On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 11:37:55PM +0000, Bram Yvahk wrote:
> We've experienced an issue with VTI when the path-mtu is smaller than the size
> of the "client" packet.
> 
> What happens: IPv4 packet from the client (i.e. another system in the LAN)
> attempts to transmit some data; IPv4 header shows that 'DF' bit is not set but
> still the client receives ICMPv4 "need-to-frag" message [which the client does
> not expect and ignores].
> 
> Example: $ ping -s 1300 -M dont -c5 192.168.235.2
>     PING 192.168.235.3 (192.168.235.3) 1300(1328) bytes of data.
>     From 192.168.236.254 icmp_seq=1 Frag needed and DF set (mtu = 1214)
>     From 192.168.236.254 icmp_seq=2 Frag needed and DF set (mtu = 1214)
>     From 192.168.236.254 icmp_seq=3 Frag needed and DF set (mtu = 1214)
>     From 192.168.236.254 icmp_seq=4 Frag needed and DF set (mtu = 1214)
>     From 192.168.236.254 icmp_seq=5 Frag needed and DF set (mtu = 1214)
> 
>     --- 192.168.235.3 ping statistics ---
>     5 packets transmitted, 0 received, +5 errors, 100% packet loss, time 
> 3999ms

Hm, this works here. Can you show how you setup the vti device?
Some tunnel configuration options (set ttl etc.) force to have
the DF bit set.

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