ASP page doesnt load when tryin to get data from a LINKED access table

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I have an ACCESS DB(97) which is queried by an ASP front end. This application is on the internet.
In the ACCESS DB, one of the tables is linked to a table in another access database which resides on our intranet.
When I query this LINKED table my ASP page does not load. I get "The page cannot be displayed" error in my browser.

On the other hand when I import this table instead of linking it, the ASP page works just fine.

I checked for permissions on the LINKED table and found everything was in order. My guess is...the script might be running out of time to perform the query on the LINKED table, but somehow I dont get the script time out error.
I also tried to change the "Time Out" and the "Buffer Size" property of the DSN to "120" and "4096" respectively but that didn't help either.


Has anyone encountered a similar problem? and if yes, is there a solution for it?

Thanks.