From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 21 13:52:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by catfish.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA24159 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:52:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.18]) by catfish.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA24136 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:51:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA00853 for ; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:51:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA08730; Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:47:24 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199801212147.VAA08730@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: randal@comtest.com cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Packet too large errors? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Jan 1998 11:34:55 -1000." <199801212048.KAA12116@oldyeller.comtest.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:47:23 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Does anyone know what these errors are? Are they an attack on my system? > Is it comming in from the dial-up line or out to the dial-up line? > > Jan 17 23:35:18 oldyeller ppp[6990]: tun0: Error: Packet too large (4102), discarding. > Jan 17 23:35:29 oldyeller ppp[6990]: tun0: Error: Packet too large (4102), discarding. You need to take it up with your ISP. As the error says, they're sending packets that are too large (bigger than the agreed MRU). > Thanks, > Randal > > **************************** > ComTest Technologies, Inc. > 3049 Ualena St., Suite 1005 > Honolulu, Hawaii 96819 > **************************** -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....