> Hello,
>
> I use BSD3.8 to connect some sites with a VPN tunnel (using the wonderful
> 'ipsecctl' ).
>
> The connections are (more or less) stable, but I have some issues making
> RDP (Remote Desktop from Micro$oft) connections. It tells me it cannot
> connect to
> the remote server (but the ping towards those servers works fine, so its
> reachable).
> Sometimes it works fine for hours and then, suddenly, the connection (RDP
> protocol only, its not the tunnel for sure) is broken.
>
> According to a MS note (314825 : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314825
> <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314825> ) this could be a "Black Hole
> Router Issue" and I should try to set the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit)
> lower (the ping with a packet/framesize from 1472 indeed fails over this
> line). A packetsize from around 1300 works ok.
>
> Is there a way to set the MTU size (on the outgoing nic or perhaps the
> enc0 virtual nic) within BSD?
> The solution MS offers is to set the MTU on al PC's, but that would be a
> lot of work and if its possible on the BSD box, it's active for all in one
> go.
>
> any help would greatly be appreciated :-)
>
> regards
> Willem
