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

Bill Davidsen
2005-09-23T17:42:54Z

Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:

>On 22.09.2005 [15:19:05 -0400], Bill Davidsen wrote:
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>>Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
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>>>Hello all,
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><snip my long mail>
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>>>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.
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>Yes, I see that still being an option. Let me go learn how to use route
>and see if that works better.
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route <destination_IP> gw <default_router_IP> mss 1200

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
CTO TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979