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

[Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>]

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

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

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