boradband causing problems with ebay sign in

thetourist

ever since i got broadband installed i have difficulties loading certain pages - mainly ebay - i can browse the site but occasionally i cant sign in at all - today i spent 30 mins trying to sign in - then i disconnected the bb and connected with dialup and signed in straight away -then i switched back and have been using myebay as normal --- also it wants me to download and open a dll file - eBayISAPI.dll
any ideas

the other problems i have are mainly to do with web pages getting stuck

edit:: it seems to be secure sites that cause the prob - bank365 also

IBB/firefox1.5 ( similar effect on IE )

ps - trying to sign OUT now and appears to be about to time out

maquiladora

are you using a router?

thetourist

yes but the other pc attached can sign in and out no problem - i tried turning of the firewall in the router anyway though

thetourist

when i delete the cookies on either ie or ffox i can sign in - but i have to delete them again to sign out because sign out hangs

maquiladora

You say it worked right away when you connected with dialup (you didnt mention having to delete the cookies then) - in that case it may be an issue with the MTU/MRU size on the router which can affect secure sites like ebay, banking, msn etc. Check with your ISP to see if they have a specifed MTU size.

thetourist

great stuff - will check that out tomorrow - thanks for the help