Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 00:04:20 +0100 From: "Rogier R. Mulhuijzen" <drwilco@drwilco.nl> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: John Telford <j.telford@sympatico.ca>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Firewalling a PPPoE, any easy workaround to MTU on lan stations ? Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.0.20010205000202.00c47f00@mail.bsdchicks.com> In-Reply-To: <200102042250.f14Mo7M07132@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> References: <Message from Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> <3A7D9DE0.CE10C046@elischer.org>
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--=====================_162724927==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 22:50 4-2-01 +0000, Brian Somers wrote: > > John Telford wrote: > > > > > > I'm putting a 4.2 R firewall in for a ppoe connection. (sympatico) > > > Is there any workaround I can use so I don't have to reduce the MTU > on all > > > the internal stations ? > > > It's a mix of Windows 9x and Macs. And I've found only one utility > capable > > > of adjusting MTU on Macs. > > > Can anything be done on the freebsd box as the traffic goes through it ? > > > Thanks in advance, John. > > > P.S. the pppoe setup went fine thanks to a page at www.sympaticousers.org > > > and some further notes at www.freebsddiary.org > > > > > > ppp now has an option where it will force the negotiated packet size > > of new tcp sessions going through it down. (i.e it fiddles with the > packets) > > check the man page.. I THINK it may be in 4.2, if not it's in -Stable > >It didn't make 4.2 - it was MFC'd on December 18 :-( Brian, may I quote you from a different thread? =) "I think I've figured out the problem though... can you try the latest version of ppp - should be available via http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html RSN (the 010204 archive) if you don't get -current. " John might not need that version, but shouldn't he be able to run a newer ppp on his 4.2-R without hitches? DocWilco --=====================_162724927==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> At 22:50 4-2-01 +0000, Brian Somers wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>> John Telford wrote:<br> > > <br> > > I'm putting a 4.2 R firewall in for a ppoe connection. (sympatico)<br> > > Is there any workaround I can use so I don't have to reduce the MTU on all<br> > > the internal stations ?<br> > > It's a mix of Windows 9x and Macs. And I've found only one utility capable<br> > > of adjusting MTU on Macs.<br> > > Can anything be done on the freebsd box as the traffic goes through it ?<br> > > Thanks in advance, John.<br> > > P.S. the pppoe setup went fine thanks to a page at <a href="http://www.sympaticousers.org/" eudora="autourl">www.sympaticousers.org</a><br> > > and some further notes at <a href="http://www.freebsddiary.org/" eudora="autourl">www.freebsddiary.org</a><br> > <br> > <br> > ppp now has an option where it will force the negotiated packet size <br> > of new tcp sessions going through it down. (i.e it fiddles with the packets)<br> > check the man page.. I THINK it may be in 4.2, if not it's in -Stable<br> <br> It didn't make 4.2 - it was MFC'd on December 18 :-(</blockquote><br> Brian, may I quote you from a different thread? =)<br> <br> "I think I've figured out the problem though... can you try the latest <br> version of ppp - should be available via <br> <font color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.Awfulhak.org/ppp.html</u></font>; RSN (the 010204 archive) if you <br> don't get -current. "<br> <br> John might not need that version, but shouldn't he be able to run a newer ppp on his 4.2-R without hitches? <br> <br> <x-tab> </x-tab>DocWilco</html> --=====================_162724927==_.ALT-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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