Re: The system works (2.6.14-rc2): functional k8n-dl

Nishanth Aravamudan
2005-09-23T17:15:14Z

On 22.09.2005 [15:19:05 -0400], Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> >Hello all,

<snip my long mail>

> >code in such a solid state. I have had only one complaint so far: it
> >seems that the the "Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit
> >Ethernet PCI Express" adapter, with the tg3 driver, downs and ups the
> >iface on MTU changes. Unfortunately, with some VPN software I use, it is
> >sometimes necessary to drop the MTU to 1300 or so to get consistent
> >connections. When I do this, though, ssh through the tunnel tends to not
> >function. I have a workaround, where I bounce over a different laptop,
> >but that's a bit of a pain (and that network adapter seems to be able to
> >transiently change the MTU). Not a big deal, in any case.
>
> You can (or could in 2.4) sometimes play with the size for an individual
> IP by using the "mss" option of the old "route" command. That shouldn't
> glitch anything, it just should use little packets.

Yes, I see that still being an option. Let me go learn how to use route
and see if that works better.

Thanks,
Nish