In epistula a "Gustavo Rios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> die horaque Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:08:08 -0200:
> Dear gentelmen/madams, > > i would like to thank you all for you suggestion. They were to the > point. Now, one doubt raised up in regards to man 4 pppoe and the > link suggested below. > > In theory, what should it be the maximum MSS over a PPPoE interface; > 1452 or 1454 ? > > Thanks once more. hi, see the article. it explains fairly well that it depends on the network _behind_, mostly ATM, which works based on so-called cells. if your paket fits in N cells without using an additional cell only partly, it's perfect. HTH, timo > On 2/11/07, Timo Schoeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In epistula a "Gustavo Rios" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> die horaque > > Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:55:14 -0200: > > > > > Thanks, but i am using kernel pppoe! How can it be changed? > > > > <i'm not top-posting ;)> > > > > might be of help > > > > http://www.mynetwatchman.com/kb/adsl/pppoemtu.htm > > > > </i'm not top-posting ;)> > > > > HTH, > > > > timo > > > > > On 2/11/07, Paul D. Ouderkirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >On 2/10/07, Gustavo Rios <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Dear list members, > > > > > > > > > > i am trying to build a firewall. Up to now, everything is ok, > > > > > except for some http sites that cannot be shown. > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > I can ping world outside my private network, as also telnet, > > > > > ssh, etc ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > This may be a long-shot, but I once had similar symptoms on a > > > > network with a PPPoE DSL connection. Everything would work as I > > > > expected, but certain web sites would just never load. > > > > > > > > Try lowering the MTU on the PPPoE interface, it worked for me. > > > > > > > > In /etc/ppp/ppp.conf: > > > > > > > > set mtu max 1480 > > > > > > > > Try setting various values starting at 1480 and lowering the > > > > value until the web page problem is fixed. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > Paul D. Ouderkirk > > > > Senior UNIX System Administrator > > > > JadedPixel Technologies > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > laughing, > > > > in the mechanism > > > > -- William Gibson
