I finally got ethereal running and did some sniffing. If you recall, I have 2 ISPs, where 1 loads all URLs and the other times out on a growing number of URLs. Below are some snippets of ethereal dumps from both connections. It seems the difference is: The one that works uses the HTTP protocol. The one that doesn't work uses the ICMP protocol. The one that doesn't work uses different ports than the one that does work. Any ideas? Jim Here is the snippet from the working connection:Transmission Control Protocol, Src Port: 1436 (1436), Dst Port: http (80), Seq:\ 11033102, Ack: 1734668544 Source port: 1436 (1436) Destination port: http (80) Sequence number: 11033102 Acknowledgement number: 1734668544 Header length: 20 bytes Flags: 0x0018 (PSH, ACK) ..0. .... = Urgent: Not set ...1 .... = Acknowledgment: Set .... 1... = Push: Set .... .0.. = Reset: Not set .... ..0. = Syn: Not set .... ...0 = Fin: Not set Window size: 32120 Checksum: 0x1d73 Hypertext Transfer Protocol GET /asp/welcome.asp?page=dvdwave&afl=wave&style=dvd&frm=lk_dv ... Cookie: UID=91996520\r\n Host: www.cduniverse.com\r\n User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.13 i686; en-US; m16 ... Accept: */*\r\n Accept-Language: en\r\n Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate,compress,identity\r\n Keep-Alive: 300\r\n Connection: keep-alive\r\n Here is the snippet from the non-working connection:Frame 43 (118 on wire, 118 captured) Arrival Time: May 16, 2000 09:49:22.1574 Time delta from previous packet: 0.000117 seconds Frame Number: 43 Packet Length: 118 bytes Capture Length: 118 bytes Raw packet data No link information available Internet Protocol Version: 4 Header length: 20 bytes Differentiated Services Field: 0xc0 (DSCP 0x30: Class Selector 6) 1100 00.. = Differentiated Services Codepoint: Class Selector 6 (0x30) .... ..00 = Currently Unused: 0 Total Length: 118 Identification: 0xc54d Flags: 0x00 .0.. = Don't fragment: Not set ..0. = More fragments: Not set Fragment offset: 0 Time to live: 255 Protocol: ICMP (0x01) Header checksum: 0xead7 (correct) Source: d128.as18.nwbl1.wi.voyager.net (169.207.90.194) Destination: d64.as2.nwbl0.wi.voyager.net (169.207.92.64) Internet Control Message Protocol Type: 3 (Destination unreachable) Code: 3 (Port unreachable) Checksum: 0x07f6 Data (90 bytes) ------ END OF SNIPPET ---------- -- Jim Sabatke SuSE 6.3 Linux Kernel - 2.2.13 "Television is a powerful medium; I don't feel comfortable questioning it." The bartender on "Dinosaurs." -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/