it is a per station setting that needs to be adjusted
Trace Carpenter wrote:
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately Sonicwall doesn't have an option
to adjust the VPN MTU. The option is to enable Fragmented Packet
Handling. It has always been enabled and the "Ignore Don't Fragment
Bit" option is also checked.
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:07:54 -0400
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; vnc-list@realvnc.com
> Subject: Re: Dropped Connections
>
> I have seen this due to non matching MTU settings
>
>
> Trace Carpenter wrote:
> > For years I've been battling a problem that no one seems to be
able to solve.
> >
> > When using RealVNC we commonly encounter a dropped connection with
the error
> > message "Connection reset by peer (10054)." When testing with
TightVNC the
> > error still occurs, but he message displayed by that program is
"Error waiting
> > for server message."
> >
> > According to much of what has been written by James Weatherall,
the problem is
> > usually attributed to a lack of bandwidth and it is suggested that
a rate
> > limit on mouse pointers be inacted. In our case, we commonly see
it when going
> > across a 100Mbps LAN at all three of our locations and when
transversing a VPN
> > tunnel between the LANS. The VPN tunnel is a dedicated tunnel
running between
> > Sonicwall TZ170s and the pipe between the locations are T-1 so
bandwidth seems
> > to be an unlikely culprit.
> >
> > In a testing situation I have often left VNC sessions open for >24
Hours which
> > have been stable when no one is using either computer. The problem
seems to
> > occur most often when you have a session going between your
workstation and a
> > remote server, AND you are working on other things at the same
time. For
> > example, while working on the remote machine you open another
window on your
> > local machine to enter some data and then go back to the remote
machine
> > window. It is at that time you will see the failure.
> >
> > All machines are current class machines running at least 1.5 Gigs
of memory
> > and Windows XP Professional.
> >
> > There seem to be a few other threads with this exact same problem
that have
> > been tested in the same manner and have gotten the same error
messages from
> > the different VNC flavors, but I have yet to find a response to
their request.
> > Hopefully I've included enough details to help resolve this.
> >
> > Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
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