From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Martin Devera Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 11:58:54 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] Clamping tcp mss values to decrease latency Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org > > other tcp connections to have the normal full packet size. Enter > > MSS-clamping. My pppoe client for linux can do mss clamping on every > > packet that goes out and come in. Not enough control. There is an option > > to do mss-clamping in iptables, however this only works in the forward > > table. I can't match and control outgoing web connections, just > > Control and outgoing can be done with regular MTU settings. Just lower the > MTU size of your ppp interface and the kernel will set a lower MSS > automatically. Be VERY careful when doing it. There is too many websites blocking MTU discovery protocol and you will be no longer able to reach them. These system maintainers should be shot. :-\ Setting max MSS in route is better way .. > You can also set MTU per route. you probably wanted to say MSS here ? devik _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://ds9a.nl/lartc/