correctly ASDL PPPoE is transmitt
unsing 1492 MTU.
Then Why it only affect Yahoo? When PC negotiate, web server use 1500
(default on your PC) --> to large --> packet drop --> ICMP message to web
server --> web server re adjust MTU --> this is done until page completely
load, apparently Yahoo is one of the web server to block/not correctly
configure to accept ICMP message.

"Anoop Ghanwani" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I set the MTU to 1492 and it all works great. Thanks much!
>
> Are there any side-effects that one should be aware of when
> using this setting?
>
> Anoop
>
> "voxDEI" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:<vKYGb.65809$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> > It something to do with yahoo packet size, try setting MTU of router to
> > something <1500 which is default say 1492
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > "Anoop Ghanwani" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> > > I'm having problems with a Netgear MR814v2 with yahoo email.
> > > Connection to most websites works fine. With Yahoo mail,
> > > I get to the point where I login, but if I try to access
> > > my Inbox, or any other folder for that matter, IE just hangs
> > > and finally gives up. Has anyone else encountered this problem?
> > > Is there a known solution for this? Everything works fine if I
> > > connect directly, bypassing the Netgear.
> > >
> > > The MR814v2 is running firmware version 5.01. The default setting
> > > were used on it.
> > >
> > > Anoop