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

[Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>]

On 23.09.2005 [13:43:26 -0400], Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> 
> >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.
> > 
> >
> 
> route <destination_IP> gw <default_router_IP> mss 1200

Thanks, that works for setting the mss, but when setting it to 1200, i
can't even ping the remote host. I can ping it if remove the mss change.
I can even ssh to it. It just so happens that when I try to ls a large
directory, the connection tends to hang. Any other ideas? Or tracing I
can do to figure it out?

-Nish