Making the mtu/mru 1500 on my PPP device fixed the problem completely!  So
far, I have been able to connect to any HTTP site.

Gregory S. Read
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Blackburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 1998 2:28 PM
> To: 'IP Masquerade Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [masq] Some HTTP sites don't work...
> 
> 
> I had this same problem until I made sure the mtu/mru for ppp0 was
> identical to eth0 (1500).  Try changing your call to 
> /usr/sbin/pppd (in
> /etc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on at least on RH 5.0) to have "mtu 1500 
> mru 1500"
> instead of 552, or whatever the default may be.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Bryan
> 
> 
> Gregory S. Read wrote:
> > 
> > I'm running Red Hat 5.1 with 2.0.35 kernel.
> > 
> > I have IP masquerading working successfully for most 
> things.  Regular TCP
> > things seem to work fine.  Pinging sites works fine.  Most 
> HTTP sites work
> > fine too.
> > 
> > However, some HTTP sites are just impossible.  A few sites 
> that I can think
> > of off hand that DON'T work are...
> > 
> > http://www.aol.com
> > http://www.microsoft.com
> > 
> > My guess is they have anti-linux filters. :-)
> > 
> > They work just fine when accessed from the gateway Linux 
> machine running IP
> > Masquerade.
> > 
> > These are the only sites I've found to be a problem.  Most 
> other HTTP
> > queries have worked great over the routing.  Any ideas?
> > 
> > Gregory S. Read
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
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