Many thanks for your excellent input - we will pass it on to our ISP; it
caused us much grief.
Lachlan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Q [mailto:qdola..mail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 26 June 2007 12:11 p.m.
> To: Lachlan Scott
> Cc: woproject-de..bjectstyle.org
> Subject: Re: Help needed installing Eclipse and WOLips plugins
>
>
> In my experience this type of problem is usually caused by:
> a) an MTU mismatch between ISP and customer (usually accompanied by B)
> b) ICMP has been blocked or isn't handled by NAT preventing
> Path MTU Discovery (PMTUD) from working
> c) a transparent proxy cache is in use and has cached bad data
>
> On 26/06/2007, at 9:44 AM, Lachlan Scott wrote:
>
> > For those following the peculiar problems I've been having using
> > Eclipse' Update Manager to install the WOLips plugins:
> >
> > We've proved there is a network problem at large, (on both
> the Mac and
> > PC, using either Airport or an ethernet cable), since
> Update Manager
> > on the PC works correctly (for the SVN Subclipse plugin)
> when we use a
> > different wireless modem to connect through a different network.
> >
> > Presumably, our new ISP at work has done something unusual with the
> > kind of connection we have (packet sizes, perhaps, or something
> > similarly low-level - ideas?) that prevented Eclipse
> working properly
> > but still gave us an otherwise functional http connection.
> >
> > Anyway, I hope and expect to solve the problem similarly
> for the Mac
> > in due course, and note merely that sometimes the problem *doesn't*
> > exist between chair and keyboard ;-)
> >
> >
> > Thanks again for all help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Lachlan
>
>
>
> --
> Seeya...Q
>
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