From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Apr 13 02:10:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA10125 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 02:10:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from implode.root.com (implode.root.com [198.145.90.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA10120 for ; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 02:10:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@implode.root.com) Received: from implode.root.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by implode.root.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id CAA03257; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 02:09:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804130909.CAA03257@implode.root.com> To: Marc Slemko cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/6276: Can't connect to www.FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 12 Apr 1998 11:40:01 PDT." <199804121840.LAA15447@hub.freebsd.org> From: David Greenman Reply-To: dg@root.com Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 02:09:52 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >The following reply was made to PR misc/6276; it has been noted by GNATS. > >From: Marc Slemko >To: ehm@cris.com >Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: misc/6276: Can't connect to www.FreeBSD.org >Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 12:36:41 -0600 (MDT) > > On Sat, 11 Apr 1998 ehm@cris.com wrote: > > > >Description: > > My home office has three systems: and Indy running IRIX 6.2, an > > i586 running FreeBSD 2.2.5, and an i386 also running FreeBSD 2.2.5. > > All three systems are connected via ethernet. The i386 serves as > > gateway to the internet using a 28.8K modem and the user PPP software > > package configured for demand dialing. Both the Indy and the i586 > > can route TCP/IP traffic through the gateway onto the Internet. > > I have Netscape Communicator version 4.04 for the Indy and Netscape > > Communicator version 4.05 for the i586. Everything works fine on > > both systems until I try to reach the URL "http://www.freebsd.org". > > The Indy system has no problem reaching the FreeBSD web site. > > However, when I try to reach the same site with the i586 running > > FreeBSD 2.2.5, I get the following error from Netscape: > > This is almost certainly due to a broken router or router config not > sending ICMP can't fragment errors, since both www.apache.org and > www.freebsd.org have path MTU discovery enabled. If this is true, then a quick test would be if ftp.freebsd.org (wcarchive) works okay - PMTU Discovery is disabled on that machine. -DG David Greenman Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message