Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 22:22:17 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: looking for help from ppp users Message-ID: <CAF6rxgk9HZLAWB-DJ=cTfCLMJAS7dxXZohwZ1TE6XP5Jr=LvzQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <88363D83-14D8-4E35-8AB0-6E1E2659AEF6@gsoft.com.au> References: <CAF6rxg=WRaqLgJk8kucCpLQ9K3Ssq15ZE7SLGh-Pv6a22Agkww@mail.gmail.com> <88363D83-14D8-4E35-8AB0-6E1E2659AEF6@gsoft.com.au>
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On 2 December 2012 21:43, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> wrote: ... I've marked the appropriate sections as red on the http://wiki.freebsd.org/ThwackAFAQ page. Should I mark the rest green or were they unreviewed? Either way the feedback so far will be taken into account. > I would also add a section about MTU - I expect the dominant use case for= PPP is ADSL these days. In this case the MTU is usually limited to 1492 by= tes (1500 byte ethernet frame minus PPP framing overhead). If all ICMP is b= locked at some part of the link then packet fragmentation doesn't work prop= erly and you end up with symptoms like interactive SSH logins work but bulk= SCP or FTPs don't. I've added this to http://wiki.freebsd.org/NewFAQs > I hope that helps! It was very useful - thank you! Myself, or another volunteer should get to them in due time. At the moment I'm just trying to get triage done. --=20 Eitan Adler
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