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Date:      Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:42:48 +0000
From:      "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net>
To:        Sami Halabi <sodynet1@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng29 (1218) is too small for IPv6
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On 4. Jan 2012, at 12:11 , Sami Halabi wrote:

> Hi,
> i just tested the last log:
> %tail /var/log/messages
> Jan  3 23:21:50 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng92 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> Jan  4 00:00:36 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng105 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> Jan  4 00:34:48 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng105 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> Jan  4 07:47:37 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng100 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> Jan  4 08:31:55 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng116 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> Jan  4 09:16:21 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng123 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> Jan  4 12:55:32 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng53 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> Jan  4 14:17:34 mpd2 kernel: nd6_setmtu0: new link MTU on ng120 (1218) =
is
> too small for IPv6
> %ifconfig ng120
> ng120: flags=3D88d1<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,NOARP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> =
metric 0
> mtu 1218
>        inet 188.64.96.5 --> 188.64.102.171 netmask 0xffffffff
>=20
> so MTU is indeed 1218

But that MTU should be a result of ppp/LCP negotiations of individual =
sessions.
It seems you have peers thinking they want a really small MTU and you =
allow it?

/bz

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Bjoern A. Zeeb                                 You have to have visions!
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