At my home computer, I have just switched from ISDN to ADSL from NTT
(Japan).

Compaq P3 running Win98 ME.

My problem: When I open Internet Explorer, it cannot find my Startup
Page (Yahoo.com).  If I open a new instance of Internet Explorer, it
CAN find my startup page (although sometimes I must open a 3rd
instance of IE).

I inputted the DNS address as per the instructions.

I have a 2nd NTT account (which I use at my office).

I set up a connection using the 2nd account with a 2nd and different
DNS server address on this same computer, and still the same problem.

I'm thinking host files and LMhosts (words I learned many years ago
while studying for my MCSE, but I never used them so I've forgotten
more than I remember).

How can I find yahoo.com (and others, it doesn't matter) first time,
every time?

Thanks

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Request for Question Clarification by alienintelligence-ga on 28 Sep 2002 23:18 PDT

Hi amserv,

Are you able to access a site the first
time, everytime in IE if you use the IP 
addresses?


yahoo.com       [ http://66.218.71.80/ ]
cnn.com         [ http://64.236.16.52/ ]
google.com      [ http://216.239.51.100/ ]  <- Happy birthday google


thanks,
-AI

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Clarification of Question by amserv-ga on 29 Sep 2002 00:06 PDT

When I input those ip addresses as my "home page", I can open them
first time, every time.

So, it seems it is not able to resolve the ip addresses to the URL

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Clarification of Question by amserv-ga on 08 Oct 2002 01:37 PDT

My problem is larger than not being able to find my "Home Page".  I
can't find any URL's on my home computer.  If I start a few instances
of IE (5.5) then about the 2nd or 3rd instance seems to be able to
find sites based on URL's.

Weird.

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Request for Question Clarification by lot-ga on 08 Oct 2002 06:49 PDT

Is your Compaq using a ADSL modem connected to the internet or going via a router?
regards lot-ga

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Clarification of Question by amserv-ga on 08 Oct 2002 21:59 PDT

Using an ADSL modem, no router at my house.

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Clarification of Question by amserv-ga on 09 Oct 2002 00:33 PDT

I found the answer from a colleague.

Certain PPPoE implementations do not work well with an MTU setting of
1500 (the Microsoft Windows default). The work-around is to manually
set MTU to a lower value in the range of 1400-1492.

Are you refering to the "Home Page" (IE's default opening page)
   if so- click TOOLS >> INTERNET OPTIONS  and look near the top for Home PAge
Or are you having difficulty going to a page you enter in the address window