Hoping someone can shed some light on this!
I have my work laptop with Netscreen Remote installed, connected directly to the Linksys router via 1 of the hard wired network ports.
I can connect to the VPN at work, and I can ping a number of devices/servers, and I can connect to a UNIX server via Telnet, I can surf the web and I can browse the company intranet - no problems there
The problems arise when I try to connect to the mail server using Outlook - it just sits there displaying the "Requesting Data" dialog box and never actually makes it to my inbox/calendar etc. I can ping the mail server so there appears to be no connectivity or routing problem. It also seems, if you wait long enough (>15 mins) that it starts to get to the inbox.
In contrast, if I go back to my old Alcatel DSL modem, attach it to the laptop via USB - everything works, no problems, and hardly any slower than being directly connected to the office LAN!
I suspect, based on endless reading, that the problem may lie with a mis-matched MTU setting on either the Laptop or the router - but I have tried adjusting the MTU on the Router, no joy and don't really want to mess with the LAN adapter on my work laptop in case it doesn't work when I get back to the office!
Does anyone, have anything even remotely helpful to suggest? I am completely vexed, and in the past nothing has beaten me for this long! It's been months of trying, playing, leaving it, coming back ... repeat etc etc.
In desperation ... Jon
I have my work laptop with Netscreen Remote installed, connected directly to the Linksys router via 1 of the hard wired network ports.
I can connect to the VPN at work, and I can ping a number of devices/servers, and I can connect to a UNIX server via Telnet, I can surf the web and I can browse the company intranet - no problems there
The problems arise when I try to connect to the mail server using Outlook - it just sits there displaying the "Requesting Data" dialog box and never actually makes it to my inbox/calendar etc. I can ping the mail server so there appears to be no connectivity or routing problem. It also seems, if you wait long enough (>15 mins) that it starts to get to the inbox.
In contrast, if I go back to my old Alcatel DSL modem, attach it to the laptop via USB - everything works, no problems, and hardly any slower than being directly connected to the office LAN!
I suspect, based on endless reading, that the problem may lie with a mis-matched MTU setting on either the Laptop or the router - but I have tried adjusting the MTU on the Router, no joy and don't really want to mess with the LAN adapter on my work laptop in case it doesn't work when I get back to the office!
Does anyone, have anything even remotely helpful to suggest? I am completely vexed, and in the past nothing has beaten me for this long! It's been months of trying, playing, leaving it, coming back ... repeat etc etc.
In desperation ... Jon