I guess I'll throw this problem out there for ImmInst users, since I don't know a better place off the top of my head to take this question.
I've got DSL at home, and my laptop is hooked up via ethernet to the DSL router. I have a second laptop, and I'm using an ad hoc wi-fi network (with WEP, the first laptop doesn't support WPA) to connect this second laptop to the first.
I've shared the DSL connection on the first laptop so that the second laptop can access it.
Now, the problem is this:
I can access most websites just fine from the second laptop. However, there are some sites such as slashdot.org, microsoft.com, www.msnbc.msn.com, aol.com, etc., that I cannot get to. In fact, the problem with slashdot actually appears to be a problem with some content on the site that's located somewhere else. In firefox, I can see that several items from slashdot.org are loading, and then the page basically hangs loading something from an.tacoda.net or anrtx.tacoda.net.
Anyway, most other sites are fine, including of course imminst.org, google.com, yahoo.com, intel.com, etc.
So, does anyone have any theories on this? The pages that won't load on laptop #2 load just fine on laptop #1.