Browsing Issue via Wireless router

[Guest kpegduf]

Last year , I bought TPLINK 108M wireless router, TL-WR642G . I connected it to my cable modem and started browsing through my WiFi and everything was working fine. The speed was also good :)

But Last week, I faced a very strange problem. Some websites were working properly (like facebook , demonoid) but some were not (like ebay ,Hotmail , yahoo). When I tried to load these websites, it just kept on loading and loading...Nothing happened after that...There were plenty of other websites as well which were not loading. And It really made me angry and helpless. I called my internet provider helpline but they also have no idea about this issue. The whole day passed by and I just kept on pondering what could be the issue.

Then, I connected my laptop directly to modem and all the sites were working great. There was no browsing issue at all. I again connected modem to wireless router and started browsing via WiFi and same problem came back . Hotmail site again was not loading. :( . So I figured it out that my wireless router is not working and I might have to buy a new one.

Then, the next day ,one of my friend suggested me to start decreasing MTU size by 10 bytes, and check whether it works or not . By default it is 1500 bytes. You can find it in your wireless router settings

· First type 192.168.1.1

· It will ask you for login & password. By default it is “admin “

· Then Go to

Settings --> Network --> WAN ---> MTU

So , I decresed it by 10 to 1490 bytes and Hurrrayyy :D it worked.

Finally , I was again enjoying my wireless router and phewww, luckily, I didn’t bought a new one :)

[Guest invitelover]

i m also having the same issue

my MTU is by default 1492

[Guest kpegduf]

i m also having the same issue

my MTU is by default 1492

How long have you been facing it.....Also try decreasing your MTU by decrements of 10 bytes, starting from 1490 and then check. If you are not successful make it 1480 and check again

[Guest invitelover]

from the day i hav got the router

so i manually connect it

the mtu value is by default 1492 not 1490

[Guest kpegduf]

from the day i hav got the router

so i manually connect it

the mtu value is by default 1492 not 1490

mostly which browsers u r having issue with ?

Default value is 1492 . . ok .. try decresing it by decrement of 10. .. first 1482 and check... If not then 1472 and check again and so on...

[Guest invitelover]

firefox IE chrome

1482 not working

[Guest kpegduf]

have you cleared ur browsers cookies ? try that too....try with 1472 and 1462.....try also with decrements of 5 bytes....like 1487 ,1482 , 1477

tell me which wireless router are you using ?

[Guest invitelover]

Software Version:

ZXDSL 531BIIV1.0.1a_D39_IN

its of zte

[Guest kpegduf]

Software Version:

ZXDSL 531BIIV1.0.1a_D39_IN

its of zte

so you are using DSL connection...hmmm.....tell me if your DHCP is enabled in wireless router settings or not ?

also what's ur WAN connection type ? Static IP or Dynamic IP

Moreover have you been given specific primary/secondary DNS servers ?

[Guest invitelover]

dhcp enabled

having dynamic ip

yes Primary DNS Server and Secondary DNS Server is automatic

[Guest kpegduf]

ok... Try this...

• Go to your wireless settings.
• Disable DHCP.
• The Ethernet cable, which is coming out of your modem ,should be going into WAN port of wireless router. Now, instead of WAN port, plug it into Ethernet port of wireless router.

Tell me if it helps :)

[Guest invitelover]

wan is working properly but wifi is not

[Guest kpegduf]

wan is working properly but wifi is not

did it work for you ?

r u still having issues with your router ?

[Guest moomoops2]

this worked for me

[Guest lpro69]

Worked for me too