Work Offline/Try Again

[GoldMember]

Hi guys.....
Can someone help me please?
I'm with sympatico DSL......
When browsing different pages I get a message 'Work Offline/Try Again'.
It is driving me nuts. Each page I go to I can either wait up to 30 seconds to get this message then select try again and away I go,
or I can press stop then refresh and sometimes it works right away.
I have phoned sympatico and they are of no help!
I did select tools/Internet options/connections/LAN settings and unchecked all the boxes like I was told.......I seem to get on faster but still an having all the previous problems......
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

GoldMember

[mnosteele52]

I LOOOOVVEE GOLD!!! hehehehehe. Welcome to Speedguide:D. First let's see where your settings are, pleade read here (http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=643301#post643301) and aswer the questions at the top of the thread.:)

[GoldMember]

Thankx for you quick response mnosteele52 looks like I got a bit of readin to do.....
I'll check all and be back in a couple of days (away for weekend)
Thanks again....
GM........
Baby........

[GoldMember]

Here are some results......

TCP properties for IP = 65.xx.xx.xx (toronto-hse-ppp36xxxx.sympatico.ca)
Browser/OS = Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; MSOCD)
Note: Read the FAQ if the above is not your IP address.

TCP options string = 020405860103030201010402

MTU = 1454
MTU is not fully optimized for broadband. Consider increasing your MTU to 1500 for better throughput.

MSS = 1414
Maximum useful data in each packet = 1414, which equals MSS.
MSS is not fully optimized for broadband (although it might work well for slower connections). Consider increasing your MTU value.

Default Receive Window (RWIN) = 256960
RWIN Scaling (RFC1323) = 2 bits
Unscaled Receive Window = 64240
For optimum performance, consider changing RWIN to a multiple of MSS.
Other values for RWIN that might work well with your current MTU/MSS:
520352 (MSS x 46 * scale factor of 8)
260176 (MSS x 46 * scale factor of 4)
130088 (MSS x 46 * scale factor of 2)
65044 (MSS x 46)

bandwidth * delay product:
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 10278.4 kbps (1284.8 KBytes/s) @ 200ms
Your RcvWindow limits you to: 4111.36 kbps (513.92 KBytes/s) @ 500ms

MTU Discovery (RFC1191) = ON

Time to live left = 52 hops
TTL value is ok.

Timestamps (RFC1323) = OFF

Selective Acknowledgements (RFC2018) = ON

IP type of service field (RFC1349)= 00000000

My Computer is win98
Speed really isn't a factor because when it finally connects speed is good.
DSL not sure about PPPoE...
Thanks
GM.......

[Bob Carrick]

There are 3 different fixes for that problem, one being a reg patch, you can find ezach solution here: http://www.carricksolutions.com/windowspppoe.htm#12

[GoldMember]

Thanks for the web site.....I tried every one of the 3 tips and I still get 'Work Offline/Try Again'.....

[Bob Carrick]

Sorry I have a hard time beleiving that as this would be the first time that one of those fixes did not fix the problem.

[GoldMember]

I did every one I installed the patch.....
I already have internet explorer 6.0.0026.0000SI
I reinstalled msn without e-mail as it suggested then had internet explorer repair itself....nothing seems to work. When I click on the link in your message I either wait and wait until I get the message or click stop then hit refresh and away I go again for a while.
:(

[Bob Carrick]

So you uninstalled MSN Messenger? Then followed the steps to set up your browser again?

[GoldMember]

I didn't realize it had to msn messenger! I thought it was msn e-mail....I do have messenger installed I will try that.
Thanks

[GoldMember]

Hi Bob.....

Just want to thank you for your help.....seems to be working really good right now.
Just a couple of small issues that aren't too important.....
Eg: when I click on this link in outlook express....
http://forums.speedguide.net/showthread.php?threadid=86405&goto=newpost I still have to hit stop/refresh.
But have not had the message since I uninstalled msn messenger, and been surfing for a while.
Does this mean I can't have messenger installed?

Thanks again......