From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 10 18:22:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net (kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.155]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 56A3B37BE13 for ; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:22:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool0575.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.194.65]) by kestrel.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA23728; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:22:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA00336; Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:20:53 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 18:19:13 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Gabriel Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MTU size problem Message-ID: <20000610181913.B179@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from gmains@southwind.net on Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:50:03PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Jun 10, 2000 at 07:50:03PM -0500, Gabriel wrote: > > I have a problem with my new DSL line. Any packets sent out over 1456 bits > in size get dropped. My MTU is set to 1500 for ed0. I need to set it down > to 1450 until I figure out what is wrong with my DSL line, but the only > way I can figure out how to set it is by manually configuring each boot > with: > > bash# ifconfig ed0 mtu 1450 > > Is there a way to make this perminant? In /etc/rc.conf, ifconfig_ed0="inet mtu 1450" -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message