Windows XP Can Kill DSL Connections

It seems that Windows XP has a nasty tendency to cause DSL servers to identify people using that operating system as having an illegal connection, and shut them out.

The problem lies with the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) which, for people using PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) on ADSL, should never be more than 1492. By default, Win XP sets it to 1500.

Microsoft knows about the problem, but offers no patch for XP. Their only solution is recommending customers to hack their registries.

*my comments*

M$ is offering no patch? Aren't MS products supposed to be easy to use? How can an average person hack their registry? Thats not happening.

*end my comments*

My sources cited:

ShortNews:

http://www.shortnews.com/shownews.cf...852&u_id=26833

The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/24376.html