maybe ifconfig could help you, some of the way ? $ ifconfig eth1 mtu 1250 $ man 8 ifconfig
im not sure where to put this , to make sure its there at startup (the Debian way). Maybe somebody else can help with that? * Ryan Tucker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greetings... > > I'm trying to find the "Debian Way" to adjust the MTU on an interface... > basically, we have a box behind a firewall which is blocking the ICMP > Can't Fragment packets, and we're sending fairly large data packets > through, and, well, the obvious problem occurs. They can put a little > firewall on the LAN which has an MTU adjustment (and sends the packets > back), which fixes the problem nicely, but that's kinda a hack. > > I checked "man interfaces", but didn't see anything too obvious... > > I'm running Woody on this box. > > Thanks! -rt > > -- > Ryan S. Tucker > Network Engineer > ISP Direct, Inc. > 1159 Pittsford-Victor Road, Suite 140 > Pittsford, New York 14534 > +1 585 419-8200 > http://www.netacc.net/
