On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Dmitry A. Bondareff wrote:
> I'll trying to setup mtu to 1400, why I don't see it by ifconfig command ?
>
> From mpd.conf:
> ....
> set link mru 1400
> set link mtu 1400
the link commands affect the links..
this sets teh fragment size that Mulitlink ppp will use..
externally you only see teh interface mtu, which is
a different thing..
try:
set iface mtu 1400
> ....
>
> #mpd -b
>
> #ifconfig -a:
> ng0: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng1: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng2: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng3: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng4: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>
> After connecting:
> #ifconfig -a:
> ng0: flags=88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet 1.1.1.1 --> 10.0.2.1 netmask 0xffffffff
> ng1: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng2: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng3: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng4: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>
> After disconnected:
> #ifconfig -a:
> ng0: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1496
> ng1: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng2: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng3: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> ng4: flags=8890<POINTOPOINT,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Archie Cobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Johan Larsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Archie Cobbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dmitry A. Bondareff"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 12:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Win XP with mpd
>
>
> > Johan Larsson writes:
> > > > > For a long time many peoples discussed why Win XP don't work with
> mpd.
> > > > > May be you can help us ??
> > > > > Where I can find working configs ??
> > > >
> > > > I've heard of some MTU problems, some of which mpd-3.10 should
> address.
> > >
> > > It might be MTU problems. But the problem occurs for example when i ping
> > > the server from the windows xp machine, some pings get lost, some times
> > > you must issue the ping command a few times, or run it with -t for a
> while
> > > to see them get lost. mpd-3.10 does not solve this problem
> unfortunately.
> >
> > Try playing with the "set link mtu" and/or "set iface mtu" commands
> > to manually set the MTU values.
> >
> > > I might be able to fix some dumps (from ethereal) under windows xp if
> you
> > > want it. And of course, these pings getting lost is just an easy way of
> > > seeing the problem, you also get poor performance obviously.
> >
> > If you can tell where the packets are being dropped, that would be useful
> > to know.
> >
> > -Archie
> >
> > __________________________________________________________________________
> > Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com
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