Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 23:19:19 +0200 From: Nagilum <freebsd@nagilum.org> To: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: something fishy with this network Message-ID: <41421A57.8070704@nagilum.org> In-Reply-To: <CADD3759-036A-11D9-AB92-003065ABFD92@mac.com> References: <4142114F.80709@nagilum.org> <CADD3759-036A-11D9-AB92-003065ABFD92@mac.com>
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Thanks Charles, You really saved my day! I had a "set MRU 1448" in my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf, I changed it to the default size of 1492 which even though it's even larger, solved the problem?! Thanks a lot again! Charles Swiger wrote: > On Sep 10, 2004, at 4:40 PM, Nagilum wrote: > >> Everything works fine except I can't access certain hosts in the >> internet from the Powerbook or the gateway, the most famous being >> slashdot.org (www.clamav.net is another one). I can access other >> hosts without problems but from some I just don't get anything. > > > Hm, perhaps try adjusting your MTU down? "ifconfig _name_ mtu 512" > > [ Obviously, you want to use the largest MTU which works, but the > above is a quick test that will show whether this helps. Replace > _name_ with the name of your outgoing NIC.... ] >
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