From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 9 02:12:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 902BE16A4BF for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 02:12:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.a-quadrat.at (N654P000.adsl.highway.telekom.at [62.47.25.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DD6443FAF for ; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 02:12:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mbretter@a-quadrat.at) Received: from localhost.a-quadrat.at (brutus.a-quadrat.at [192.168.90.60]) by files.a-quadrat.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 519855C099; Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:12:04 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:12:01 +0200 (=?ISO-8859-15?Q?Westeurop=E4ische_Sommerzeit?=) From: Michael Bretterklieber To: Dan Hardiker In-Reply-To: <005b01c376af$c60693a0$3601a8c0@ws4> Message-ID: References: <024601c37607$7de4ef70$3601a8c0@ws4> <005b01c376af$c60693a0$3601a8c0@ws4> X-X-Sender: mbretter@files.a-quadrat.at MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: MPD Issues - Errors and Mysterious Packet Loss X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 09:12:04 -0000 Hi, On Tue, 9 Sep 2003, Dan Hardiker wrote: > I have since managed to find (on the source forge mpd mailing list not > mentioned on the mpd homepages) someone else with an identical problem (who > was advised to install a TCP-MSS patch). It appears that the problem lies > with XP connected to MPD using a VPN. Actually on reflection - it was you > who suggested it! yes I know, but I'm not sure if your problem is the same, but we can easily find this out: try from the XP Box: ping -l 1500 www.yahoo.de If you get no reply then try decreasing the ICMP packet size (-l switch), until you get a reply. > I havent yet worked out how to get mpd into its own log file - have to > modify syslog.conf I believe. My current all.log file is very very big and > has lots of mpd stuff in, but would consitute a 10mb file. Is there anything > in particular you are looking for or would you like me to upload it to a > webserver somewhere? vi /etc/syslog.conf !mpd *.* /var/log/mpd.log killall -1 syslogd > > Thanks for your help - going to try the patch now, will let you know the > results. ok, but remember that this works ONLY for TCP packets. BTW: MPD 3.15 will have this patch integrated. bye, -- ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- Michael Bretterklieber - http://www.bretterklieber.com A-Quadrat Automation GmbH - http://www.a-quadrat.at Tel: ++43-(0)3172-41679 - GSM: ++43-(0)699 12861847 ------------------------------- ---------------------------------- "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972